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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
2
An advertisement touts Fox and Dewey offering foot comfort with a playful wartime twist. It claims Americans killed 1,000 Germans and lost one man, urging readers to buy footwear at a discount in cash trade.
The market shows strong hog prices with receipts around 9 000 and heavy butchers at 16 75 to 16 95. Light butchers bring 17 00 to 17 25 while bulk hogs range 16 80 to 17 25. Beef cattle stay steady to higher with 7 000 receipts and calves firm. Lambs see best handy shorn at 18 and spring lambs around 20 50 with ewes at 15 25. Receipts and shipments incomplete in official tallies.
The passage details farmers Lewis Dunbar Chas Eyestone and others planning millet sowing for seed or hay amid rains. it notes a growing labor need for corn plowing and farm tasks. It describes a new electric power line from Cedar Rapids toward Richmond, with routes and local participants listed, and a note about a found colt, plus brief farm activity updates.
Lloyd Walker shows eagerness to return to fieldwork after rainy seasons halted his job tending to crops and landscape duties. He describes ongoing effort to secure work as weather improves.
The text outlines seed amounts per acre for sorghum hay 40 to 70 pounds and millet 25 to 40 pounds, noting sowing as late as mid July. It highlights buckwheat as an emergency crop with good market prospects and mentions the Ames agricultural experiment station offering detailed guidance on these crops.
Parham vouches for a standardized national type through the National Security League. The Fox program shows William Farnum in True Blue, likened to Israel Putnam in bravely upholding liberty and American traditions amid immigration debates.
A perplexing scene at a Gotham church shows crowds gathered around an orginte erinder and a monkey while questions about Nat linger. The humorous exchange hints at a local inside joke or ritual without clear resolution.
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