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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1921
Page
2
The report lists estimated receipts for hogs, cattle, sheep, and calves with price ranges and market tones. It also notes official yesterday totals, shipments, and grain prices. A separate wartime labor wage history chronicles farm labor pay from 1915 to 1920 in Iowa and national patterns.
Sale dates listed include March 24 by Helmick and Son in Columbus Junction for stock sale and March 26 by Louisa County Short Horn Breeders in Columbus Junction for a bull sale.
Iowa reports indicate farm labor wages will drop from wartime highs to about 40 dollars monthly including board. Married men see 65 to 80 dollar rates reduced to 35 or 40 while single men fall to 35 or 40. The cuts reflect lower farm product prices and a push to equalize wages as farmers expect fewer hires this season.
Miss Jessie Ballard returns home to Pearlee after visiting sister Mrs. Geo Weston. Falk Motor Co reports over 40 Fordson tractors delivered since January 1. Crawfordsville teacher Harry Phillips spent weekend at home. M L Jennings improving after recent illness and planning more moves. Ed and Lena Mayer visit family in Madrid Iowa as Lena recovers from hospital stay in Los Angeles. Sweet Family to meet at Haskins church March 17. Stephen Jewelry notes silver wrist watches for ladies. W P Wells and wife return from California. Admits wild west kidnapping scene near Los Angeles amused Iowa visitors. Dr W B Crooks travels to Norfolk Nebraska to visit sister Lyle Nicola until March 26. Twenty pure bred Shorthorn bulls slated for Columbus Junction sale March 15-18-24. L V Hazen and family moving back to farm northeast of city. rentals to neighbors planned.
The Casa Grande ruins in Arizona cover 480 acres in the Gila valley. Evidence traces a gradual transition from simple brush houses to reinforced and solid walls, forming clan houses and compounds. An elliptical mound suggests open air gatherings at planting and harvest times.
Dubious about attendance give way as living in Pullman cars becomes possible in Des Moines. Mt. Pleasant and Henry county are expected to send at least one car load and possibly two, increasing regional participation.
The ptomaines must not be confused with the toxins. Toxins are poisonous substances derived from germs during life and growth. They are the active principles of the germs and determine their effects on the human system. The toxin of the diphtheria germs causes most of the harm when infection occurs.
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