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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1922
Page
2
Chicago June 3. Estimated receipts hogs 6500 cattle 1000 2500 sheep 4500. Holdovers and prices listed for various weight classes and packing sow categories. Official figures show hogs 27988 today cattle 3494 sheep 16686 calves 1851 shipped 5692 1543 6349. Grain crate and market tone provided by Beach Wickham Grain Co. Iowa. Livestock estimates for Monday hogs 50000 cattle 22000 sheep 18000.
London reports the government has completed arrangements to pay the coming fall interest of 25 million pounds on the British debt to the United States. A decision on sending a special mission to Washington to discuss the debt has not yet been made.
James Eads How delivered an invitation for the July 4 event in Buffalo. The call was made at the White House this morning. Former U S Senator W P Pollock of Cheraw died in Columbia South Carolina. He served in the senate from 1910 to 1919 filling Tilman’s term.
A reader asks about the term Mother Carey used by sailors for the stormy petrel. The ultramarine reporter is absent, so reference books suggest the name may derive from Latin mater cara meaning dear mother, an allusion to the Virgin Mary.
Council Bluffs, June 4. A reference notes that Amelia Jenks Bloomer is credited with introducing the first flapper style. Born in New York, she and Dexter C. Bloomer moved to Council Bluffs in 1850 where she publicly wore the sensational bloomers. The outfit featured a long skirt with wide bottom bloomers and a cape, drawing national attention and criticism from reformers and religious groups.
Henry County farmer Chaney near Mt Pleasant describes a ten acre orchard yielding thirty three dollars from one tree in fall 1960. He uses sunlit low headed trees, stable manure mulch, and careful pruning. He details spraying gear and methods, a 150 gallon tank and three horse power engine delivering 300 pounds pressure for effective coverage. He plans wider spacing and no fillers next time. He also notes a Concord grape planting with a three wire trellis and fan pruning across half an acre.
Chas Molander develops a promising Guernsey dairy herd north of Mt Pleasant purchasing a pure bred Guernsey bull from A J Hollingsworth. He has about twenty high producing cows and aims to build a first class milking herd while continuing general farm operations.
The Hampshire Breeders Association will award about 150 dollars in cash prizes and a gold watch to Hampshire Pig Clubs in Lee Van Buren Henry and Jefferson counties at the close of the gift club contest to be settled on Tuesday August 15 at the Henry County Fair. Henry County juniors have joined the Hampshire Gilt club and enrollment cards arrive at the Farm Bureau office daily until June 1. Pigs coughing from worms risk the herd. avoid by treating with a compound containing stantonin and areca compounds.
Engebretsen leads Dallas County club work and travels to Henry County to acquire Duree gilts for youth programs. J A Miller stocks seven high class gilts south of Mt Pleasant for the boys and girls club effort. Farm Bureau announces a picnic set for Thursday June 15 with committees named and a meeting at Mt Pleasant on June 8 to finalize plans.
The Fox Theatre hosts a two day engaging showing of Gus Edwards School Days featuring Speck Brown played by Wesley Barry. Speck a little orphan with a stern guardian drifts from rural life to city education and back to nature while pursuing a lucky clothes pin invention amid swindlers and an eager uncle. The cast includes Francis X. Conlan Arline Blackburn Margaret Seddon and others. Washington County's Only Daily.
Senator Capper with Secretary Wallace introduces a new measure to regulate future grain trading aligning with interstate commerce powers. The bill designates contract markets under the agriculture secretary and allows farmer cooperatives access to exchanges under same rules, while keeping capper tindher provisions on coop membership.
The act draws on the phケット control law as part of a new bill to regulate grain exchanges. It bans purely speculative grain contracts and sets penalties of $10,000 and up to one year in prison for violations. The measure also exempts actual owners or producers and outlines prohibitions on mail or interstate communications of futures quotes and contracts.
A humorous dialogue reveals a paper clipping about a Sunday robbery. Jones asks for a duplicate copy to read the details while noting the husband and wife were in church when the crime occurred.
The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine relieves catarrhal inflammation with an ointment and a blood-acting tonic. It asserts the product restores normal mucous conditions and has been sold by F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio for over forty years.
A Boston Transcript item recounts a minister sharing a marriage guideline in a gift card. The advice covers loving and understanding a husband, praising honesty and generosity, supporting in sadness, and resisting overt control while acknowledging moments of fault.
The text notes Alexander the Great ordered his troops to shave foreseeing military gains as beards could be used as handles in combat. It contrasts ancient practices with later eras where Assyrian monuments show bearded conquerors, and Norman rulers promoted clean shaves for the vanquished.
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