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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
2
Chicago June 22 Estimated receipts 1109 yesterday 12275 cattle 1500 sheep 11000 Today 12000 receipts market little changed from yesterday. Cattle 1500 hogs 1000 butchers hogs 16.25 16.30 packers 15.65 16.09 pigs good to choice 16.25 16.40 sheep 11000 arrivals to packers shorn lambs 75 100 lower spring lambs 125 150 lower steady calves week stockers feeders uneven.
Furnished by BE. Wacner & Co. Iowa City Iowa J. B Want Manager Phone 726 details for the local supplier and contact information listed.
Grateful mothers from Wisconsin and Youngstown report Foley s Honey and Tar Compound eased severe croup and whooping cough in children after other remedies failed. They credit quick relief to the product and note it helps adults too for throat irritation and bronchial coughs.
A reflective plea urges readers to examine their beliefs and consistency. It questions whether people truly hold the views they express and warns that lack of conviction undermines credibility. The tone is admonitory and exhortatory.
The Journal’s Farm Department notes reports from the United States Food Administration and other government branches will give a complete and accurate check on advances in wheat farm earnings. Estimates will be compiled similarly to ten-cent reports by the Bureau of the Census to verify crop progress.
Washington County farmers report corn stands mainly good with replanting finishing up and oats and wheat showing variable yields. River floods damaged some crops while alfalfa first cut is heavy and mower hay yields exceed expectations though timothy is short. Cattle prices and bull supply appear tight with few calves available this season.
Breeder reports Shire bred heavy draughts trading well in Britain with buyers paying up to 875 dollars per horse. Welsh pools and Newport sales show mares fetching 725 to 925 dollars while Preston and Lancaster auctions offer similar returns. Babington stallion Babingtoy Null Secardus accumulates 20 dollars of breeding fees for owner Robert Mond.
Washington June 22 The Bureau of Markets under the United States Department of Agriculture will require threshers to report annual wheat tonnage and yields. A list of threshers is being compiled with blank reporting forms and pocket memoranda for daily records. Kenerts will start with the winter wheat harvest period in vane A and the county staff will organize schedules around results.
Washington June 22 The Department of Agriculture reports improved box car availability for wheat transport. The Railroad Administration says car supply is better than in three years with May 1 start for moves into wheat regions and ongoing work to meet needs. Coordination with the Food Administration aims to prevent seaboard congestion.
A small stand of Canadian thistles has appeared on a Washington farm. The owner reports the first plant came from seed and now two circular patches cover about three red cross of ground. Deep plowing and constant leaf removal are advised to starve the thistles and prevent spread. Farmers suggest straw piles to burn patches as an alternate control method. Continuous effort is required to keep shoots cut and prevent regrowth.
County Agent M H Fedderson urges potato growers in Washington County to spray for blight to maintain yield. A mix of quick lime and copper sulfate, with arsenate or Paris Green as needed, is advised every two weeks through the season at about $2 per acre. Field trials in Omeda County show sprayed plots yielding 5.7 pounds per hill versus 9 pounds on unsprayed hills, with no rot on sprayed plots.
Information to Food Administrator Doome shows Iowa housewives are buying sugar now to secure canning supplies fearing shortages later. They fear they cannot sugar fruit later and use sugar at jar opening. Officials say this fear is unfounded and sugar will be sufficient to meet demand.
A government claim that extended preserving and canning in Iowa would be seized is dismissed as baseless. The Food Administration has no plan to take away preserves or canned goods from Iowa housewives this summer or any time.
June 22 report from CFDAR Falls notes Robert J Knox a former Warner Manufacturing supervisor now with General Electric in Erie says the big plant will burn out destroyers at 200 a day. He cites rapid yard builds, Americanism pledges, and family ties to war work as part of the drive.
Des Moines June 22 Grasshoppers injure gaps in Audubon Cass Adair Union Necatur and Page counties per state agricultural college experts. State entomologist Prof L Webster warns early appearance signals greater trouble ahead and urges control measures with county agent cooperation. An Iowa Experiment Station plan offers poison bran mash mixing wheat bran Paris green molasses water lemons to eradicate the pest.
The piece notes that Chinese regard large families living under one roof as a sign of good temper and proper life, with such arrangements earning credit. Five generations under one roof, the Wa Fu Tung Mog, is a prestigious but rare distinction in China.
A female duckbill lays two to three eggs about three quarters of an inch long housed in strong flexible white shells. The young are nurtured by the mother. Duckbills have been kept in Melbourne's geological gardens but attempts to transport living specimens to Europe and America have failed.
Banks across Washington County met in the Commercial Club room to hear reports from Marsh Bailey and others who attended a Liberty Loan leaders conference in Chicago. They plan to buy treasury certificates totaling about 24 percent of bank resources, with a county quota near 20 percent, and to prioritize government needs over speculative lending while aiding farmers and local business.
A California company develops a process to purify water by blowing sulphur gas out of the water. Water is forced through small holes into troughs and over laths, atomizing it. A light breeze helps remove the sulphur taste.
The article notes Argentina's wealth in ten furbearing animals including otter and chinchilla, and asserts Burenein houses lead in fur manufacture. It proposes a government market to help exporters learn prices and obtain fair value for their wares.
A sister visits a friend's house for dinner. After eating she folds the napkin. A toddler sees the fold and says something then is corrected by an adult. The scene closes with the mother addressing the napkin manner.
Public notice fragment lists amounts 4.18 83.00 200.00 and a reference to ie roa. Details are unreadable but indicate a financial or fee-related notice with numeric values.
Des Moines reports Uncle Sam tightens Fourth of July fireworks rules nationwide. to purchase any device selling for over ten cents a license from the county clerk is required for buyers 16 years or older non aliens. Exempt items include certain small firecrackers sparklers and toy torpedoes with price limits.
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