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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1921
Page
2
Estimated hog receipts 6,000 with holdover 4, cattle 1,009 to 2,000 today. Sheep 2,000. Hogs mostly 10 to 15 higher with top 8.30. heavy hogs 8.25. packing cows 7.40 to 7.65. Chicago wheat and corn futures move. July 1.28% high around 1.32% for wheat. oats and corn futures listed. Livestock outlook for Monday: hogs 44,000. cattle 19,000. sheep 18,060.
Captain Greenfield of the Service Company 134th Infantry and Assistant Band leader Chester Hyde interview Brighton band members about joining as a detachment of the 124th band. A War Department order requires a 47 man military band and offers government aid including uniforms instruments and pay for rehearsals. Prof. Leo Schmidt leads the band with Brighton remaining a separate unit. Hyde will be at the band room Tuesday evening to answer questions.
Des Moines June 18 Delinquencies in 1922 licenses will be collected by sheriff seizure each May as county treasurers advertise. The 1918 act became operative in May this year and has since secured broad compliance with license fees statewide. For 1979 the state department collected over 8.6 million dollars in automobile licenses and delinquent fees, the largest to date.
Near Saline, Mr and Mrs Henry Jacobs rush to a barn after hearing a revolver shot. Their 18-year-old son Grant has a bullet wound to the brain. His health is listed as the cause of the act and he lies in critical condition at a Fair hospital.
Des Moines reports the state executive council will use farm bureau data to set farm land values for tax purposes. A statewide survey compares 1919 and 1921 values, showing how the land boom affected prices and bankruptcies. Farm bureau members insist valuations reflect current realities rather than boom-era prices.
More than 566 car repairers, many from Omaha and Council Bluffs, have been recalled by Union Pacific since May 1. About 1,000 carpenters are expected back by August 1 as grain loading increases require more box cars. Wages start at 81 cents an hour, then drop to 73 cents after July 1 per labor board order. The Burlington plans to hire grain cars from eastern firms instead of recalling repairers, as farmers’ wheat sales remain uncertain.
Anetta Ansenson 21 and Thomas Houge 20 of Slater Iowa died in a wreck near Corning when a Ford Speedster carrying them was struck by a Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern Interurban train at a crossing. The crash occurred shortly after 6 30 p.m. Reports indicate the speedster was traveling toward Slater when the interurban struck. Emergency responders pronounced the pair dead at the scene.
At the AFL convention in Denver on June 18, President Samuel Gompers announced the federation’s complete repudiation of the International Federation of Trade Unions. He denounced its statements and emphasized a goal of democracy autonomy freedom for all and a united movement. The vote against the one union concept passed without discussion and delegates debated labor protections and equal treatment for Black workers while denouncing Ku Klux Klan violence.
Ronald Hempy working for Martin Christianson was halted on the ridge road near Montour by three masked men. They robbed him of cash after his check purchases and fled toward Toledo, leaving a destroyed car and little chance to identify the trio. Local authorities suspect the crime was planned by someone familiar with Hempy’s movements.
The Lois de la Galanterie advises daily hand washing and facial cleansing, noting it should be done "every day" and "almost as often," with a suggestion to wash face perhaps twice a week, as cited in Youth's Companion.
Des Moines June 18 Prices for live stock are nearly at the 1913 level while freight rates rise 66 percent since 1912, per American Farm Bureau Federation figures. The report notes higher carriage costs but stable beef, calf, cow, hog and sheep prices in 1921, with monthly averages cited for Chicago markets. It also sets the next annual meeting date for the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago on June 21.
A man lighting a pine on Ninth Street sparked a sewer gas explosion after discarding a match. The blast lifted a street car cover and tore car windows, narrowly missing worker Harry Sperry while police and investigators probe the cause.
A fragmented reflection speaks of a person shaped by both positive and negative lineage. It questions how inherited traits and borrowed legacies influence selfhood from the outset.
The Roman author Mrs. PD. BE. Southworth, creator of Ish maet, headlines the Fox Theatre bill with Harold Goodwin starring in Hearts of Youth. Southworth, born 1818 in Washington DC, wrote more than sixty dramatic novels, many translated abroad, with titles including The Hidden Hand and The Fatal Marriage.
The article notes a leading writer who contributed to the New York Ledger under Robert Bonner and gained national prominence. It mentions the Fox film Hearts of Youth as intensely dramatic, set to screen at the Fox Theatre Friday next.
The family of James Prebyl expresses deep gratitude for the kindness shown during his illness and after his death as shared by Mrs. James Prebyl and children.
The material surveys Jesus in Nazareth and the Sheep and the Nations judgment. It contrasts the mission of Christ to aid the poor and freed captives with the final judgment of living nations, urging teaching that emphasizes practical Christian transformation in society.
A reflective saying urges teachers and worshippers to stay in touch with humanity and divinity, warning that losing contact with people severs closeness to divine forces. The quote, attributed to Uncle Trenry, frames moral guidance around compassion and connection.
A brief moral line cites a teaching: share riches with those who have none and provide food to the hungry, echoing a directive to help those in need. The note emphasizes charitable aid and communal responsibility.
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