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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1919
Page
2
The Chicago market report shows large receipts across hogs cattle and sheep with dull trading. Hogs mostly 25 lower. top price 179.60. feeders and calves mixed while beef steers strong early but general demand slow. Official yesterday totals list hogs 37 228 cattle 9 756 sheep 16 319 calves 9 223.
Grain desk notes May July and Sept futures for corn and oats with opening highs lows and closes. Cash market reports heavy with numbers for yellow corn white oats and March clover plus car counts and prices.
March 29 sale of horses at City Feed Yard Washington led by D. J. Wittman. Advice on controlling Johnson Grass urges not feeding infested feed to cattle and outlines plow and cultivation methods. Also notes U S Department of Agriculture push for domestic binder twine and February farm loan totals of 14.8 million to 4,209 farmers with regional bank breakdowns.
American farmers use 200 million pounds of binder twine annually with 160 million more needed for other grain-growing countries. Eighty percent of henequen and most sisal for twine come from abroad, highlighting supply dependencies for protection of domestic production.
News letters note a series of updates from Washington County. Births deaths marriages and relocations are reported for several residents with brief adds of local occurrences and social notes.
Waterloo Iowa report covers 55 Aberdeen Angus head sold by Harvey Hess A O Binnie Chester and R W Frank of Wrenwick at the Dairy Cattle Congress sale barns. Average price about 600 dollars with a top cow price of 1250 dollars owned by Hess.
Cow-testing associations help dairymen identify unprofitable cows by weighing milk against feed costs. With about 26 farmers per group, a hired tester records monthly data, cutting costs and boosting annual profits by roughly 10 to 15 dollars per cow.
The Ve nezia brought 1,496 troops including Marines regular army and other services from Marseilles with units from Ohio Indiana Illinois Kentucky Michigan Wisconsin. The Susquehanna carried 28 officers and 1,455 men of the Seventeenth railway engineers and 710 sick and wounded. George Washington brought 5,013 troops including the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth machine gun battalion and several casual companies from Ohio Wisconsin and Iowa. Five officers 26 men and several nurses were returned wounded or sick.
A facetious philosopher notes people can balance modern travel and finances. The remark highlights the paradox of riding in an automobile while incurring debt, reflecting on human ambition and folly in contemporary life.
busy week with visitors and travels across Iowa. G W Beck visited Iowa City while Mrs S BE Squires and children returned from Newton. Eva Snider stays with Mrs A C Durst near Washington. Merva Mehaffey visited Grinnell with Mrs Howard Mehaffey. Dr J M Chittum came from Virginia after his mother’s illness and death. Thomas Green, Thornburg schools superintendent, visited his sister in Kalona. Newton Kessler and Mae Snyder with O L Rogers visited Muscatine.
Otto Ostman improves his farm and builds new structures as his tractor and mule teams keep roads busy. Miss Francis Hall assists Mrs. Lee Davisson with spring tasks. Mrs. Jim Robinson is ill and Dr. Braden was called Sunday night. George Herr and wife visited Jim and Clarence over Sunday. W. A. Curl buys the Jim Duffy house in Wellman to move to his farm. Mrs. Dora Mahaffee of Des Moines wed, with the groom in the drug business and as a prominent landowner.
Friday business callers in Washington. Mrs J P Tobin visits her ill mother. Thomas Kallophy spent Sunday with friends near Haskins. John Quinn tires this week at Pat Tobin's. Helena Bennett and Louis Tobin weekend at home. Celina Peters and Mrs Ice Peters of Cotter visit their brother Dick Peters. Mrs Marshall suffers from La Grippe. Other Himmelreich spent Sunday at Washington.
A string of small community items reports on residents visiting Ottumwa for medical care, visits to Richland and West Chester, and social gatherings. It notes an appendectomy by Mrs. Frank Cox in Ottumwa, and local dwellings under construction and moving plans. A fire scare at Howard Jones’ house caused minor damage when the stove was left too tightly closed.
Miss Alda Twinam returns to Crawfordsville for spring vacation from Des Moines. Rev and Mrs P H Haley travelled to Illinois yesterday.
New York March 26 The army transport Melrose with 24 officers and men from St Nazaire reported in distress due to a broken rudder about 900 miles east of Bermuda. It advised by wireless it was proceeding under a jury rig for Port News with assistance from the United States steamship Cape Lookout.
Ross Glantz and family visited Frank Wilson with Mrs. Wilson. R F Neudigate assists Ed Testroet with spring work. Blaine Holmes and family and Walter Harvey with kin visited Milo Patterson. Mrs Muriel Cullumber Egly visited BE Flemine and Rosaella Stuart. M J Shella and wife at W W Matthess. John McCabe bought a team of mules.
J. P. Tobin was called to Waverly Iowa Tuesday evening due to his sister Mrs Adolph Thoman s illness and death. She was buried at Riverside Friday. Joe Kallaus and family spent Saturday in Washington shopping. Earl and Miss Olive Miksch were
American minister reports Norwegian officials say American fur warehouses in Moscow were broken into despite seals and 450000 rubles of fur were stolen.
A girl named Helen endures taunts about her red hair from playmates. After listening for several minutes she grows angry, stamps her foot, and warns them that a bad temper runs in her family. The taunting stops afterward.
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