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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1920
Page
2
Des Moines forecast for March 8 to 13 predicts generally fair weather with low temperatures and some chances of local snow in the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys. Analyses indicate a cool week with unsettled periods and possible light precipitation early in the period.
In Chicago market reports for Mete and March one day, receipts total about 9k for holdovers and 14k cattle and 17k sheep. Hogs show strong to 25 up with top around 15.46, while beef and veal values vary by weight, and stockers and feeders mix moderate gains amid mixed cattle volumes.
Market notes show March corn reserves at 1,092,000,000 bushels with oats and car data indicating steady tone. Officials report Corm200 cars and RO cars contributing to broader agricultural and transport signals.
Journal notes multiple farm sales on March 9 through 13 including Soukup, Shalla, Galloway, and Bueby with Mech 10 closing out. St Joseph County plans to double live stock value within three years led by William Langley urging purebred sires and a new Purebred Sire Farm sign.
Senator Johnson of California traveling from Yankton to Watertown, South Dakota, was involved in a Great Northern train wreck after a Chicago and Northwestern train set back the engine at Davis, thirty miles south of Sioux Falls. No injuries reported.
A new clover called Annual White Sweet, developed by H. D. Hughes at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, is praised as superior to medium red clover. It grows rapidly to 4 6 8 feet in four months and offers soil fertility, hay, and bee forage benefits with wide adaptability and world interest.
A humorous tax calculation verse warns readers about end of season taxes. It parodies farm math by combining farm metrics such as acres olive stock grain and clover with social and business figures. The poem ends urging a city buyer to purchase the farm.
Detroit Michigan July 16 1940 Hugh Browne and Lester Waterbury wealthy New York sportsman and co defendant Soterions Nicholson were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the government and sentenced in federal court to two years and eighteen months in Leavenworth prison Judge Tuttle spoke with District Attorney Kincane before ruling on a motion to dismiss the guilty verdict against Nicholson The group faced charges over prearranged bids to buy army salvage valued at more than 600000 with three acquitted co defendants mentioned in the case.
Indiana voters faced a dramatic last minute twist as a petition listing 726 voters was filed on behalf of New Jersey Governor Edwards just before the secretary of state’s closing time. The move stirred upheaval in the Democratic ranks on the final day for presidential preferences on the Indiana primary ballot.
Lient John J. Green aged twenty three from Kelly Field San Antonio died instantly when a fierce windstorm drove his airplane to crash at Watkins. The tragedy highlights dangers faced by military pilots during flight operations near San Antonio.
It is commonly asserted that Burmese babies cry for a cigar instead of the moon. This is not so. Yet many children in the streets make mud-pies and puff away at big cigars with equal enthusiasm.
A compact piece traces the hare as an ancient terrestrial inhabitant with a lineage dating back 8 000 years. It notes early Jewish restrictions on hare and coney but explains how culinary prejudice faded as hare flesh proved nutritious and was domesticated for food.
A pious elderly resident of a nearby town died after a branch fell from an elm during her morning walk. The accident, blamed on unforeseen danger in otherwise peaceful life, led to fatal injuries and her subsequent death.
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