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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1925
Page
2
Chicago market notes hog receipts 57 000 with early steady tone and late 10 25 c lower bids for packers and shippers. Cattle receipts 20 000 with firmness on good to choice steer and yearling prices and higher top weights. Sheep receipts 20 000 with dull bidding and light lamb demand, fresh shorn lambs 14 40 and feeding lambs 17 00 to 17 75.
In Seattle at the University of Washington, male students largely adopted a no garter style this winter while coeds pressured for restraint. A compromise emerged with silk socks worn with garters at formal dances. Proponents of no garters argued benefits to circulation and cost, while campus figures noted the daily hassle of garter hunting.
TOKIO Feb 5 The educational department plans to introduce Hill in the current diet session to provide houses for nearly 100 foreign teachers in government schools The housing scheme is expected to cost about 1560 000 dollars and will largely involve American and British instructors.
Chicago market report lists opening prices for wheat corn oats rye and barley with bid ranges and sample grades. Trading figures include No 2 hard wheat at around 1.80 to 1.81 and corn No 3 mixed 1.16 to 1.19, along with lard ribs bellies and seed prices.
Honolulu report of customs agents led by Frank Throot seizing kingfisher feather jewelry valued at 2000 from curio and jewelry shops. Import forbidden since 1913, enforcement lag blamed on oversight. seized items held for disposal guidance from Washington. duties reportedly paid.
A quotation from Kiel W Kraftsman defines honesty as more than truthfulness. It requires doing one’s best in every task to complete a job with clear personal character.
Rev S K Coates conducted the funeral at Abingdon for Calvin B Campbell a Civil War veteran born March 16 1842 in Wayne County Indiana He died March 8 1925 at his Abingdon Iowa home He enlisted August 25 1862 was captured at Sterling Farm Alabama Sept 29 1865 confined ten months and three days discharged Aug 25 1865 He married Jennie Robinson in July 1877 at Ottumwa He joined the Odd Fellows March 6 1884 and remained a member for 41 years He is survived by a wife nieces nephews and many friends notes partial obituary for Reherga Isabelle Sutta born Sept 20 1855 in Keokuk County Iowa died Feb 25 1926 aged 69 years five months eight days She married K E Harrison Dec 26 1872 who died Feb 9 1911 They had five children two died in infancy She later married L G Myers and lived with son Waltz at Fairfield before entering Fairfield for medical treatment She joined the Christian Church at 18 and remained a member She is survived by three children John and Walter Harrison of Fairfield and Mrs Guy Brown of Fredericksburg along with 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Also by six stepchildren Glen Lester Otha Le Roy Ray Myers and Mrs J A Caldwell She leaves five brothers Thomas Ed Marion Johnny Ike and Amos Sutton and one sister Mrs W F Black plus many relatives and friends The merchant notes hearing it I saw your ad
Rebecca Myers of Packwood died February 23 at Fairfield. She had acquaintances in Abingdon area. Rev S S K Coates conducted her funeral in Abingdon Iowa last Thursday, the 40th funeral he has conducted.
A compiled schedule shows stations from KFDM Beaumont to WRC Washington listing 6 to 12 programs daily. Highlights include orchestras, concerts, talks, vaudeville, and musical performances across major cities with varied themes and times. Jerusalem opens a new residential avenue linking Jaffa Road to the station, shaded by young trees and designed for housing purposes.
London reports the British government has granted a subsidy to the beet sugar industry, triggering construction of several new factories. A $1,750,000 plant will begin work at Bury St. Edmunds, with British interests funding half the capital and the other half supplied by Hungarians.
Reports from the Rague, Holland dated February 18 describe a deserted city in the Langkat region of Sumatra with large quantities of elephant bones. Hunters note dying elephants retreat to remote spots, while a train along the jungle edge was halted by a herd of 40 tuskers.
Passenger and freight schedules list arrivals and departures for multiple trains on the Eastbound and Westbound CR La P lines and Knoxville Branch. It notes daily operation, exceptions on Sundays, and specific train numbers such as No 4 12 66 30 8 3 49 11 87 and local freights 429 430 450 with several arrival and departure times.
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