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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1920
Page
2
For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys expect local rains at week start, then generally dry. Moderate temperatures described for the period, with variable wet spells not continuing throughout the week.
Chicago market today shows estimated hog receipts 40,000 with holdovers around 5,754 and live weights up to 16.30 in best grades. Cattle receipts near 40,000 include heavy, medium, light weights with steers and heifers trading 11.25 to 17.25 for various classes. lambs and sheep also listed with prices. Official Saturday totals: hogs 7,591. cattle 2,661. sheep 4,700. calves 244.
Daily price sheet from Beach Wickham Grain Co lists futures for corn oats rye and barley with fluctuations from July to December contracts. Provisions and fats show minor shifts while cash corn grades and material deliveries appear in opening and closing notes.
The Market Report notes 1919 milk output near 90 billion pounds with producer value over 2 billion dollars. Butter receipts from Holland and Denmark total around half a million pounds weekly in New York, while poultry demand remains strong amid light storage stocks. Eggs should be gathered daily and cooled promptly. infertile eggs may be reduced by summer culling. A Poultry Culling School in Ames draws about 150 participants, training for county campaigns. Iowa faces a shortage of agricultural engineers, with 50 job requests for such experts and salaries commonly between 1500 and 3000 dollars. The Muscatine Journal editorializes against a six hour workday, arguing it would raise prices and hurt farm production, though labor benefits exist.
Des Moines reports the state food and dairy department increasing prosecutions for failure to candle eggs. The egg handling law is being strictly enforced as eggs go into storage, with directives issued since May 15 to dealers.
A three year old, Jack, visits his new cousin and tells his mother the baby is a nice little doll but cannot say what it is because the baby has no hair yet. The quip plays on a child's mishearing of doll and hair.
The report lists mixed corn and yellow and white grain grades with price ranges and adjustments, notes 127 cars of oats, and indicates Kansas City corn unchanged to 2 cents lower. Minneapolis wheat is unchanged. Live stock estimates for Tuesday show hogs at 25,000 head, cattle 14,000, sheep 7,000.
Davenport report notes that a government river barge line on the Mississippi, previously threatened by instability, is now organized. J C McCarthy cites Esch Cummins law aims and a $4 million appropriation to build transfer terminals at East St Louis Cairo Memphis Vicksburg and New Orleans for rail to river transfers and through bills of lading. The goal is eventual sale or lease of terminals to private owners.
In a Swiss chemical factory representative of its industry married men earn ten percent more weekly than singles in the same role. In addition they receive fifty four cents extra per week for each child under fifteen. The article notes this wage practice as illustrative of broader dye and chemical firms.
E. T. Meredith secretary of agriculture withdraws from nomination with a dry stance and Iowa delegates question his campaign. Report notes a duplicate statement in Des Moines and changes in signs and headquarters fueling a political cyclone and possible defection by delegates.
Washington June 28 The census bureau announced Des Moines now has a population of 126,468 up 46.4 percent from the 86,368 recorded ten years earlier in 1910. The city’s growth ranks high for its class and could push its national ranking upward from the sixty second position to around fiftieth or better as all cities totals are released. Des Moines shows a strong gain compared with other cantonment cities of similar size.
A troupe of sea lions starring in Yankee Robinson’s collection is touted as the season’s top act. The singing sea lion, a major crowd favorite from 1918, returns after missing a New York Hippodrome booking. The circus will parade one hundred wild animals and perform here on Thursday July 1.
Burlington June 28. Tom C. Stone, secretary of the Wool Growers' Association of Iowa, says the state will ship 2,000,000 pounds of wool to market this year under a cooperative plan led by County Wool Growers' associations. Des Moines county started the movement last year. In the past week Danville and Mediapolis shipped 16,013 pounds.
A quoted exchange argues wealth can come to anyone regardless of social class. It challenges the notion that only workers or capitalists rise financially, suggesting broad possibilities beyond rigid class labels. The remark advocates merit or opportunity over inherited status.
Oildag is described as a superior lubricant for cars trucks and tractors. It uses Acheson Graphite diffused in high grade neutral oils and is claimed to increase power prevent wear reduce carbon deposits decrease fuel consumption and prevent valve pitting and spark plug fouling. The ad asserts guaranteed performance and twice the car service before overhaul.
Washington County’s Evening Journal delivers local news from the county seat with brief notices, community briefs, and early reports on events, meetings, and weather. Readers find upcoming schedules, local columns, and brief crime notes, reflecting the era’s small town rhythm.
Local waste removal firm advertises free dead animal pickup with no upfront charge. Trunk-mounted truck will respond promptly at the caller’s expense, ensuring disposal and sanitization per city guidelines.
An advertisement claims early symptoms such as loss of appetite and decreasing energy signal impurities in the blood. It promotes Swift Specific Co. S.S.S. as a superior general tonic to cleanse the system, improve appetite, and restore vitality, urging readers to request literature from Atlanta, Georgia.
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