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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1918

Page

2

Markets Opening and Closing Hogs Cattle and Sheep Rates

Chicago market report shows opening receipts Hog total about 19 000 with 3 312 carried over from yesterday. Opening slow with hogs mostly 5 higher than yesterday’s average at 17.00. Cattle and sheep receipts daily around 6 000 and 13 000 respectively. Close shows hogs active and 10 higher than yesterday’s average with top 17.10 and various Hog classes priced 16.05 to 17.10 depending on weight and grade. Cattle and calves quoted 8.25 to 18.00 depending on class and quality. Receipts yesterday and today detailed for hogs, cattle, calves, cows, bulls, feed stock, and veal with prices across multiple grades.

Chicago Til

Grateful Mothers Praises Foley's Honey and Tar

Mrs T Neureuer of Fau Claire and Mrs PD Gilkeson of Youngstown report rapid relief using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for severe croup and persistent coughs in children. They note it also helps adults with irritated throats and bronchial coughs. Lemmon's Pharmacy, Washington.

Foley Lemmon's Pharmacy Wachington

New Dyak Fashions and Modernization in Borneo

The article describes the Dyaks of Barnes shifting from head hunting to farming and adopting civilized attire. It notes missionaries once feared for their heads but reports that today heads stay on as progress brings wireless news and cultural change.

Barnes Borneo

Gape worm life cycle explained by extension poultry expert

A. G. Peters outlines gape worm biology in detail. The parasite completes a complex cycle involving windpipes, droppings, and angleworms, with birds occasionally suffering suffocation as numbers grow. Control tips include extractor tools or hair loops, with cautions on treatment risks.

A. G. Peters Ames

Renting on Long Leases Promoted by Farm Community Debate

A community discussion among DeBord-Love hay gang members favors long farm leases over short terms. They argue long leases yield higher income, better land management, and allow partial renting of ground while keeping essential improvements. The talk includes advice from bankers and notes on weather affecting harvest and corn height. Also covered is cattle TB accreditation with 171 herds totaling 6,250 cattle meeting USDA rules for disease-free stock and interstate shipment benefits.

Department of Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture

Preventing Gapes in Chicks Through Soil Treatment

The text advises burning sulfur and exposing soil to sun to kill worms. Repeats that covering infected soil with lime and turning it releases worms, with wood ash as cheaper alternative. Recommends keeping chicks off infested land for years and confining incubator chicks to avoid gapes.

Kephart Family Visits Highlight Rural Route News

Over County rural route reports neighbors visiting relatives on Sunday. Earl Kephart and two daughters Bertha and Beatrice paid a call to Lewis Baker. Mrs. Oscar Gardner and son Earl visited Will McBride. Roy Kephart and Velma joined Cal Beenblossom at Ed Lintz’s near Ainsworth. Mrs. Sickles from Washington visits with daughter Mrs. Frank Kephart.

Earl Kephart Bertha Beatrice Lewis Baker Oscar Gardner Earl Will McBride Roy Kephart Velma Cal Beenblossom Ed Lintz Ainsworth Sickles Washington Frank Kephart

Son in Training Regimag Camp Humphreys Sends News

Mr and Mrs J G Love receive a letter from Granville Love in Company L 2nd Engineers Training Regiment Camp Humphrey Va He is well and enjoying the work and had a day off to visit Washington DC where he met old Monmouth friends unexpectedly He does not state when he will deploy.

J. G. Love Granville 2Nd Engineers Camp Humphrey Capitol Washington, D. C

Egg Retailers Must Be Licensed Across The State

A telegram from State Food Administrator Deems informs that all egg buying grocers must obtain a federal license. About 14 000 grocers will fall under the rule and must candling and count eggs and quote with loss out to avoid being put out of business. The license rule aims to prevent careless egg handling and reduce waste in transit and sale.

H. M. Biecher Washington Iowa Federal Food Administration The Food Administration

The Gape Worm Warning From Poultry Authority

Mrs. Geo Brown is urged to heed a direct communication from Miller Purvis, the poultry authority, regarding an advisory on gape worm. The notice highlights recognition of the problem and calls for attention to the guidance provided.

War's Trade Amid Rose and Powder in Longfellow

A terse meditation frames war as a terrible trade, noting that within a rose of righteousness the swell of powder carries a paradoxical sweetness. The line reflects Longfellow's cautious, moral stance on conflict and its euphemistic diction within poetry.

Longfellow

Household Goods Sale At Klein's Corner This Saturday

Household goods to be sold Saturday June 29 at Klein's Corner 2 30. Dining table chairs rockers sideboard rugs dressers beds bedding refrigerators and more. Auctioneers Cb F Macon and Clerk R E Dougherty announce sale details and location.

Klein’s Corner Klein's Corner

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