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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1922

Page

2

Daily Market Reports First Report Hows Chicago June 17

Market totals show estimated receipts today six thousand holdover four percent and 401. Cattle and sheep receipts listed with varying grades and prices. Hog and cattle figures reflect weights and quality with top values noted. official yesterday figures show receipts and shipments across hogs cattle sheep calves. Beach-Wickham Grain Co reports Iowa City pricing with tone unchanged. Livestock estimates for Monday predict hogs fifty thousand cattle twenty two thousand sheep seventeen thousand.

Millet painting The Angelus shifts from Louvre to sale

A French landscape titled The Angelus by Jean Francois Millet is traced from a 1800 Louvre purchase for $150,000 to a 1850 sale for about $100 and later listings including a 300 France sale.

Angelis Jean Francois Millet Pelpter Hom France Louvre

Meréand Peasants Wear White For Korean New Year

A fragment notes people in Korea dressing in white robes for the New Year celebration. It describes the wear as ceremonial though not included in a specific civic event. The piece reflects traditional attire worn during festive observances.

M Wean Korea

Judges And Clerks Jailed For Election Fraud

In Chicago sixteenth ward primary fraud cases judges and clerks of election were sentenced by County Judge Frank S Righelmer to 30 days to six months in county jail. The court said they conspired to overthrow government by stealing votes. They had been cited to show cause why sentence should not be imposed.

Chicago Frank S.S. Righelmer

Aurora Observation Report From Northern Traveler

A northern traveler describes Labra dor offering unusual facilities for watching the aurora borealis. He recalls sometimes hearing the phenomenon when it moves rapidly, with a faint rustling sound like a soft breeze.

Labrador

Cooperation Between President and Congress Refutes Do Nothing Charges

The record shows the president and Congress working together to complete a well defined program. It cites enacted legislation and timely action that counters claims of inaction and demonstrates ongoing cooperation and progress.

Congress

Record of Cooperation Between President and Congress in 1921

A 1921 summary argues the Republican Congress fully backed the President's program, enacting the Emergency Tariff Law Budget Law federal aid for highways and agriculture and laws on lynching taxation and public economies. It highlights passage of the Fordney Bill and related measures, asserting 100 percent cooperation.

Republican Congress United States Congress Wear Finance Corporation Budget Bureau America Wilson Indian Bureau Postal Service House Russia

Mitchell tests soils as wool growers ship caravan of wool

Mitchell County farm bureau organized five soil testing meetings with H H Warner from Iowa State College explaining lime use and crop rotation. Forty soil samples were tested. Wool growers in Mitchell County plan a cooperative carload wool shipment this year. In Adams County soybeans gain popularity with three variety tests by the farm bureau, each cooperator planting ten varieties.

Mitchell Osage Mitchell County Farm Bureau H. H. Warner Iowa State College Mitchell County Adams County Farm Bureau

Bee Demonstration Apiaries Open in Adams County Iowa

Two demonstration apiaries have started in Adams County under D. M. Hall from the Iowa State College extension service in cooperation with the farm bureau. Recent bee meetings drew good attendance and covered summer management and swarm control.

Adams Corning Adams County D. M. Hall Agricultural Extension Service Iowa State College Farm Bureau

Annual Farm Picnic Schedule in Adair County

Three farm bureau picnics will be held in Adair county soon. One near Howe on the 13th, a second on June 14th near the Wallace homestead in Orient township, and a third on June 15th at Brush church south of Fontanelle. Excellent programs have been arranged.

Adair Greenfield Farm Bureau Adair County Howe Wallace Orient Township Brush Church Fontanelle

Breeders Plan New Building at County Fair Grounds

Purebred breeders of Winneshiek County elect a new officer slate at a Decatur Iowa meeting. They seek more adequate quarters at the county fair grounds and appoint a committee to outline plans for a new building. The matter rests with the Commercial Club and Fair Association.

Decorah Winneshiek County Commercial Club and Fair Association

Potato Test Plots Planted Across Winneshiek County

Winneshiek county farmers plant numerous potato test plots using certified seed. A Decorah township plot on O O Lomen farm features potatoes from five states. Dairy improvement efforts grow as Calmar and Canoe creameries boost cream scoring. twenty patrons scored 90 percent or higher with one at 95 percent.

Decorah Winneshiek County O. O. Lomen Winneshiek Decorah Calmar and Canoe Creameries

Hog Cholera Outbreak Reported in Sac County

August Peters of between Sac City and Lake View reports hog cholera on his farm. He suspects the stream through his land as the infection source and notes earlier outbreaks along the same stream. County Agent Posey says delaying vaccination worsened the spread. dead pigs are burned and precautions are taken to prevent further spread.

Sac County Sac City Peters Lake View W. A. Posey

Sweet Clover Sown in Sac County Farmlands

Dawson Moss, a noted farmer, sowed 110 acres to sweet clover this spring in Sac County. He plans portions for plowing under, hay, and seed, and has long advocated the crop after several trial years.

Sac City Ila Sac County Dawson Moss Mr. Moss

Sac farmer believes in alfalfa and long tenure

Orville Lee a Sac county farmer has grown alfalfa since 1895, planting his first patch over 27 years ago. He has sown between three and four hundred acres to alfalfa, praising its high feed yield and urging every farmer to have at least a small patch.

SAC Sac City Orville Lee Sac County

Police Guard Judge Gary in Gary Indiana Visit

Chicago dispatch reports police provided a heavily armed guard for Judge Elbert Gary head of United States Steel during his Gary Indiana plant visit. An altered arrival plan shifted him from a Baltimore & Ohio train to an automobile arrival to deter possible demonstrations by the radical element in the area.

Chicago Elbert Gary United States Steel Corporation Gary Ind Cra

Jim Crow Policy at Harvard

A petition drafted by seven Harvard graduates accuses Harvard of practicing Jim Crow policy to lure white students from the south. The committee is led by the Rev. William Channing of Rochester New York.

New York Harvard William Channing Yinnett Rochester N, Y

Missouri Ad Men Elect Holland World President

Milwaukee Wis June 17 Louis Holland of Kansas City Mo was elected president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World on the first ballot He faced Bennett Chapple Middletown C The unofficial vote announced Holland 02 Chapple 555 The motion of Chapple made Hollands election unanimous Jesse H Neal executive secretary of the Associated Business Newspapers of New York was elected secretary treasurer Atlantic City chosen for next convention city The body backed a Chicago delegation resolution to move the 124th convention to London Boghand

Milwaukee Wis Louis Holland Kansas City Associated Advertising Clubs of the World Bennett Chapple Middletown Holland Chapple Jesse H. Neal Associated Business Newspapers of New York Atlantic City Chicago London Boghand

Three Big Fires Hit Belfast East Side

Fires swept the east side of Belfast on June 17 hitting a soap works a motion picture theatre and a butcher shop before spreading to an adjoining engineering works. Volunteers rushed to help but were repelled by incendiaries as looting erupted at a nearby saloon.

Belfast Ireland

Senate rejects Great Lakes training station funding raise

Washington reports the Senate rejected an 87 to 17 vote on Senator McCortick's measure to boost the Great Lakes training station appropriation from 200,000 to 304,000. The decision ends the proposal to expand the facility's budget.

Washington Senate McCortick Rep Chicago Great Lakes

Arrests for Intoxication Rise in New York in 1021 Report

The Magistates' courts annual report shows 72 offenders in 1021, up from 6,340 in 12 and 5,657 in 114. The document notes more drunks were arrested in New York City during June, reflecting a surge in intoxication cases across the period.

New York Magistrates’ Courts

Clergy Pension Drive Reaches Half Million Target

St Paulhion reports the six year campaign to raise five hundred thousand dollars for the ministerial pension fund of the Augustana synod of the Lutheran Church concludes successfully at the annual convention held June 27. The fund drive included a total sum raised by supporters and a pledge plan approved by delegates.

St. Paulhion Enim Paign Augustana Synod Sous

Great Future for Trucks in Iowa

A long truck load of Iowa and Nebraska livestock set a record at South Omaha yards with 310 truck loads unloaded in one day. Cattle calves hogs and sheep moved from Atlantic Hooper Scribner Davitt Lincoln and beyond. The article notes widespread use, road improvements, and the truck's role in easing rail congestion and boosting farm commerce.

H.W. Metcalf Ames South Omaha Iowa Nebraska Atlantic Hooper and Scribner, Nebr Davitt City Lincoln

Record Day for Motor Truck Receipts at Omaha Yards

The Omaha yards logged the largest single day receipts by motor truck in history. Officials state the figure will likely be surpassed multiple times before 1922 closes, signaling a record-breaking year ahead.

Omaha

Motor trucks seen as key to cheaper farm freight

Transportation experts predicted freight rates could fall by about one third within years with motor trucks. Iowa farmers already rely on trucks for market distances and farm tasks as roads improve and cooperation with railroads grows. A farmer in Audubon County used a truck to haul foundation material when a contractor was unavailable.

Iowa Omaha Council Bluffs Sioux City Towa Corn Belt Sam Jown Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Des Moines Audubon County

City Churches Bible School and Services Schedule

Bible school at 9:45 with full attendance hoped. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon titled The Alabaster Box of Human Kindness. Evening service at 7:30 titled The Coward. July 2 patriotic service with a Lincoln lecture by the pastor and Joseph Conrad as soloist. choir to sing national hymns. Everyone welcome. W H Hampton minister.

W. H. Hampton

Mass Sewage Flood Kills Millions Of Thames Fish

A heavy rain overwhelmed London sewers as the Thames tide shifted from ebb to low, flushing foul water into the river. The resultant flood killed fish by the millions, leaving corpses along the riverbanks for miles.

Thames London

Book News New Titles at the Library and More

A busy catalog lists new works across genres including Arnold Bennett and Mr Prohack Johan Bojer The Power of a Lie and Journey's End Il Harrison Saint Theresa Louis Hetnon Marie Chapdelaine K Jordan Troubles the House Archibald Marshall Big Peter and others Also noted are juvenile titles Jane Abbott Aprilly High Secrets and The White Wolf plus classic fairy tales Andrew Lang The Green Fairy Book Red Fairy and Arabian Nights.

Arnold Bennett Mr. Prohack Johan Bojer J. A. Brown Harrison Saint Theresa Louis Hetnon Marie Chapdelaine K. Jordan Lindsey Archibald Marshall Peter Toton Lo Masters B. R. Onions Wright Hugh Pendexter Virginia Herbert Quick Vandemark Jane Abbott High Secres Gregor B. G. Grinnell Buffalo A. Stevenson Wheeler Bolt H. K. Taylor

Raisin Creams Dip in Chocolate Shapes

Chop seeded raisins very fine and mix with sugar in a ratio of about one third by weight. Bind with a few drops of strained honey to hold together, mould into shapes, dip in melted chocolate, and place on waxed paper to set until firm.

Hunter Misses Simon in Years of Encounters

A folksy note claims a hunter has shot at and missed Simon repeatedly over two years. The piece jokes the hunter will walk twenty two miles to kill a sparrow, two groundhogs, and a farmer's cow, and ends with the hunter being all lame tomorrow.

Simon

Chicago Widow Faced Ex-Husband Over Taxing Dinner Check

A Chicago widow invited her ex-husband to dinner where he delivered a check for alimony. She accepted, laughed, and quipped that it felt like taxation without representation.

Chicago

Mutual 1 Percent Banknote Issue Raises Questions

A fragmentary OCR item notes a 1 percent mutual issue and related concerns. Details are unclear but reference to a financial instrument and possible regulatory scrutiny appear.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Daily Market Reports Beach-Wickham Grain Co Iowa City Boy J. Mandock Soeur A. Babcode Commission Illinois Meréand Aurora Frank Mondell Wyoming Lee Posey Indiana Moving Picture M. FE. Robinson Enter Jerry Romain Rolland Clerambault J A. Tyson Hugh Walpole The Young En Williams, O. Henry Juvenile Books Hall H Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Property Owners Federation, Inc W. S. Reister & Sons East Third St Creamery East Washington St Turkess Mutual R. L. Gibson W. A. Hutton & Co Mersey Muscatine Chicago Board of Trade Bartlett, Frasier & Company Logan ®& Srgan St. Louis Pacific Coast Davenport
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