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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
2
Forecast for June 17 to June 22 calls for generally fair skies with warmer temperatures in the north portion. Issued by the U S Weather Bureau Washington D C for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys.
Estimated hog receipts today 35 000 with yesterday 1 687 leftovers. Cattle receipts about 20 000 with mixed quality bids and top hog prices around 16 90. Sheep and lamb figures show slower bidding with ewes and rams offered at 11 50 to 20 00 range. Week totals indicate light shipments and slow bidding across beef, veal calves, and sheep markets.
Mrs. T Neurever and Mrs. D Gilkeson praise Foley's Honey and Tar as a reliable remedy for severe croup Whooping cough and persistent child coughs. They report quick relief after the first doses and endorse it based on personal experience.
A reflective meditation questions whether persistent effort toward a noble ideal yields reward. It ponders if constant aspiration toward heroism and truth can ever prove advantageous or if such striving is inherently vain.
H E B Jaques of the U S Department of Agriculture reports corn maggots prosper where manure is heavy, with fewer losses in manure free strips. Web worms and cutworms cause significant damage, a parasite on some web worms offers hope, and grasshoppers respond to a homemade poison mix. The recipe uses bran, arsenate of lead, molasses, citrus, water, and optional Paris green to cover four or five acres.
In Muscatine Iowa June 17 a dispute at the Pen nant button factory sparked a near riot when Nellie Koepping a button operator refused to work after colleagues decorated her machine with an American flag The employer alleged she claimed Americans should have stayed out of the war and would not soil her hands with the flag The foreman urged her to work or quit and she did both the matter was referred to authorities with a warrant for desecration of the flag issued against her
Community notes from Over County brief readers on events and changes in local neighborhoods. Short items describe arrivals, departures, meetings, and small community happenings across Washington County with a focus on everyday life.
A county council committee led by J. R. Maxwell will set farm labor wages and arrange workers for summer and fall harvests. Members include D. H. McLaughlin W. Libe Richard Donaldson William Sutherland W P McCauley and Alex Marbourg. The group plans price scales and worker sourcing from town residents and may extend to other towns.
Bethel Church notes quote Rev W R Robertson urging active church service beyond Sundays and report a children’s day total of 17 67 for the school collection. West Chester Red Cross Auxiliary plans a June 15 program at the Baptist Church with songs and a short play to benefit the West Chester Red Cross. A witty Irish affairs reference closes with a Duke of Wellington house of Lords slip about Treland clergy deaths.
John Koch and Paul Gass have plowed over seventy acres of corn in the past week and will assist Ode Ferguson with clover hay early this week then work for Koch again. K Orris begins clover hay this week weather permitting as corn remains in good shape and road work opens for the season. J J Rich moved to clover hay on Wednesday in June with Will Shafer’s son helping. Shafer plans to finish the corn second time and start hay soon with adequate help.
Describes how men arrange sheaves in varieties of shocks including two by two and with side supports. Explains placing long rows east and west and orienting the cap sheaf to the west or south to resist winds. Notes two-at-a-time stacking yields stronger shocks and that tight heads under the cap help grain stay upright and well preserved into late fall.
The Iowa food administration reports confectioners have exceeded sugar allotments in the first half of the year. Retail grocers signing purchasers’ names for canning have been warned. The aim is not to halt candy making but to reduce consumption and curb sales to those able to buy. It notes army sugar needs must be met and discourages sending candy to soldiers.
A Kansas City Journal item warns against loose tongues and the trouble it brings. The brief reflects on caution and self control as a social virtue.
The saying suggests that greater wants come with more possessions and that certain people create their own worries by chasing more debt or risk. It uses a blunt moral about human nature and restraint.
Donald climbs the cherry tree in the backyard and drops fruit to Buster below. Buster catches about twenty cherries in his hat. Donald jokes about reaching, Buster agrees they have enough for a stomach ache.
A Bostonian finds a former townsman now in a new uniform walking a beat in a distant New England town. He reveals he is pensioned by Heston and has moved there to work locally. The remark underscores audacious pension abuse and a sharp cultural note.
A small portion of alum oiled with milk and used to rinse the mouth will stop an aching tooth but do not swallow the liquid.
The Old Scout recalls a lunch with his young nephew who ordered coffin nails as a hellboy paged the room calling Mister Spikes. He deems the moment a bad omen, labeling the event yesterday as a sign of ill luck.
A short moral note describes selfishness as a mind disease causing pain and outlines the cure as deliberate practice of its opposite. The piece emphasizes selfless behavior as the remedy for personal and social ills.
A bay window is typically linked to a window seat but a broad shelf can serve as a plant display or hooks. The main drawback is clutter if the shelf is crowded. kept clear it remains restful and decorative.
A cheerful outlook fosters happiness in ourselves and others as championed by Sir John Lubbock in a brief philosophical note. He argues happiness is a powerful social contribution and urges positive engagement with those around us.
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