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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market shows 26,000 pts estimated today with holdover 2.294 and receipts for cattle at 11,000 and hogs at 30,000. Prices vary by weight from light to heavy, with steady to lower trends across beef, veal, and lamb divisions and official yesterday totals for hogs, cattle, and sheep.
Delegates to the Red Cross congress arriving in Geneva outline plans for cooperation among national societies in thirty countries. The meeting will discuss a peace time program to relieve suffering and promote welfare, focusing on public health efforts to combat malaria tuberculosis and other scourges.
An early 20th century advertisement claims catarrh is best treated internally, not by local applications. It touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood purifying tonic that works on mucous surfaces, with testimonials and endorsement by physicians.
Journal’s Farm Department outlines multiple public sales in March around Washington. Entries include closing out sale by Matt Casey on March 6, Jersey and Holstein cow sale by J H Baird on March 6, Denison mule and horse sale on March 6, Soukup stock sale around March 9, Chas Shalla Publix sale on March 9, Galoway six miles northeast of Washington on March 9, and a Mech 10 sale by O H Davis.
Logan B. Urice of the Benton County Agricultural Association promotes a plan backed by directors to boost pure bred poultry. The association will supply 200 settings of pure bred eggs to the first 200 applicants. At next year’s fair, those hens will bring two hatchlings to exhibit, which then become association property and compete for regular and extra poultry prizes. The four breeds chosen are Rhode Island, Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, and Leghorn.
USDA experiments show one pound of cottonseed meal per 1000 pounds live weight daily as the most satisfactory amount for work horses and mules. A Beltsville Maryland test begun in 1918 and continued last year found large quantities cause harm, indicating high protein feeds require careful feeding.
A government farm study at Beltsville Maryland fed four lots of 2 year old steers to compare cotton seed meal versus soaked velvet beans with and without shelled corn. Adding corn to a corn silage cottonseed meal wheat straw diet did not pay while corn with velvet beans and corn silage did. The most economical gains came from a mix of corn silage soaked velvet beans and a small amount of cottonseed meal as an appetizer.
Readers are invited to send or call in farm items for the Journal office. Submissions should include livestock shipments, public sale prices, or any special farm activity items for local notice.
Iowa City report shows 1564 students using a gym designed for far fewer lockers, with 1125 available. Director Schroeder proposes a new gym four times larger, but no authorization yet as 1056 register for physical training and 380 swim, 375 in elective activities. Daily attendance averages 667 since Christmas with classes running 9am to 9pm.
At the March Washington fire department gathering in city hall, officers were elected and assigned. C. C. Reister becomes chief with L. R. Schilling and Jas Casey as assistant chiefs, Jack Westphal as secretary treasurer, and staff appointed for truck, nozzle, and hook and ladder duties along with hydrant positions.
March 4 report from Kilduff Iowa states Senator Fleck was appointed by Judge Hamilton at Grinnell as receiver for the Swearengen bank. Fleck filed a $5,500 bond and assumed possession after the bank, closed since Saturday, faced uncertain assets and liabilities due to F. W. Swearengen’s disappearance.
Prices for eggs remain high with expectations of a decline soon. Butter remains costly due to limited cream. hides and furs ease. poultry commands high rates with old hens advised to be marketed. Current delivers include roosters, geese, ducks, pigeons, and old toms at specified per unit prices.
Austin A. Conyers aged 1 at death in the soldiers' home. He served in Company C of the Nineteenth Infantry. O. R. and M R. Conyers, his sons, reside at Valley Junction.
William S. Hart stars in The Money Corral with Jane Novak and a strong supporting cast. The rodeo sequence, costly and lengthy, adds realism, drawing in many extras including punchers, Indians, Mexicans, and cowgirls to Hollywood.
In Washington, the proposition to erect a $76 000 soldiers memorial building failed by 235 votes. Explanations cite tying the project to a city hall and calls for a separate building, with concerns about tax increases and funding methods.
The remark suggests that many think a soldier bonus from the state would be more appreciated than building memorials. It reflects public sentiment favoring direct aid to veterans over commemorative projects.
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