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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1918
Page
2
Chicago reports mixed livestock trading with steady to strong tone. Cattle and hog markets show higher morning quotes and robust receipts, while sheep and lambs move higher on improving demand. Estimated arrivals remain heavy, with buyers steady on pork and calf categories and futures uncertain.
Letters from Grateful Mothers praise Foley's Honey and Tar for curing severe croup and whooping cough in children. Mrs Nevrever and Mrs Gilkesor share experiences with quick relief after the first dose. The remedy is described as effective for irritated throats chest congestion and bronchial coughs. The testimonials appear through Jlammon's Pharmacy Washington notices.
The Journal's Farm Department presents practices proven profitable for local farmers. It covers public sale notes, Farmers Union news, seed corn testing, smut treatment for wheat and oats, alfalfa with nurse crops, and welcomes questions. Insights come from county farmers and stock breeders sharing experiences.
Rex Stumpf plans a new hen house on the Moothart place using salvaged lumber to fit a mite controlled start. Experts warn lumber from old infected structures can carry bed bugs and lice into the new coop unless boiled and dipped. Mite control early in the season protects egg output and chick rearing.
The county sale featured Percheron mares and various livestock trades. Keith Mathews hauled to C F Rickey as the market for large horses remains brisk, with top prices of 220 dollars for a single horse and 405 dollars for a top pair. Hog sows and gilts from notable lineages also drew interest, and manure removal at the Big Four farm underscores long term fertility value.
Secretary Houston asks Congress for a 19,720,803 appropriation to fund war emergency activities under the Food Production Act through the current fiscal year. He notes the act remains in effect during wartime with Germany, but section 8 appropriations expire June 25, 1918.
Harley Cherryholmes offers a moving sale on Thursday March 2 at 1 20 PM at 415 East Second Street. Items include dining table and chairs rockers leather couch piano iron bedsteads dressers bookcase secre tary st ands rugs carpets carpet sweeper stoves heaters ranges lawn tools and garden items. Auctioneers F Macon and clerk BE Dougherty handle the sale.
A Playful Portland Press quip contrasts a dehydrated vegetable with a dry town, joking that the former has all water removed while the latter has nothing but water.
A playful note contrasts Toledo Blade advice on postmeal exercise with a Houston Post remark about eating flapjacks. The writer jokes that Toledo flapjacks must be flawed if exercise follows meals, and in Houston after the fourth flapjack one might see rainbow bouquets and dream.
Notices indicate dates can be made at the Leader Office in Keswick Iowa by mail or by phone What Cheer Iowa.
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