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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1922
Page
2
Estimated receipts hogs 35557 cattle 10279 sheep 17968 calves 3953. Hogs and cattle prices show gains and steady to slow demand. Beef steers and heifers hold varied values while lambs and feeder stock move within ranges. Grain and cash wheat and corn also listed with closing quotes and deliveries.
The 80 acre free camp site at the Iowa state fair will open August 22 for visitors. About 12 000 campers are expected this year as grounds are re platted and streets lettered. Water supply and amenities will be provided with tents and equipment available for rent or bring your own.
In Omaha four concrete piles were sunk with the first 40 feet driven in 90 seconds. One six ton pile forty five feet long reached bedrock at four feet depth. Each pile includes a water pipe in reinforced concrete with high pressure water digging a hole as the pipe sinks by its own weight.
A Chicago businessman spends Sunday afternoons directing traffic at Sheridan road for recreation. He predicts heavy pleasure traffic as about 40 machines pass each minute in the afternoon hours. In Spokane two men stole a Curtiss biplane, started the engine, fled after wrecking the plane for about a quarter mile and $1,000 in damage.
H V Ellis praises Farm Bureau progress in marketing farm produce through Producers Commission Companies in St Paul St Louis Indianapolis and Chicago noting high sales and near top prices. He calls for broader member involvement as a farm tour is proposed for early September to showcase experimental work and home projects powered by electricity and other innovations.
Farm Bureau Exchange lists about 200 bushels of Rosen rye for sale. Also advertised are horses and ponies including a fine Percheron stallion. Aberdeen Angus cattle and heifers offered. Yard sale at Washington Route No. 7. Includes a 2 year old Poland China boar from Frank Wheelan.
Ames lists new adult volumes by Buckrose Cade Deland Grey Hough Hudson McCarter Oppenheim Perochon Richards Sabin Strachey Stribling Tarkington plus juvenile titles by Joe Browne Turner Hawkee Corsan Morgan Rice including guides on swimming science sports and outdoor activities for boys ages twelve to sixteen.
Grace Osburn of Des Moines files in Omaha federal court for 38 million dollars alleging the big packers stole her wartime formula for preserving foods. She names First National Bank of Chicago Swift Cudahy Armour and other packing companies as defendants.
The Corvallis Oregon fire chief, just waking from anesthesia after surgery, rushed from the hospital to the blaze. Doctors and nurses could not restrain him as he ordered actions from his car, arriving in time to direct firefighting efforts.
Art experts disclose extensive fraud surrounding the Li Hung Chang collection. A Swedish syndicate bought pieces in 1919 for over 250 000 from Li Hung Chang’s son and marketed as a lifetime Li Hung Chang treasure. The stock largely came from Chinese shops and was misrepresented as antique lineage.
A 101 year old French journalist continues weekly contributions to a provincial paper, delivering seasoned insights and steady reportage. The writer remains a fixture in local journalism, shaping public discourse with long career experience and consistent output.
Iowa State College specialist S W Henn will visit Washington County to cull flocks in cooperative programs. Two annual visits are planned, one in fall to remove low producers and inferior stock, and a spring visit to help select breeding stock. Eleven flocks participate with strong production history. Northern grown seed potatoes outperform home seed amid dry weather, with Maxwell and Grosscup demonstrations showing greener vines and larger expected yields from northern seed.
Uri es advertising to pay for church outreach. New York gum manufacturer Geo F Schmidt told the Walther League convention that selling 2.2 million sticks and a day of chewing by a million people could cover ad costs. He urged churches to adopt advertising to boost investments.
Story County farmers endorsed Governor Kendall's pledge to President Harding to maintain order in reopening Iowa mines. The crowd gathered at a county farm bureau picnic in Ames, with J. H. Cleverly of Maxwell presiding and calling on all farmers to support state and federal efforts to open the mines. The governor, delayed by business in Des Moines, sent a message outlining mining policy.
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