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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1922
Page
2
Chicago market report shows estimated today hogs 28,000 and cattle 12,000 with light and heavy weight categories listed. Beef and lamb sections note steady to strong trends with varied price bands and several weight classes, plus official yesterday totals and shipments.
The American Engine and Foundry plant in Charles City Iowa will be sold at sheriff's sale on July 22 to satisfy a Waterloo Bank and Trust Company judgment of 34567.33 dollars. The building machinery and grounds are included. Once called American Tractor and Foundry, the plant previously did tractor equipment work for Waterloo and some piece work for Ford in Detroit and has been in trustee bankruptcy.
Bids are being received this week by H. L. Duncan secretary of the Columbus Junction District Fair association for a new amphitheatre. The old building is being torn down and the new structure will sit about 60 feet from the track, measure 43 by 240 feet with an extra box-seat row, modeled after Mt. Pleasant fair ground. Great interest is shown in this year’s fair.
Belfast reports a five mile neutral strip in Pettigee and Belleek on the Ulster Free State border under a three power accord. Sir James Craig says the military controls two and one half miles on each side, with the Royal Ulster Constabulary on one side and Free State police unarmed on the opposite side.
President Ebert told the Reichstag that the Rathenau assassination struck at the German republic and its people. He called Rathenau a loyal patriot and champion of rejuvenation, saying the bullet targeted the nation and its industrious, hopeful populace.
Toronto June 28 Robert Harmer an Ontario industrial leader died at his home He was president of the Sawyer Massey company Hamilton president of the Canada Furniture Manufacturers Woodstock and of the Seaman Kent company Toronto and a director of the Gray Dart company Chatham Ontario.
A Columbus Dispatch tale recalls a man kept from church by routine habit. On a Sunday he studies the service program and, when the minister calls for Old Hundred, asks to make it the Ninety and Nine, prompting his wife to urge attendance thereafter.
The quote reflects on cyclical wealth creation amid destruction. Holmes argues that burning cities down would swiftly create new fortunes through trade in potash, implying resilience and entrepreneurial opportunity following disaster.
The passage explains how after sunset the sun's rays reach the atmosphere at a shallow angle, are reflected and refracted, allowing twilight to occur beyond the horizon.
Louisa County Farm Bureau notes warn of San Jose scale infestations in southeastern Iowa apples peaches pears and sometimes cherries. The pest damages bark leaves and fruit and can kill trees if not controlled by pruning dead limbs and lime sulfur spray. Only three Louisa orchards known infested. report any suspected trees to the Farm Bureau for immediate eradication efforts. The article also covers Farm Bureau movie nights with strong attendance and upcoming poultry demonstrations by Gordoff Johnson.
Chicago reports a 1 cent rise in all refined oil products with gasoline now 25 cents a gallon. Officials cite higher crude oil costs and the shutdown of smaller refineries as the reasons for the price increase.
Senator Willien J. Sneed of Herrin assured Adjutant General Black that any wounded strike breaker or guard in Herrin hospital will receive safe conduct out of Willison county. He delivered the message on arrival for the constitutional convention in Springfield Illinois on June 2.
Berlin reports 26 killed and many injured in a rail collision just outside the city. Dozens are seriously hurt as emergency services respond to the wreck.
A struggling young author explains how listing magazines helps reach publication and a practical trader suggests reversing the approach to publish sooner by starting with top outlets and working backward.
Judge L. T. Erwin of Fairbanks argues government operated Alaska coal fields and a Seward to Fairbanks railroad will curb labor strife. He notes coal for the navy justified the rail appropriation and claims Alaska's economy is stable with high prices yet widespread wealth.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth aged seventy seven, mother of Congressman Longworth and the Countess de Chambron of Maris, died in Cincinnati after several weeks illness from pneumonia attack.
A fragment shows a colored woman recounting a confrontation with a new minister. The exchange mentions a husband weighing two hundred forty pounds and a warning about being weighed in the balance and found wanting.
Council Bluffs will host the Midwest Horticultural Exposition with allied meetings November 13 to 18 and the American Pomological Society convention. Dr. L H Bailey will open on November 15. 6000 copies of the premium list have been requested. States including Iowa and Nebraska will exhibit, with student po tato and fruit judging contests and demonstrations of spraying and dusting machines.
At a meeting of iron and steel men a speaker noted steel plates now roll to several hundred feet in area and inches thick. He said girders of that size could justify building a bridge between England and France across the Channel in halfspan stages.
F Brouse of Gladstone Illinois reports his wife suffered for nine years with indigestion gas and heart palpitations. After taking Tanlac she gained nineteen pounds, regained health, and can perform housework again. Tanlac sold by all good druggists.
Mount Ayr resident James H. Wilkerson will succeed Judge Landis as federal district judge. A Mount Ayr High School and DePauw University Law graduate, Wilkerson has practiced law with notable success for years.
The first cremation in America occurred for Henry Laurens a noted South Carolina patriot and president of the Continental Congress who died in 1792 and left explicit will directions for burning his body and disposing of the ashes.
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