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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market receipts total 24 857 hogs cattle and sheep with 6 199 shipments. Hogs top 16 80 with most sales 14 50 to 16 00 while light and heavy weights show varied gains and losses. Cattle receipts 1 509 and calves 2 065 with beef steers near steady and fat bulls up to 25. lambs and sheep show mixed moves.
Corn and oats prices listed with highs lows and closes for March through September. Grain summary shows trading values and near term changes, with cash market activity and car load tones.
Brighten community news from Brighton on March 19 notes attendance at John Horton’s funeral in Burlington. Mrs. Henry S. of Fairfield visits family. Woodman Circle hosts St Patrick’s social at Davison home. Preston Hoover becomes manager of the Farmers’ Union Store in Wellston.
Mrs. Dale Carris of near Richland visited the Tom Carris home at Franklin Center. A Brook visits Keota friends for a few days. Florence Hindah becomes a new pupil. Tom Carris delivers corn to Meerstine this week. Weyiersee purchased a vehicle. Glen received help for illness last Saturday.
Journal's Farm Department lists sale dates for March including Mrs C Little Washington March 20 sale of household goods L Twinam Has kins Iowa March 24 and S Be Sands Ainsworth March 27 closing out sale. Illinois Agricultural Association launches livestock survey to map purebred and crossbred stock across the state with farm adviser cooperation to guide breeders and assess saturation in breeding.
Prospective sale pavilion in Washington draws interest from Angus breeder 3S Bishop who plans a June 3rd sale but fears completion delays. Bishop owns fifty head and considers Cedar Rapids or Iowa City venues for lower costs while US photographers document Hereford stock for a major May sale.
Report on silage sunflower trials in the northwestern corn belt noting higher per acre yields than corn, with some cases reaching thirty five tons. Montana growers favor Giant Russian seeds and drill seeding in 3.5 foot rows with corn cultivation methods. About ten to fifteen pounds of seed per acre.
Prof. Herbert W. Mumford of the Illinois Agricultural Association argues that purebred livestock proves its value through improved farm stock, higher quality meat and dairy products, and increased market prices. He urges developing breeders from the bottom up to reward merit and extend the industry.
Carl J. Rider of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce urges business men to shift focus from urban to rural growth at the Mississippi Valley conference in Des Moines. He argues 70 percent of world commerce comes from the fields and calls for farm wages and education parity with city opportunities to lower living costs. Governors Carey, McKelvie, and Harding attend. H. H. Merrick of Chicago speaks to the gathering.
In Alaska the dog sled is the primary mode of transport in winter, used by the United States government to move people and mail. The text presents sled teams as the elite of Arctic dog life, enabling travel across frozen terrain when roads are impractical or unavailable.
A detector that records dots and dashes on sensitized tape at 200 words per minute marks a rapid development in wireless telegraphy. Since the human ear cannot keep pace with the speed, messages require automated interpretation at stations using the device.
The National Board of Farm Organizations prepares a twelve item questionnaire for all presidential hopefuls. The questions seek direct farmer consumer bargaining, wage rights to organize, representation on boards, agriculture secretary suitability, farm tenancy, credit, cooperative equal access, rail service, war debt payment, conservation, packer control, and protection of free speech and assembly. Notable names on the list include Marshall, Johnson, Poindexter, Harding, Lenroot, Owen, Cox, Sproul, Coolidge, Goodrich, Palmer, Lowden, Wood, and Hoover.
Eggs and butter reach season highs with expected 0 to 20 cent declines soon while eggs may dip after production rises. Cream station in Haskins now open under Mrs. W. P. Welliver with aims to boost cream deliveries locally. Prices posted include eggs per dozen, cream per pound, various fowl and animal hides offered for sale and robes or coats made from hides.
Tom Mix stars in The Daredevil at the Fox Theatre with Eva Novak as the heroine Eva No vak and William Fox backing the production. The fast moving drama follows a rich young man who wins his love through daring feats including a train stunt at 30 miles per hour.
Four year old Marjorie spots a horse and buggy on a cold day and exclaims that dust is coming from the horse s mouth as her mother looks on.
Mrs M L Orris of 509 W Jefferson St Wigton praises Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney pain backaches and dizziness. She says the remedy relieved irregular kidney action and back pain and reiterates the endorsement in 1919 as still valid. Official dealer note cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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