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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1920
Page
2
Market notices steady to strong hogs with top 14.45 and most sales 13.50 to 14.30. Heavy and light weight ranges shown. cattle receipts 2,500 with beef steers 1.25 to 1.50 higher than week ago. fat cows and heifers up 25 to 50. Calves steady to unevenly higher. lambs mixed with shorn lambs down 1.00 to 2.50. Official yesterday totals list hogs 35,792 cattle 6,683 sheep 7,925 calves 1,655.
Beach Wickham Grain furnishes a close of grain futures for July and September contracts with corn oats rye and barley prices and percentages. Provisions and fats noted include park lard ribs with bid offers. Chicago cash corn and oats prices and Toledo cash clover values are listed with monthly futures activity.
Samuel Chantland, 35, remains in precarious condition at a Marshalltown hospital after a milk cow kicked and snagged his leg with a loosened chain, causing injuries that led to gangrene and a possible life saving operation.
Washington reports President Wilson vetoed a bill criminalizing interstate transport of immoral motion pictures due to a phrasing error. An enrolling clerk had transposed a phrase, the veto noted, and after correction the bill was repassed. Prohibition literature floods Scotland ahead of an election focusing on banning the bar.
H C Hargrove sold four Holsteins to Uruguay for 1250 each. A carload shipment includes ten Polled Angus bulls from the McHenry herd near Denison. Kammina bought a 120 acre farm east of Orange City for 1060 per acre, trading a quarter near Sheldon for 500 per acre. Farm near Orange City touted as highly improved with new buildings on the Alleton Orange City road, now being paved.
Leah Baird stars in a tale adapted by Augustus Thomas on a double standard of morals. Frank Clayton, a Paris visitor, flirts with Mimi the model while fearing his wife’s knowledge, leading to a jealous misjudgment and a critique of societal judgments on women.
Brighton briefings report Mrs. Walter Brim leaving for Ottawa Kansas and daughter joining for three weeks. Lieut G G Meade and family visit from Chicago. Miss Gertrude Baily returns to Fairfield. Clarence E Bennett to Leah Holmes marriage noted. Mrs F M Kendall with daughters visit Brice Pringle. Armstrong family moving back from Winfield. Miss Rose Elder visiting from Rose Hill. Fenner closes Variety Store. Smiley Jewelers occupies building. Dr G W Taylor visits Georgia. Winfield Close couple depart for Mt Union toward St. Clairsville Ohio. W O W to dedicate monument Sunday for Logan A Fleck.
A Cedar Rapids man Arthur Nelson is under arrest in Denver on a forgery charge for signing a $10 money order bought by Hilbert Nelson. The order was sent to Arthur, who cashed it in Como Colorado, though he believed it was for his brother Herbert. The two families with same given names live apart, making the mix up unusual. The article also notes a Paris bar trend, a Boston socialist trial, and California housewives debating Sunday motor rides to conserve fuel.
Des Moines June 4 first formal dedication under the new state park law as a 1400 acre tract in Delaware county northeast of Lamont is taken over by the state. Governor Harding attends with Prof. L H Pammel presenting the park noted for Maquoketa river canyons cedar and pine trees and an islandlike Kansas drift formation.
A firm is like a family bound by mutual interests. Quarrels can ruin wages and profits, yet a normal family avoids internal conflicts and fosters a protective, united spirit that sustains all members.
In the Ink Pot an old steel pen kept to absorb acid may extend daily use wear and improve pen performance.
AMES ALUMNI AMES June 5 Among the alumni of classes 72 73 and 74 who will return for the semi annual anniversary of Ames college are Judge J L Stevens Boone George K Marsh Osage Dr Charles B Chase of the college of medicine at the University of Iowa George W Keisel Dubuque Frank D Jackson former governor of Iowa and J W Conway Norton Kan About twenty five will be here The classes of 76 and 77 will meet together Among the guests in this group will be Dr and Mrs A B Shaw of Los Angeles Dr Shaw was formerly of Des Moines and Mrs Shaw is the stepdaughter of President A S Welsh the first president of Iowa State college In all more than 2000 alumni are expected according to Ward Jones secretary of the Iowa State College Alumni Assn This number does not take into account the old students of the college and others who will be present.
Preparations are under way in Cedar Rapids for the annual convention of the State Association of County Attorneys on June 23 and 24. A state program will cover changes in criminal laws approved by the code commission, with papers and discussions planned to engage all attending attorneys.
Proceedings before the convention cover Larceny of Automobiles by Carl Riepe of Burlington and Fraudulent Stock Sales by A G Rippey of Des Moines. On Thursday, closing day, Attorney General H M Havyner will deliver the address. Association officers are H K Lockwood president Henry H Jebens Davenport vice president and Harry Langland Nevada secretary and treasurer. Canada negotiates on Armenia mandate in League of Nations.
Oildag claims to be diffusing Acheson Graphite in high grade neutral oils to improve engine performance. The company asserts its product is the only manufactured graphite and guarantees increased power, reduced wear, fewer carbon deposits, and lower fuel consumption when the proper grade is used.
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