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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1919
Page
2
Hogs see 50 cent higher top at 21.00 with bulk 20.25 to 21.00 as receipts total 3,000. Cattle receipts about 1,000 with relative gains across weights and classes. calves and feeders up 50 to 75 cents. Sheep and lambs weaker on the day, yearlings down about 1.50, with market tone mixed versus week prior.
Market report from Iowa City lists corn, oats, and clover futures with prices for October and December delivery. Widespread tone unchanged with specific bids for No 2 and No 1 varieties and coffee futures also indicated.
In National League action Chicago beat Brooklyn 5 to 4 while Boston topped Cincinnati 6 to 6. Philadelphia defeated New York 4 to 1 as St Louis trailed. American League games saw Chicago 6 Washington 2 and St Louis 1 Boston 11 Detroit 9 amid rain delays and darkness. Minneapolis 4 Columbus 1 and Kansas City 7 tied as other results listed. Evansville 6 Peoria 7 and Terre Haute 0 Terre Haute 0 noted in regional play.
County agents report large numbers of army cut worms and cotton cut worms across Fremont Warren and Page counties with Page County worst hit. Poison bran bait and hopper dozers are advised, with 178 worms per square foot noted in one site and 78 around a pencil locus. Heavy alfalfa losses feared.
Wagner Weekly discusses a cautious corn outlook amid moderate start, European crop losses, and ongoing price squeezes. The piece notes looming inflation risk, U S drift, and possible July 1 crop totals around 2 8 million acres with variable yields. Oats and wheat futures also mentioned alongside bear sentiment fading and a quest for a rational price level.
The Iowa State College experiment station recommends a spray for dairy cows to deter flies. The formula combines coal tar dip fish oil coal oil whale oil and oil of tar with laundry soap added to thirty gallons of lukewarm water. Cows should be sprayed twice daily using a portable cart built from a half barrel with wheels and a spray pump.
W. S. Reister & Sons of Washington Iowa warn that hot weather harms butter eggs poultry and cream while prices stay high. They urge buyers to gather eggs twice daily keep products cool and deliver to the market at least twice weekly. The notice lists today’s buying prices for fresh eggs and other produce in intermittently readable figures.
A carload of Deering Binder Twine has been received by the Pred Stewart Hardware Company. Those who have used Deering twine know its quality. Place your order early.
Mangrove trees travel by a unique method described as walking. They stand knee-deep in water and extend multiple roots from upper limbs toward the ground. Once these roots take hold, a new tree begins, leading to the mangrove being said to walk.
A historical notice warns that the European corn borer, deemed highly injurious by USDA experts, already covers parts of Massachusetts and New York and could spread nationwide. It urges strict plant quarantines and rigorous field cleanup including burning of infested material to destroy overwintering borers.
The article explains how European corn borers invade Massachusetts fields, tunneling stalks and ears, weakening tassels, and causing grain loss. It notes two generations yearly, signs of infestation, and suggests burning infested plants in late fall to early spring and requesting farmers bulletins from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prepare for invasion.
A Til Journal report describes a rural woman protecting her garden from army worms by digging a furrow around the plot, trimming walls, and digging post holes. Worms drop into the holes and are killed with kerosene, while she continues harvesting a gallon per day.
The Department of Agriculture warns the European corn borer not only threatens corn but feeds on many plants nearby. In infested areas, Swiss chard redroot pigweed oats lambs quarter beets foxtail grass spinach and numerous others show signs of infestation.
Instructions describe using rosin and sand to cement handles into stag bone or wood without rivets or holes. Mix equal parts powder rosin and fine sharp sand, fill handle notches, insert blade, heat to melt, and cement the assembly. Once cooled, the joint is strong and neat with adjustable position while warm.
A fragmented editorial noted a paradox where hopeful reasoning clashes with strict governance, suggesting a legal or policy reversal may undercut its own justification. The piece hints at tensions between optimism, judgment, and policy authority in a political setting.
Harold Levi left Aller ton Iowa after a short visit with sister Mrs. W L Alcorn. House movers start work on A K E Sands property renovating the George West estate to place a modern home on the corner lot. Washington visitors included WT Trotter Mrs J G Love and Granville. Iwah Hendrickson visited Knoxville for a Sunday stay with friends. Sands reports the alleged robber of his Savannah store is held by the government for a post office robbery in Iowa, a sentence of ten years cited.
Ames, June 21. President Pearson announced that fifty-two Iowa State College men were killed in war and 2,265 former and current students were in active service. Maj. Gen. William M. Black delivered the commencement address urging universal military training and praising women's wartime contributions.
June 21 report notes 49 percent of Carroll County farms are operated by tenants. Farm Bureau cooperators aided the county agent's office in completing the survey. The study aims to illuminate tenancy and land conditions across the county.
The report notes a total of 1 877 farms across rural areas not counting a few stapyl farms at the edge of larger cities towns and villages.
Paris reports a French farmer M. Vanhee of Reminghe near Ypres lost fifteen of his thirty six children to the war. Thirteen sons killed, three severely injured, one wounded four times, two daughters killed or shot, and the father with one daughter likewise shot for going to Lille to celebrate a centennial. A son served as valet to Pope Pius X and another endured major injuries, including loss of legs and vision.
Final figures show hard-surfacing and bend proposals carried by large margins in O'Brien county. The road vote totaled 1,548 for paying and 590 against, with bending also approved by a strong majority. O'Brien county joins Black Hawk, Palo Alto, Scott, Linn as early voters in a wave for road improvements.
Off the west coast of Africa locals tell of mangroves that supposedly walk at night and are guided by spirits. In the southern states mangroves are abundant especially in Florida where their tangled roots form nearly impenetrable islands and draw many water birds.
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