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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
2
Estimated receipts total near 8,000 cattle and 8,000 hogs with a large backlog from yesterday. Stockyard workers strike disrupts trading. early prices show mixed to firmer trends across cattle sheep and pigs with notable activity in calves lambs and hides. Receipts yesterday reached 12,622 with 5,172 shipments reported.
The document lists scoured wool prices and greasing estimates based on government scoured prices. It explains weight shrinkage from shearing and notes payment arrangements, government grading at central points, and local dealers acting as government agents. It catalogs wool types by sheep breeds such as Oxford Lincoln Leicester Cotswold Shropshire Merino and Southdown with blood percentages.
Advertisement from Chicago Illinois dated June 5 1915 by BE Wagner Co and B Hunt manager urging consignments of live stock and grain futures including June and July corn oats and oats futures with price listings and office details at 8 Yards Chicago Illinois Rooms 27-29 Main Floor Exchange
A remarkable tale tells of John Watson of San Francisco who befriended eight sisters in Pris co and within a year entered into a form of marriage with each, then vanished with their dowries. The lurid account labels him a juggler of hearts and portrays a sequence of marriages and absconded funds.
A brief portrait of a man who speaks little by habit and values measured, thoughtful speech over empty chatter. His restraint suggests a focus on meaningful contribution rather than volume.
The Journal's Farm Department reports J. Clark Wright notes soybeans interplanted with corn to boost silage protein. Ames extension provided inoculation. Lloyd Neiswanger keeps 97 Chester White pigs near wean age, with corn shortages affecting feed and planned alfalfa sowing. Heavy rains delay plowing and field work.
A county bulletin urges towns to mobilize skilled farmers idle now to plow corn and harvest hay and grain. It notes many men have skills but lack paid work, and cites pressure from drafts rains and weeds. The plan suggests a county census to invite capable workers to aid farms and support Red Cross.
A terse notice urges men to come forward for essential chores within the community. The call stresses practical help and shared responsibility, signaling a coordinated effort to maintain local duties.
Des Moines report details Governor Harding explaining his English language only edict. He warns foreign language use fuels pro-German propaganda and plots while affirming no offense to German Americans or religious worship. He stresses the measure targets foreign language use as propaganda medium, not churches or nationalities.
Mildred E. Whitcomb of Ottumwa is elected editor of the Daily Iowan for next year becoming the university paper’s first woman editor. She started reporting three years ago under Conger Reynolds and has since written for major American magazines.
Clyde F E Coon, once a prominent Iowa City and Davenport promoter of the interurban line, was convicted in Chambersburg Pennsylvania on six counts including larceny forgery and bank wrecking. The jury sentenced him to nine years in a Pennsylvania penitentiary.
American naval efforts earn praise from Archibald Hurd for aiding the British fleet in the North Sea. Co-operation includes convoy protection and submarine warfare, with U S battleships and crews supplying officers and skilled workers in destroyers mines and bombs production.
FE D Zellner of Junction City Kansas quits a large pigeon farming venture supplying squabs to Chicago and New York markets. He mothballs the flock due to high wheat costs, shipping 1000 homers to Boston at 5 cents each, while wheat is diverted to aid the Allies.
A Garden City farmer hired Linn Overbrook eighteen as a threshing helper at ten dollars a week. Sheriff O Brown revealed Linn’s past. Linn admitted a girl named Mabel ran away from home. Mabel was taken to town, held, then returned to Nebraska.
John A. Brown of Gary and Crown Bankers announced day and night labor on his 6000 acre ranch below Lowell Indiana. Half the land will be planted with corn and rye will replace wheat. The operation also contains 500 head of cattle.
Keota starts a six day Chautauqua on Thursday June 6 at 2 30 pm with Jess Pugh and a lecture by Private Lowell of the Canadian Expeditionary Force An all star program follows including lectures by Paul Lee Ellerbe Chas Medbury and Frank Cole musical concerts by the Bostonians Williams Jubilee Singers and the Royal Grenadiers and a tent circus by the Kiddies Menagerie A charity parade and a ball game for a local soldiers fund close the event with a 25 cent minimum donation
Freddie visits a tiny baby and, after a long stare, tells his mother that the infant's fists are closed as if preparing for a fight. The remark captures a child's literal reading of infant pose.
National League games produced New York beating Pittsburgh 2 to 1 and Brooklyn 1 to 1 with various incomplete box notes. American League outcomes include Detroit 6 Boston 7 and Cleveland 1 Washington 3 amid garbled scores and player names.
A 1918 season notice for the blue grey Percheron stallion GRELON (72635) from a north of Haskins bridge barn. Details include a heavy, proven horse, $12.50 to insure cost to stand and suck, and conditions on insurance and moving mares.
On June 5 1859 Washington woke to a severe frost that ruined wheat oats corn fruit and vegetables. Corn recovered, but other grains failed. C H Wilson recalls arriving to run a new grocery and flour rose to 12 dollars a barrel as food shortages pressed the region. Northern areas froze. the south supplied essentials.
A reflective note argues that many concerns are trivial and pursuits only arise from a stubborn habit. It contends that most worries do not alter outcomes and urges releasing fixation on insignificant matters.
Jessica laments sleepless nights as she waits for her husband and questions him until morning in this tense excerpt. The dialogue hints at strain and suspicion within a troubled relationship, set against a candid, intimate domestic scene.
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