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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1922
Page
2
Market reports show cattle hogs and sheep with steady to lower prices. Top hogs at 10.65 while cattle tests steady with tops near 9.70 for calves and veal. Receipts listed for hogs cattle and lambs with official totals and grain prices next.
Farmers union gatherings set for June 11 at Young America School EK L Bartholow secretary June 15 at Richmond Hal G Figgins secretary June 16 at Haskins I B Rabenold secretary Paul P Moore a noted cooperative speaker will discuss terminal marketing of farm products BH Critchfield of Equity Co operative Exchange of St Paul will cover marketing. Stereoptical views on cooperative marketing will be shown. Public invited and Richmond plans for a summer county picnic were urged.
A brief note in the Boston Transcript suggests keeping something for a rainy day, a compact reminder of prudent planning and thrift during uncertain times.
Des Moines June 13 United States Senator hopeful Smith W Brookhart will receive strong backing from the regular Republican organization in Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Henry C Wallace said after arriving for a forty eight hour stay He brushes aside the Democratic challenge from Clyde Herring and notes Brookharts standing in Washington as a regular Republican candidate He added no immediate plan for major Republican speakers in Iowa but said party committees would arrange if needed
Zoologist Nl. Gon estimates full grown Greenland whales average about 100 tons or 224 000 pounds. That equates to about 80 elephants or 400 bears. Some larger whales and tales of 150 ton beasts exist, but such sizes are rare today. A ten of off tongue from a single whale is noted.
Ancient texts note the Nile valley civilization flourishing in the distant past. The dung beetle worship and the scarab are linked to scavenging powers, while the well of Joseph near the pyramid was carved through 300 feet of rock. Moses’ hygienic laws, born around 1660 B C, are highlighted as early public health codes.
A dramatist observes how to shape plots for a child under nine. Moller selects a cook with a childlike mind for a theater prop to engage a young listener. The piece notes the hour near bedtime as the ideal first night audience and predicts strong applause if the story continues.
Whittier notes Woolman’s faith that love could reach hearts through social barriers and selfishness. The event, he argues, softened hard hearts and toppled avarice and pride wherever Woolman testified to love.
A. W. Clyde of Iowa State College reports many Iowa farmers are buying pitric acid, a surplus war department explosive, to blast stumps and boulders. Eastern counties like Wapello, Louisa, Winneshiek and Muscatine show heaviest use with a Gat toad distributed last season. Also reports a new livestock shippers association formed at Oakville with about twenty members and growing interest in Holstein and Jersey dairy cows urging cooperative buying.
Guthrie County farmer Trviah Plaine sprayed and pruned his trees improving eating apples sold to friends. He bought a spray outfit last year and paid for it from apple sales despite a poor year. Frank Thomas also benefits from spraying his trees. In Lyon County, the farm bureau plans potato experiments with certified Red River Valley seed and home seed comparisons, plus potential soybeans and hubham clover trials.
Shipping of live stock from McPherson has started via a local association led by Ralph Vannausdle as president, with Arthur White as vice president and Earl McQuown as secretary and treasurer. The Stanton association reports solid business with 50 cents per hundred covers expenses, shipping hogs mainly to St. Joe. Leaf hopper control advised by F A Fenton uses Bordeaux mixture and lime, warnings of June July prevalence and potential yield gains. recommendation to pasture hogs highlighted by A L Anderson of Iowa State College.
Miss Rose Mintier sails from Cairo on the City of Benares after a week at sea en route to Washington Iowa, marking fourteen years with the American Presbyterian mission in Egypt. She served as nurse in Assiut and Tanta and in Luxor as domestic science instructor, aiding schools and health care for girls while eyeing future service as educator or physician.
The article notes familiar difficulties with schedules and timing as workers confront the loss of the wall and the challenge of adjusting to disrupted routines. It emphasizes how planning becomes harder when expected structures vanish.
A study reports that one American holly species contains high caffeine levels, reaching about one and a half percent in dried leaves, marking a rare plant source of the stimulant.
Iowa State College entomologists outline pest control for garden crops. Remedies target potato leafhoppers and beetles, cucumber beetles, cutworms, cabbage worms, and common plant lice with arsenicals, copper compounds, soap sprays, and physical barriers.
A pair of letters from the Spud family reveal ongoing fishing trips and farm life. Bill Spud warns against printing his brother’s remarks, while a Riverside Iowa note describes farm duties, travel home from a northern trip, tire repair, and plans to write again from the same location.
An ethnographic glimpse describes unusual instruments across regions. The Polynesian use of a large sea shed and Swiss imuakes music with reed like devices evokes a global panorama of sound. Whirled components such as hollow bones and wooden pieces on cords craft the melodies some souls seek beyond their homelands.
Fans carried into battle originate in Japan and spread to China. The curved segment shape remains the same today. Artisans and warriors alike used folding fans, with Chinese fighters even carrying them into combat.
Oricin explains the term a man of straw from the era of chaises of agents ready to testify for pay. They indicated their profession by wearing wisps of straw in their slimes to signal readiness for any cause or effect in court.
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