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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
2
Chicago market notes barter large hog receipts 22 000 with holdovers 10 624 cattle receipts 3 000 lambs 7 000 and beef prices varying from 7 50 to 9 75 for different weights. Official yesterday shows hogs 28 099 cattle 601 sheep 16 217 calves 5 119 with shipments and market slightly steadier. The piece also references a Baptist Missionary society meeting at Mrs Reddington's with refreshments served.
The former school building in Ainsworth hosts Boy Scout meetings, band practice, and a Farmers Union lecture room. Residents urge city purchase as a community house. Notables include Dr. and Mrs. W L Alcorn and Helen Levis visiting Allerton, and Mrs Margar et Nichols turning 86 today.
Mrs Arthur Moberly of Elgin Illinois picked up her mother Friday after a short visit. Harvey Woodruff of St Paul attended the funeral of J H Reed. Mr and Mrs W B Reed of Waterloo left after ten days to visit Mt Pleasant and return home. W F Welliver remains bedfast since Sunday night due to a light hemorrhage. Mrs Chas Yancy and son and a mother visited Mrs Reed Wednesday. Mrs Harry Tillotson and children of Clinton arrived Sunday evening to see her sister Mrs Godrove and other relatives.
July 22 report from Crawfordsville notes Ottumwa visitors Mr and Mrs Henry McCoy and daughters at J B McCoy home, Washington resident Mrs Nettie Hays visiting Mrs Nettie Strain, Henry Sommer returning with his brother Peter from Quincy Ill, plasterers finish at J J Anwyl home, Rev D M Davis of Ainsworth to preach Friday at United Presbyterian and Rev J A Mehaffey of Winfield to preach Saturday preparatory to communion, Mrs Ed McFarland of Washington visiting sister Mrs Waldo Weils.
Miss Margaret Brown and Mr Bamford Vandyke were married at the Presbyterian parsonage with Rev Oates officiating. The bride, daughter of Clyde and Mrs Brown, and groom, son of J Walter Vandyke, now reside at 714 North Second Avenue with the groom’s parents. The couple plans a quiet life and is warmly supported by friends in Centerville.
A man recalls heavy drinking causing chronic stomach trouble and says Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured him. The advertisement claims the harmless prep removes mucus from the intestinal tract and relieves stomach liver and intestinal ailments and promises a money back guarantee. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the product.
The article argues hog production as the strongest path to wealth on farms. It notes hogs produce about half the nation's meat and offer rapid growth, low initial cost, quick turnover, and steady income. Pasture grazing aids growth, with protein feeds needed for breeding stock and soil fertility benefits.
The Iowa experiment station studied 58 Cerro Gordo farms to estimate cost of producing 100 pounds of milk. It lists grain hay roughage silage pasture and labor inputs, with miscellaneous items adding about 12 percent to feed and labor costs. Farms were not specialized dairies but varied income sources.
In West Liberty Mississippi July 22 voters in a special election supported consolidating three rural districts with the West Liberty district by a large margin in town and a smaller majority in rural areas. Independent district totals were 193 yes 65 no while rural voters backed 65 yes 50 no. The districts eyed were Hartuppe Pleasant Grove and Snake Hollow with Peatvale considered but ruled to Springdale.
Sioux City hosts the twenty second annual Gideons convention with National Secretary A B T Moore reporting the group is about 14 000 Bibles short of 500 000 to place in guest rooms this year The organization started in 1899 in Janesville Wis and now operates in 40 states plus Alaska with 4 000 active traveling members They aim to expand work by adding field secretaries and have tied with Canada and England.
The article explains color adaptation after viewing a color for a few moments. It warns not to stare at dress goods longer than a minute to achieve a close match.
A reflection on independence of solitude by Emerson. It is easier to live by the world’s opinion or in solitude when free of others, but the great man maintains perfect sweetness and independence while among the throng.
Waterloo officers chased a group described as booze runners with a .45 revolver on one man. The party, from Mason City, halted in La Porte City to question a night watchman, then camped along the road. The claimed drug runners proved to be harmless tourists in a Haynes car.
Mrs. Martha Moore, aged seventy, flies in a passenger plane near FT Madison. She enjoys a scenic loop over Green Bay bluff, circling the city and returning to the field, calling the ride splendid.
In Dubuque near Nutwood Park, two bandits robbed a street car crew and a passenger at noon. They wore rough clothing with no masks as autos and work crews nearby observed the bold daytime holdup. The sheriff arrived minutes later, yet the getaway was completed, described as one of the most audacious crimes in local police annals.
Prof Bliss of Ames College supervises a 35 acre pickle field at Sigourney this week. The yield is expected to be good and markets will open Thursday with Prof S A Beach of Ames present. Farm agents from neighboring counties invited, land rented, work hired, and expenses tracked to prove pickle farming can be profitable.
A reflection on using impulses as a force for good with principle guiding actions. The author argues impulses should be allowed to act rightly while maintaining steadfast moral standards.
In Pleasantville on July 22 a hog owned by Wash Yeater died after eating a dropped torpedo used to signal trains. Yeater, a Burlington railroad employee, kept torpedoes for signaling and accidentally dropped one near the hogs. The blast destroyed part of the hogs head and the animal died.
The raven, noted for mischief when tamed, can be taught to articulate. It hides objects like its cousin the crow, presenting a curious blend of cleverness and trouble in trained behavior.
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