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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
2
Forecast for upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys shows showers Tuesday and again Thursday or Friday with seasonal temperatures. No heavy storms are anticipated and conditions remain mild through the week.
Chicago stock markets report opening bids steady to higher with hogs priced 16.15 to 16.95 per cwt and cattle active. Estimated receipts: hogs 34 000 cattle 14 000 sheep 16 000. official weekly totals show hogs 82 489 received last week with 15 573 shipped, cattle 54 006 receipts and 16 071 shipments, sheep 6 551 receipts and 3 180 shipments.
The Journal notes Booth shipped four Duroc gifts east via the C., R. I. & P. line Friday evening. Skunk River flooding east of Oskaloosa rose while rail lines remained two feet above water, corn fields affected but some crops may survive if water recedes. Breeders' Gazette discusses purebred stock value, market trends, and the impact of breeders on local prosperity.
The Food Administrator Deems endorsed the plan to erect silos on every Iowa farm. He argued that storing entire corn yields as silage preserves all food value, with eight tons per acre yielding ears and stalks alike when silaged. He cited feeding silage plus alfalfa and water adding about three and a half pounds per steer daily.
A Chicago board of education plans to appeal for 2,000 more volunteers as 15,000 high school boys have already served on farms this summer. Farmers’ reception of the raw recruits and the value of this labor are discussed as a national welfare effort. Gas masks for horses and mules are being produced to protect animals from poisonous gases on the front.
Choice cattle now sell at 17.75 dollars per hundredweight, higher than 13.65 a year ago. The bulk sold recently between 10.90 and 12.75, while current ranges include 14.25 to 17.25 for top grades, indicating a price recovery.
The piece condemns gases and explosive bullets but highlights poison bullets as the deadliest weapon. It argues poison bullets are cigarettes, fired by soldiers’ friends and even some civilians, condemning smoking as a “poison bullet” harming heart, lungs, sight, and will.
In ancient Egypt embalmers prepared the deceased by removing the eyes, filling the sockets with plaster or wax, and inserting artificial eyes made of volcanic glass or semi precious stones for a swell funeral. The practice dates to the era of the earliest pharaohs.
The earliest English guide book is Instructions for Fortaine Travel published in 1642 by James s Howell, a renowned traveler of that era. This work marks the first printed travel guide in English.
Secretary Sidney Coon of the Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance reports widespread storm damage from recent thunder showers. Nearly thirty claims totaling over two thousand dollars have been paid for livestock killed or damaged, including cows, heifers, bulls, mares, calves, a sheep, and a dam. Names and destinations of the insured are listed with individual payout amounts.
Des Moines June 10 The Kansas wheat crop is set for harvest of about 100 million bushels in roughly two weeks with an official estimate of 98,411,822 bushels from 6,302,224 acres yielding 15.6 bushels per acre. Labor supply appears adequate as harvest hands currently operate across multiple states.
A scoured wool weight is 40 to 60 percent below raw fleece. The report lists various wool types and prices based on government scoured prices and regional shrink, noting breeds such as Fine Delaine and Half Blood, with values around 1.63 to 1.80 per unit and classifications including Blood, Common, and Braid across Oxford, Lincoln, Leicester, Cotswold, Shropshire, and Merino wools.
An old advertisement warns neglect of constipation can lead to ulcers appendicitis and nerve exhaustion. It promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a safe gentle remedy with no habit forming drugs and notes it is suitable for lovers weighing heavy. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the product.
Community singing revives old town meeting spirit as residents join in familiar songs then discuss other matters. The shift to paid church choirs is linked to a loss of congregational influence in churches.
Animals that rely on great speed to catch prey or evade foes lack collarbones. Their shoulders attach to the trunk by muscles, preventing jarring after long leaps. If collars existed, the shock upon landing would be tremendous. Nature arranged this protection in a common sense way.
The reddish butter from the West African shade tree is one of several vegetable butters valued by makers of margarine chocolate candies and soap. The pulp of the nut is highly prized by natives and is said to be nearly two thirds butter. The tree begins bearing nuts around 15 and reaches prime at about 25.
Local notes report visits by Edward Ruppelt and family to Miss Alice Hobart in Wapello and several others in Washington and Fairfield. Mrs Carson returns from Washington. Gormly family arrives for summer. Katherine Buxbaum returns from Ft. Dodge to visit J Fr Buxbaum. Methodist and United Presbyterian churches hold Children s Day programs. School board names W G Robertson superintendent for next year.
Brig. Gen. Robert E. Noble, chief of the Army Medical Department personnel division, has qualified and assigned all 16,000 government medical officers and directs hospitals west of the Atlantic. Speculation places him as likely successor to Surgeon General General Gorgas upon retirement in October.
A reflective note defines happiness as a contented mind with enough. It asserts that true joy comes from desiring little and appreciating what one already has, per Zimmer.
Over County news from Ainsworth on June 10 reports visits by W A Matson and family from Chicago to relatives in the Paul Mies home. Clara Wallace returning from Iowa State. Frank Supplee and wife visiting from Chicago. travel complications due to high water. Other items include Mrs Amos White visiting, Wadsworths of What Cheer leaving, J B Simpson relatives hosting, Miss Rocksey Singleton finishing teaching at Xenia, Drs WL Alcorn and J A Laird plans and travels, and a Children’s Day program at the M E church observed with a fine local program.
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