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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1918
Page
2
Estimated receipts for hogs today around 31 000 with bids near 19.00 for top light hogs. Cattle activity firm with steers strong and higher prices around 18.35 for good stock. Sheep and lambs show firmness with prime and choice lambs around 18.50. Shipments and yesterday’s receipts noted but market remains active.
A short aphorism by William Penn on frugality paired with liberality. It warns that denying unnecessary expenses benefits others, while giving generosity without thrift leads to prodigality, and both together cultivate a noble temper.
Mr Slowpay vows to return dark trousers to be reseated while Mr Murphy the tailor recalls a six month old bill. Both claim they have endured much in the exchange.
Edith challenges talk of quarrel with Jack as Ethel jokes about her upcoming birthday next week indicating peace among friends and a lighthearted mood.
The Forty second division known as the Rainbow division fights under General Brown in the Marne region, performing well in halting the German offensive during the war.
Grateful mothers from Fau Claire and Youngstown report Foley's Honey and Tar as a near miraculous remedy for severe croup and persistent coughs in children. They cite relief after other remedies failed and endorse it for coughs, croup, and chest irritation. Lemmon's Pharmacy in Washington sells the product.
The article notes an Ohio bred Orion Duroc owned by Bob Smylie is not being sold at a profit, despite paying what some deem a good price. It follows with local home and barn building updates around Ainsworth including Ralla Gardner and Chas Jacksons new houses, and various hay stacks and straw piles. Grain yields remain unreported.
County Agent M H Fedderson reports the Food Administration asks Washington county to grow 10 000 acres of fall wheat next year as part of a national effort. Farmers are asked to hold good clean fall wheat for seed, with premiums offered for seed grain. Weather and experience are noted risks, but the county’s 1 975 farms are urged to share the duty to support food production for the war effort.
Alliman Bros of the Eicher neighborhood north of Weyland sold their Duroc herd boar Perfect Model to R. F Smylie of Columbus Junction for 1000. The 16 month old boar weighs 600 pounds, stands seven inches high, and measures 65 inches long. Smylie plans an extended fair circuit show in the junior yearling class with the boar and its progeny, including 50 sired pigs.
George Lord faces decisions on disposing of surplus breeding stock after Burke's Good Enough dies. He has acquired strong bloodlines and breeds now in growth, with several nearly perfect Duroc hogs. Great Wonder Prospect remains hidden in weeds as heat rages, reluctant to surface.
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes a nationwide pig drive in Iowa where farmers are set to donate one piglet per farm to support the Red Cross. The program, spring begun, has widespread turnout with many homes keeping Red Cross pigs through winter to boost donation funds.
The A Erlich Bros of Savannah paid 1500 to the Red Cross for excess flour profits and not selling substitutes. France uses 65 to 75 percent of normal food. England’s reserves recover after US shipments. Pleasantville mill loses license for a week over selling flour without substitute certificates. Paste makers use barley and potato flour as substitutes. wheat flour use is restricted by the Food Administration.
The U S Food Administration in Washington urges immediate action to organize each state for Price Publication. Published lists will serve to stabilize prices of staple products.
The Department of Agriculture issues circular No. 107 advocating one hundred hens per farm to boost egg production. It states each hen should yield at least one hundred eggs annually, feasible on waste materials. With about 6,000,000 farms, the target implies 600 million hens nationwide.
A large scale fruit industry note states 000,000 hens and 60,000,000,000 eygs a year. Preparations are underway to maximize this year’s fruit crop. The Fruit Supplies and Preservation Branch plans more pulping stations in fruit regions. Existing stations handle about eight hundred tons of fruit pulp weekly.
Elderberries are described for pies jellies and jams with guidance on cold storage and recandling. The notice lists license suspensions revocations and penalties for multiple companies including Ayres Mercantile Denver Farmers Hay and Grain Harriman T R Liberty Sons Fredonia Hulshizer Milling Newark and National Mercantile Philadelphia with fines refunds and store closures in Pennsylvania Ohio New York and Tennessee.
Farmers discuss splitting responsibility for wheat fields with about five acres per farm as many plan 20 to 25 acre plots. The main challenge is winter killing, which top dressing with straw or long manure could lessen. Smaller fields owned by many farmers may allow better care than large single holdings. Let’s go over the top.
Sherman Bros. advertises Farris Healing Remedy a bottle for two dollars preserving wounds from flies. The remedy is pitched to prevent fly bites and avoid bother tomorrow, urging immediate purchase.
A poem noting German reliance on substitutes in food, materials, money, and law as life grows odder and society shifts under wartime strain with lines on substitute clothing, cheese, bees, and morals.
Poem fragment satirizes wartime propaganda with references to a substitute press and Kaiser Bill. It suggests the public is misled and beliefs become odd as leaders seek substitute gods, portraying a critical view of wartime messaging.
Mrs A D Smith of Jordan New York reports chronic belching sour stomach headaches and constipation. She began taking Chamberlains Tablets three years ago and says the remedy strengthened digestion restored health and cleared up symptoms. Sold by Lemmon s Drug Store. Advt
A design notes two bay windows often paired with a window seat but recommends a broad window shelf as an alternative. The shelf accommodates plants or books and remains restful if kept clear of clutter despite occasional brick bracing.
The text contrasts material wealth with spiritual wealth, noting that true millionaires are those whose heart gives love rather than those who receive most. It emphasizes that generous love leads to inner abundance and health of spirit.
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