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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1921

Page

5

Corn Two Weeks Ahead Over State

Des Moines July 21 Corn in general is two weeks ahead of last year with silking far advanced and some fields in milk or roasting stages. Rain is needed in the southeast for relief as heat slows threshing. Winter wheat yield is average to better than expected with good quality priced at $1 to $1.05. Timothy seed harvest is good overall but light in Wayne county. Potatoes suffer from heat and drought. later crop may fail if heat continues. Various counties report hot, dry conditions with rain needed to protect crops and support ongoing threshing and yields.

Des Moines Department of Agriculture Lowa Wayne County United States Washington Mahaska Oskaloosa Shécek Lee Keokuk van Buren Milton Stockport

Water and grain markets urge rain to halt corn fires

Report notes water at current prices for wheat and oats with rye at 50 cents and a dollar for others. Officials say rain is needed to stop ongoing corn fires and stabilize futures in a region facing drought conditions.

Telephone Intrigues Stir Local Office World

A satirical list shows residents dropping by the office with odd requests and claims. Ignatius Goldfoogie telephones the speaker’s wife seeking the speaker. Lucius Podwallader disputes how to run the business. Luke Purdy awaits a three dollar windfall then vanishes after a mysterious call.

Ignatius Goldfoogie Lucius Podwallader Luke Purdy Ambrose Dinglehammer Minner Doaks Elihu Binks Milwaukee Rudolph Binghauser Eliphatet Dinwiddie Andreas Google Sousa Wilbur Priddy Wilbur

Sentence boys to work on dad's farm

Four young men about 21 years old pleaded guilty to lar ceny from a building in the night. They were fined 50 000 dollars each and sentenced to thirty days in the county jail at hard labor, with parole to serve at home if fines are paid. default adds fifteen days. They admitted breaking in, taking wine from a cellar in Columbus Junction in May.

Wapelia Tom Peters Wm. Leffler Stanley Arthur Glen Edwards Haie Coumbus Junction R. E .Owens

Arkansas Consolation

A Walnut Ridge reader comments on people who complain that the world doesn’t understand them, urging kindness and patience with others.

Arkansas Alwayes Walnut Ridge Rade

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