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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today include 6300 hogs, 11000 cattle, 6000 sheep with holdovers 5022. Hogs mostly 15 to 25 higher. top 21.65. Cattle and sheep show varied gains and steady to strong versus last week, with lambs steady and wethers and yearlings down about 25.
The report shows corn at 1.79 to 1.80 in No 2 W C, and 68% to 69 in No 3 W C. Clover markets list October at 24.75 and December at 24.35 while December coffee trades at 21.04. Supply starts with 160 car toning and steady tone for the market.
National League shows Chicago 3 St Louis 2 and Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 2 with no other games. American League lists St Louis 4 Chicago 1 and Detroit 1 Cleveland 1 with Boston New York and Washington Philadelphia rained out. American Association reports Milwaukee 6 Minneapolis 4 and Kansas City 4 St Paul 6 Toledo 7 Indianapolis 6 Columbus Louisville with rain and no time.
In Benton area near Middle Fork mine officials were held up by robbers on June 28. The band reportedly escaped with 49000. a posse pursued and two robbers were reported killed. Police and officials issued notices and investigations began.
County agents report large numbers of army cut worms and cotton cut worms in Fremont Warren and Page counties with serious alfalfa losses foreseen in Page. E V Walter confirms widespread worm invasion. Henry Eichling’s poisoned bran provides welcome relief. Page may face heavy crop damage.
Garden club leaders in Iowa report rising interest in gardening with more members this year. Des Moines shows a significant gain of 1,000 members, and 90 percent of leaders are paid this year versus 50 percent last year.
The USDA will issue 16000 certificate blanks to state officials for veterinarians authorized to apply bovine tuberculosis tests and issue certificates for cattle moving interstate after July 1. Certificates require signatures from the veterinarian, state veterinarian, and chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Advertising use is prohibited. The piece also notes a Maine poultry keeper earning over $1000 in 1918 from a 250-bird flock through careful management.
W. S. Reister & Sons advertise as cash buyers of butter eggs poultry and cream. They discuss hot weather affecting eggs and potential price rises, note butter fat levels, and present sample payments and farm produce prices for eggs cream hens roosters poultry and various hides and meats.
A brownish red worm that loops as it moves is defoliating apple trees especially in Lee county and surrounding areas. Experts from Iowa State College warn the canker worm can severely weaken trees if untreated. Recommended control is spraying with lead arsenate paste at two pounds per fifty gallons of water, or one pound per fifty gallons if using the powder form.
Spirit Lake reports Dickinson county voted 999 to 463 in favor of hard surfacing the primary road system. The region has graded and graveled forty five miles. no bond proposition was submitted.
SIBLEY June 28 voters endorsed the hard surfacing of the primary road system by 825 to 591. No bond proposition was submitted for the measure.
West Union merchants report the free chautauqua a notable success attracting large crowds from far distances. Funds are subscribed to repeat the event next year with strong farmer support and renewed community enthusiasm. The event featured the White Sparrows of Des Moines Reg Sater and a closing community picnic marking West Union as the first town to offer a free chautauqua.
Chicago plans to replace the hello girl with an automatic telephone system. President B. E. Sunny announced the move saying directors have not yet voted but expect action within a week or month. The plan has been in development for a long time and is now perfected.
A brief note directs readers to the want column for listings and notices. It signals where community readers can find unlisted items, services, or sales by checking the classified column in the newspaper.
A compact Washington County update items include births deaths and personal notes. Community happenings and short notices cover local residents and events in brief form.
June 27 Nobles report visitors to the Havre region. Mrs Emil Kellerhals and Martha Meek called at the Kephart home. Mr and Mrs Arthur Mitchell returned from Chicago. Miss Nettie Witting of Iowa City arrived for a parental vacation visit. Mrs Joe Wittmer of Wayland spent time at the Otto Frey residence. Mrs Magret Benson her son Ralph and Stella Rinner are visiting Henry Rinners near Olds this week.
Rural Route Four diary reports visits from Mr and Mrs Imer Kephart and Mr and Mrs Fred Kephart at Roy Kephart home. Ed and Fred Chalupa of Richmond stayed at John Putman home. Mrs Emil Kellerhal and Martha Meeks of Noble visited Charlie Kephart. Daisy Kephart visited Washington with Miss Ione Root.
Dr Kerr and family and J D Glasgow and wife visited Tom Carris home. Edna Mae Hays spent last week with Monna Lemley. Claudia Davis visits Mrs Chris Bauer. Helen Brown visited Winnifred Carris. John Koehler underwent appendicitis surgery at county hospital. condition encouraging. Community attendance at Washington circus. Alvie Nebergall visiting relatives in Illinois.
Rev and Mrs. Bogue returned from Oska loosa after attending Mrs. Bogue's mother's illness and death. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Luithly stopped briefly in Oskaloosa then returned home. F. M Strickland and wife visited O. T. Gowey in Brighton. C. B. Bennett traveled from Washington to spend the day with relatives. Mrs. S. G. Waggoner returned to Washington en route home to Crawfordsville. J. A. Luithly and wife visited Dr. W. E. Luithly in Richland for a day.
BRIGHTON BRIGHTON June 27 Mrs Clark Trafton and Grace visited her mother Mrs Mary Fox after coming from Oskaloosa. Mrs Margaret Frettag and Bertha from Ottumwa spend the week with Mrs Eugene Ingham. Mrs Frank Parcell of Fairfield visited Mrs D J Kyle. Katheryn Collard arrived from Red Oak to visit Mrs Faith Brier. Mildred Savage and Gilbert Briges were married Thursday.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy for catarrh, claiming local treatments fail and urging readers to send for testimonials from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The piece also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation through local druggists.
The column notes the June 26 wedding at the Savage home with Rev Vernon Pike officiating. Mildred Savage Briggs, educated at Ames and Brighton schools, teaches at Ankeny, and will move with husband to Faribault Minnesota. The community mourns Adeline Rich 33 who died after Bright’s disease at Fairfield hospital. She taught ten years in Brighton and Wapello, with survivors including her mother Amy Rich and siblings Ira Ima Dawson and Georgia Dewson. Other notes report Fred Sweet moving, Roy Decker's marine discharge, locals returning from France, and visitors Wanda Norton Katheryn Callahan from Dartington Wisconsin at the Norton home.
Crawfordsville reports visitors from Illinois and Iowa with Robert Graham and Harold Graham in town. Mrs. Fred Jervis suffered injuries when a ladder slipped while she cleaned a ceiling, injuring her shoulder. condition undetermined. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCoy and son from Martinsburg, Iowa, visit relatives. William Lease and son from Muscatine also visiting.
Reading from a fragment, the item notes gathering at the residence of Mrs Mary Lease. Details of activities or dates are not provided in the readable text.
S C Pearson traveled to Chicago with two carloads of stock, one load of hogs and one of cattle, returning home Thursday night on No 11. Ed Davis of Ohio visits J P Davis’s home. Dr A J Laird arrives Friday night to spend the weekend with his family. Several locals attend Mickey at the Graham in Washington Friday night.
Brumbach and Dayton sell their repair shop to Mike Rad wards and will close the implements business after delivering twine. The Big Four buy a Maxwell farm near Washington. Reports of travel, employment with Swift & Co in Canada, and farm progress show corn expected to reach last year’s level by July Fourth.
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