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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1919
Page
2
Forecast for March 8 to 8 calls for snows Monday and Thursday in the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys. Expect low temperatures early in the week, rising to normal levels by Wednesday and above normal thereafter.
Chicago March 3 market summary shows mixed gains across hogs cattle and sheep. Hogs top near 17.95 with multiple weight classes trading around 17.60 to 17.95. cattle steady to higher on good beef and feeder categories. sheep and lambs strong with primes near 19.25 to 19.35 and feeders 12.30 to 14.25. Receipts and Saturday leftovers listed for each category.
Furnished by E. W. Wagner & Co Iowa City. B Hant manager. Phone 720. Corn prices show high 1.33 1.26 1.22 percent. low 1.31 1.25 1.21 percent for March May July futures. Cash corn 45 percent. cash oats 92. Clover prices 59 58 57 58 cents. Close 1.22. Higher er 25.00.
Carl Wright a Perry returned soldier was severely burned after contacting an electric wire at the Inter urban company power plant in Mitchellville. His right arm was amputated yesterday and his head burns are healing though he remains in serious condition. Doctors expect eventual recovery.
Daisy Bell of Savannah Georgia reports eight years of back pain and limited work ability until taking Foley Kidney Purl. She claims full recovery and ability to work. Sold at Lemmon's Drug Store with advice notes.
The article lists upcoming farm and public sales including Margaret Pratt, Glenn Pratt near Washington. Nicholson in the city. Rees and Simmons north of Winfield. Chas Shalla northeast of Washington. W A Phillips in Washington. Tom O Flaherty wellman. Jeffrey Wallace and Clegg Bros near Ainsworth in a joint Shorthorn sale. It also summarizes U S Department of Agriculture figures from 1918 on county agents and extension staff, counties served, and the goal of placing at least one agent in every agricultural county in the United States with Iowa noted as the first state to achieve full county coverage.
The county agent bill funds the farm bureau effort and makes county agents a joint U S Department of Agriculture and college role. Agents work with farmers on and off the farm to improve conditions. about 12 million dollars was appropriated for 1917 18 with the four year total near 27 million. Funding comes from federal state county college and private sources. How many county agents are now employed?
A listing of prices for various farm goods and byproducts including Eyes per dot Cream butter fat content Roosters hens turkeys hogs calf hides and horse hides with per pound and per item rates. Also shows prices for pigeons pigeons and bees wax and tallow in cakes with rough fallow values.
West Liberty March 1. Dr. R W Stouder from Iowa State College warned hundreds of farmers that tuberculosis in cattle is rising through herd interaction. He urged isolation of infected animals and tuberculine testing, noting federal and state aid for culled cattle and urging farmers to stamp it out.
In a flurry of land deals near Alta last week multiple farms changed hands. Ernest Peterson sold 267 acres for 200 dollars an acre to Bert Adams, Peter Swanson sold 240 acres for 300 dollars an acre to P. J. Swanson, Phil McClary sold 210 acres for 287.50 to F. W. Coroneliusson, Frank Nelson sold 80 acres for 210 to Arthur Adams, and J A Blom sold 126 acres for 325 to Ed Gustafson. Most vendors owned properties less than a year with profits ranging from 700 to 50 dollars per acre as buyers kept funds ready at high prices.
Osage on March 3 reports Mrs Hart’s millinery shop and its stock burned to the ground. A boy entered during the blaze and tried to extinguish it with kerosene but escaped through a broken window. The fire consumed the building and contents. limited insurance coverage was noted.
Mrs Hart had just put in her spring goods and had been in the business here twenty five years.
March 3 Ottumwa notes with approval Prof W B Rice for advocating strict enforcement of laws restricting minors in pool halls. Sheriff Giliber and County Attorney Roberts are praised for aid. Ministerial association urges parents to support youth welfare and church outreach to combat the evil in their midst.
Cedar Rapids attorney Park W. Tourtellot of Tourtellot Donnelly Swab shot himself in his desk at noon. He remained conscious and is in critical condition at St Luke's hospital. Friends say the act was accidental as he found an old revolver while looking for papers.
West of the Rockies, it was announced here today by the refineries.
Des Moines revives a city improvement project for a new union station estimated at 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Chamber of Commerce committee chair R R Rollins and members Fred Weitz Paul Beer N Be Coffin C L Kurtz I L Leibsle Morris Mandelbaum P B Sheriff and W F E Tone push the plan. Rail road status delays decisions, but if government restores lines work may start. Des Moines notes concentrated railroad tracks aid depot construction.
In San Francisco on March 1 producers announce a reduction of beet granulated sugar price from 9 to 8.90 dollars per hundred in all Rocky Mountain states and the states.
Announcement states France will organize a presentation of both French and English artists as part of a plan to introduce French music to American audiences. The move signals cultural exchange and export of French cultural programs to the United States.
At 82 degrees the air speed of sound is 1090 feet per second and increases by one foot per second for each extra degree. Electricity over a resistance free wire travels 192 924 miles per second.
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