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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1920
Page
2
Des Moines July 26. For upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys showers likely Monday or Tuesday and again toward week’s end, with fair weather midweek. Temperatures to run somewhat above normal.
Estimated receipts today hogs 2000 holdover 4525 cattle 16000 sheep 24000. Fat light weight steers steady with beef prices 16.00 16.85 for choice prime beef steers. Pigs and hogs mostly 13.75 16.10. Canners and cutters list 4.50 7.50. Lambs and yearlings show 7.50 16.25 and 9.50 13.50 respectively. Official yesterday totals hogs 4953 cattle 1618 sheep 4776 calves 172. Shipments cattle 1950 sheep 2840. None.
Grain futures and Chicago market data show July and September prices for wheat and corn, with deliveries and bid ranges. Receipts include 185 car wheat, 255 corn, 270 oats, 13 rye, 42 barley, and livestock forecasts for Tuesday with hogs 28 000, cattle 11 000, sheep 25 000. Cash corn and oats trade lower with No 1 red wheat at 2.80–2.83 and No 2 red at 2.78–2.80.
The journal reports cream deliveries and pasture conditions indicate continued dairy production with butterfat prices up from last year. Poultry marketing rises seasonally as light chickens go on feed. eggs supply remains adequate. Cows in spring freshening need grain now to sustain fall production. Battery water should be replenished regularly to avoid sulfation. Weeds cause millions in Iowa crop losses. barberry is singled out for strict control while dock, quack grass, wild parsnip, buffalo burr, and European morning glory spread. thorough cultivation and field cleanliness are advised.
Discoveries by the USDA color laboratory enable U S manufacturers to produce phthalic anhydride at low cost. Once German monopoly, now made in the United States and sold in Switzerland to rival German prices. Atmosphere based process replaces acid and mercury methods, cutting cost from wartime highs of seven dollars to about forty five cents per pound, with potential further reductions as demand grows.
Storage batteries in automobiles need distilled water every few days in hot weather. Evaporation reduces fluid, boosting sulfation and shortening battery life. Replenishing with fresh water helps maintain performance and longevity.
Kansas City cash markets slip with corn and oats posting new lows as liquidation spreads across grains. Stop orders trigger widespread selling while buyers clamp bids, strengthening the downturn in grains and pressuring futures edges across corn, oats, and wheat.
George Nicola and W R Schmitt buy oil leases near Nichols Iowa to prospect for oil and gas. Peat bogs south of Nichols saturated with oil suggest potential rich fields further down. If leases are secured they plan to drill a well in the area.
Grinnell Iowa July 26 The mayor Dan White with city clerk A C Herriman tested a paving stretch after a shell crater crash involving Mr and Mrs Pierson of Des Moines They drove at normal speed and the crash sent them to hospital The mayor and clerk escaped with minor injuries the stunt praised as a success by locals
In Cleveland a luncheon for over two hundred women left 38 seriously ill and about 60 more with milder sickness. Doctors and chemists are puzzled as symptoms point to typhoid fever, prompting concern and investigation into the meal and possible contamination.
The Billville Banner notes whale meat has been recommended as a substitute for beef and bacon but warns catching whales is easy, hauling them home is the hard part.
Exchange of witticisms and banter from a Morgan Rae vaudeville routine plus brief quips about a club escape, a would‑be wedding present, and a running gag about a murder that is really a marriage. Included lines feature Walter Weems and Billy McDermott style quips about crowds, taxes, and a punning misread.
Report notes a deviation from the eleven district representation as a young woman and two young men joined the committee, representing the Associated Press and Des Moines papers. The scene underscores a shift toward openness and press involvement in public affairs, with the Burlington Hawkeye urging that the public deserves knowledge through the press.
Professor Warner of the Iowa agricultural extension department reports eleven county fairs have scheduled soils exhibits for fall displays. The exhibits will show benefits of leguminous crops and manure lime and phosphate fertilizers. Data from the Iowa Experiment Station and other sources backs the demonstrations. Test fields show red clover yields doubled by certain treatments. Includes soil samples leguminous root samples a map of Iowa soil areas and county soil-type map.
The June 30 Treasury debt statement shows a total US debt of 24,299,321,467.07, down 2,297,280,180.94 from August last year. Liberty bonds total 16,218,447,553 with Victory notes at 4,246,285,530, plus certificates of 2,768,927,500 and other items.
At The Goodyear Tire plant in Akron Ohio male workers are said to have a sweeter tooth than women. More than 1 200 pies are baked daily across four cafeterias to feed about 9 000 workers every 24 hours. Estimated 300 000 pies yearly and 1 860 000 slices. Eight varieties baked daily with no leftovers. Pie plates require little cleaning.
Thieves stole forty two barrels of government bonded whiskey valued around 50000 dollars from the Valley Park warehouse eighteen miles west of St. Louis. This marks the second theft at the warehouse in four months after bandits took 8000 dollars in March.
The father warns Robert against playing with a boy whose language is rough, suggesting a different playmate. Robert defends the peer, saying the other boy has the best legs on the ball team, showing loyalty over appearances.
Popular Mechanics Magazine describes a business desk memorandum pad with three part reck and perforations near the left edge that allow removing small sheets bearing old or lesser notes without damaging others of value. The transverse cuts divide the paper to aid removal.
The advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a general tonic to cleanse the system of impurities. It links fatigue and weakness to blood impurities, claims the remedy improves appetite and vitality, and offers full information by writing to Swift Specific Co. Atlanta, Georgia.
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