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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
2
HogsReceipts 22009 holdover 13446 cattle receipts 12000 sheep receipts 12000 market mostly higher with bids around 7.75 to 8.10 for various weight classes beef and veal prices listed calves and stockers noted. lambs and yearlings show firmer to higher bids. Local notes mention attendance at Marie Crayne funeral, Keota Chautauqua, and Decoration Day efforts at New Haven and Grace Hill cemeteries.
New Haven May 31 Mr and Mrs Walter Sheets and their daughter spent Sunday with her mother Mrs Frank Smith in New Haven highlighting a quiet family gathering during the holiday weekend.
May 26 to May 31 entries show local dealer George Brush and customers like Ed Hicher and Louis Eckhart buying lawn sprinklers belts and cultivators. The piece advertises items including Klingtight belting wheel bearings a Janesville seat guide and a high capacity Sidney sheller with tractor power, urging readers to order.
The Journal reports severe but seasonal declines in mature sheep prices and a sluggish beef market across western ports. Hog futures strengthened toward week end with Chicago tops near $9, East St. Louis above $9, while cattle and sheep prices showed broad weakness amid abundant receipts and cautious demand.
Prices fell across beef and sheep markets with shorn lambs at Chicago reaching 12.25 and 12.75 a head while Texas wethers peaked at 7.25 in Kansas City and heavy ewes slipped to 5.25. In Kane City Omaha Chicago all saw declines as deflation continued and contracts for two new junior high schools were cancelled with Bechtel and Rugh & Zalesky ordered to pay substantial sums in a board spending suit.
June 2 report lists defendants including Cedar Rapids district officials the Georges M Bechtel Bond Company Davenport architects Rugh and Zalesky Theodore Stark Construction and the independent school district of Cedar Rapids in a Marion district court petition by J M Ingold and many citizens seeking an accounting and judgment of funds spent on district real estate.
In Steens Mississippi a woman describes four years of female troubles and fatigue. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health and strength and recommends it to others. The letter requests privacy while inviting further health letters to be published.
A Washington Star quip notes that a clever man may pay more attention to showing off than to working, highlighting the tension between wit and labor. The line portrays a joking critique of idle brilliance affecting productivity.
James H. Allen, after years of study, claims a self made prescription eliminates rheumatism by removing uric acid deposits. He reports success and offers agents will refund purchase price if the first two bottles fail to help. The notice lists trial periods and sale terms with druggists as local agents.
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