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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
2
Chicago July 19 steady to higher on hogs with bids around 18.15 to 18.40 for common to choice stock. large receipts yesterday 31,620 and estimated 7,500 today. Cattle mostly steady with good calves 17.00 to 18.30. cattle duller for others. Sheep steady with top around 18.25 to 18.40 and feeders 12.50 to 14.25. receipts yesterday 17,411 and shipments 1,427.
The excerpt lists price figures for corn and oats with percentages and figures such as 156% 1.55% and 14.30. It includes terms like Chicago A1 J Corn and references to market close values and changes. The fragment lacks full context but indicates commodity quotes and closing data.
Grateful mothers recount successful relief for croup coughs and whooping cough using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Mrs K Gilkeson of Youngstown cites quick relief for a severely coughing child after other remedies failed. Lemmon's Pharmacy in Washington advertises the remedy's long standing efficacy.
A simple method to restore aged corks is to submerge them in boiling water and keep them until the water cools This softens and expands compressed corks allowing bottle contents to seal properly again
Farm and stock news by Jay J Newlin reports market updates, crop conditions, livestock prices, weather impacts, and farming tips with emphasis on staples and regional developments for growers and traders.
Farm notes describe J. M. Speider preparing a seed bed for alfalfa after oats, plus soil tests indicating lime and inoculation needed. James Knotek & Sons report hogs and cattle activity, harvest progress and haying with multiple teams, while Vondrasek and Anton Malichky assist. Sojka completes grain separation plans and erects a new yard fence.
Wm Beranek delivered a herd to Kalona with two hogs weighing 1,250 pounds together. The Duroc breeding is shared by 60 pigs growing this summer. He also moves oats on the 70c market awaiting the new crop. A. H. Chapek installed a new culvert at the mud hole between Chas.
Miss Norma Lee of Ames receives a letter from Lieut Charles J Merrick a Lafay ette escadrille pilot recounting his first air victory over a German aircraft. He describes diving on the target after spotting it from patrol and returning safely despite a broken wing brace wire. The letter also notes propaganda rumors about a tax on threshers denied by the food administration.
At a Cedar Rapids meeting of threshermen on July 19 a disclosure was made that German propaganda is being spread among Iowa grain field workers to deter them from joining the threshermen’s association and hinder the harvest.
The Breeder's Gazette notes that while Food Administration poultry rules faced early criticism from fanciers and farmers, familiarity with the system reduced opposition. It contrasts with Bavaria where poultry keepers must deliver 40 eyes per hen at 4 cents an egg, suggesting the U S position is comparatively favorable.
The Des Moines Register argues American forces face heavy casualties in the Marne and Chateau Thierry battles. It urges swift victory to crush German militarism and vows to avenge American fallen, portraying the war as a fight against brutal imperialism.
United States Food Administrator J. F. Deems urges county food administrators in Iowa to provide extra meals and flour when needed to threshers during the harvest. He says authorities may issue special orders and that no producer should be denied reasonable requirements. An estimated 200,000 men thresh this month as corn and wheat crops are readied for harvest.
Steve Hoover of Mr. Pleasant Iowa reports starting to feed his herd of about 100 hogs with B A Thomas Hog Powder over two months ago. He notes his pigs were sick and off feed while nearby herds suffered cholera, yet none of his herd died and they are now thriving and growing fast.
Keokuk Iowa July 19 Good ripe cheat will go to waste in the Gregory bottoms if one or two threshing machines are not available at once a stretch of land nearly thirty
World wrestling champion Sergt Karl Caddock and a Camp Dodge group staged singing, wrestling and boxing at the Atlantic opera house. The event raised $600 for the mess fund of the headquarters troop of the Eighth Eighth division. tickets sold for $1 to $2 and the performers were repeatedly called back. Caddock also gave a wrestling exhibition with Sgt Ardwin of Camp Dodge.
A Dallas News remark argues men act by principle, preferring to risk fifty dollars in speculation rather than lose ten cents from a hole in their pocket. The line reflects a humorous take on frugality and risk behavior in contemporary society.
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