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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1918
Page
2
Chicago July markets show estimated receipts 20 000 with cattle 12 000 sheep 16 000 and hogs 21 000. Prices opened sharply higher with big packers slow to start top hogs 19 25 and cattle mixed with calves and sheep climbing under strong to higher bidding.
Grain futures close for the day with price movements detailed by FE. W. Warner & Co in Town City Iowa. Managed by B. Hunt with contact via Phone 726.
Wheat receipts in St Louis yesterday reached 677 cars totaling 30 000 bushels the largest so far this crop year. Chicago today reported 829 cars of wheat with strong receipts. Cash quotes show No 1 red wheat at 2 24 No 2 red 2 21 2 22 and other futures prices for assorted wheat and corn grades. Receipts across Chicago include 829 wheat 224 corn and 502 oats cars.
James H. Robinson in Atlantic compares political addresses sermons and editorials to mere ejaculations. He argues that reasoning often serves to relieve minds by vocal sounds driven by approval disapproval comfort or alarm.
Kolosick Bros. operated a clover huller in James F. Havels alsike clover field known locally as Long Jim. They hulled about two acres gaining roughly 1 percent bush ela per acre and the seed was clean aside from red clover. Wayne Gideon sold three mules for 700 dollars. two four year olds and one three year old. Kolosick Bros. report their best season at the stable and see no decline in the horse business.
Field notes show Will O Connors area and Cum mings neighborhood with threshing activity. Henry Klein is upgrading a granary while Louis Musil adds 8 by 15 foot extension on a new cement foundation to store about 4000 bushels. A threshing machine moved from Boyd Fosters to Oscar Davis, leaving a large straw stack.
Report from Highland Township notes a machine misallocating grain with 6 percent acres yielding 135 bushels and nearly 21 bushels per acre, plus mixed oats and wheat turning 65 bushels on seven acres. George Radda leads the crew while straw pile chatter hints at grain hidden in stew.
A comment notes that diverse groups including Irishmen Englishmen a school teacher Italian American and Japanese now discuss any topic together due to the war affecting all workers like hog breeders. The speaker cites a blending of backgrounds in wartime unity.
A summary of a report by Charles F. Thwing shows about 150 000 graduates former students teachers and others from American colleges entered military service. Iowa State College leads with 609 graduates or former students and 480 undergraduates followed by the State University with 515 graduates or former students and 284 undergraduates. Two Iowa men joined Annapolis from the Navy class, Jerauld L. Olmsted of Des Moines and Kenneth Baker of Wapello.
Clark Hobbs of Rock Branch Iowa a young married farmer left for Camp Pike Arkansas with his hired man. The Rock Branch draft contingent includes Missionary pastor Cyrus Albertson and eleven church members who joined the march without seeking exemptions.
Harvest of a bumper crop of small grains is underway across Iowa with central northern and eastern parts enjoying favorable conditions. Wheat and oats have been mostly cut, threshing is rapid, labor shortages are limited, and pasture and hay yields vary by region. Forage supplies look tight next winter, while hog cholera and foot and mouth disease are minor. Poultry and crop reports note beetles and late season plantings as secondary crops advance.
Public urged to store and prepare all possible at home as factory production tightens due to tin can shortages. Army and allies plan to take large canned food quantities next winter, leaving households likely to rely on personal supplies or face shortages.
Sherman Bros. advertises Farris Healing Remedy priced at 2.60 for a pint. The label claims 50cc is enough to treat wounds and deter flies, urging buyers to purchase today for tomorrow.
The Food Administration complains poor coal for threshers harms harvest and urges enforcement of hoarding laws with fines up to 5000 dollars or two years in prison. Officials are urged to curb waste from burning or dumping garbage into water while farmers seek animal feed from town waste. Soldiers require a wheat heavy diet including meat fats sugar and coffee.
Retail grocers may be required to maintain records of all sugar sales. The policy defines repeaters as food hoarders and outlines potential penalties or enforcement actions.
Harry Meyer, state chairman of the Ohio National Bakers Service Board, predicts major gains for the baking industry after the war. He urges abandoning old methods and stresses thorough knowledge from the ground up to stay competitive, doubting a return to wheat flour alone in bread and noting the bakery will not be as simple as before.
The United States Food Administration issues threshing season rules in Burlington Iowa for 1918. Farmers may buy wheat flour for threshing crews in a set ratio and sugar sales are limited to five pounds per rural customer per sale. The policy aims to support visiting threshing outfits and ensure meal adequacy.
Sioux City is due for a Havnerian cleanup as State Agent James Risden and State Agent O. O. Rock review conditions. Reports say bootlegging and street soliciting by prostitutes are openly occurring, signaling a crackdown to reform the city.
A city court in New York appointed a receiver for the property and effects of Nat C. Goodwin the actor. The receivership follows a judgment for 1606 dollars recovered against Goodwin on notes used to pay for land near Telegraph Cal where the actor maintains a ranch.
A reflective aphorism on duty and faithfulness from Charles Kingsley. It argues that duty remains a divine command, and only those faithful in small tasks deserve greater responsibilities later. The quote emphasizes steadfastness and moral obligation across life’s duties.
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