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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market report shows hog receipts at 26 000 today with holdovers 32 609. Cattle receipts 7 009 and sheep 6 500. Prices quoted include top hogs 16 40, heavy weights 15 60, light weights 14 80 to 15 40, sow ranges 12 50 to 14 50, and pig values 13 40 to 15 25. Receipts totals: hogs 22 604 cattle 11 641 sheep 6 759 calves 9 526. Shipments: hogs 9 151 cattle 3 638 sheep 1 860 calves 1.
Close of grain futures from Iowa City notes March corn at 1.60 in May and 1.56 in May for other contracts with highs lows and closes listed. Oats futures show May at 85 percent and July at 78 percent with October Clover at 24.25. Cash market reports include 9 cars for corn and 57 cars for oats with tone unchanged to ease.
The letter praises Mrs Shockley the rural mail carrier on Route Four for her courage and reliability during harsh weather. It calls for three cheers and long life, noting residents depend on her even when others avoid bad roads. It also recalls early fire brigades in London tied to insurance premiums.
Public sales are listed for March 27 81 and April 1 with owners Sands Ainsworth Mrs Marie Carkuff and Mrs B F Boling. West Virginia joins Better Lives Better Stock with a scrubs ban and pledge to use pure bred stock. Feeding demos and county campaigns will promote livestock improvement and bring hundreds of purebred sires and dams into the state.
Dale to oversee higher Iowa Farm Bureau duties as H. Cunningham is elected secretary to fill the vacancy from J. W. Cloverdale. James R. Howard resigns to head the national bureau. C. W. Hunt becomes president and George Fox is elected vice president. Committee on education seeks higher school funding and teacher pay. proposes uniting agricultural bureaus under a commissioner of agriculture while keeping education separate.
The United States Department of Agriculture and state agricultural colleges offer one day farm accounting courses in 15 states. The program aims to spark farmer interest in bookkeeping as essential to efficient management, with income tax calculation as a secondary benefit. Courses are run with county agents and let farmers perform calculations under instructor supervision.
The report states steady egg prices through Easter, strong butter demand, and high poultry prices. Farmers are urged to cull nonproductive hens and roosters after hatching to save feed and improve egg quality. lists current prices for eggs, butter, and hides though some figures are garbled.
The state farm bureau urges a revision of the current law to tax only property outside incorporated cities and towns so that funds can support farm bureau work without affecting urban areas.
The board of supervisors awarded the paving contract for the North Iowa pike between Charles City and Floyd, about five miles. Garvey-Weyenberg Construction of Appleton Wisconsin won at 4.09 dollars per square yard and earthwork removal of 20 125 cubic yards at 1 15 dollars per cubic yard.
A brief quotation highlights that avoiding censure is tougher than earning applause. The author suggests a man must go through life without uttering or acting foolishly to escape blame. The piece reflects on public opinion and personal restraint.
Iowa records show 491 February fires with a total loss of 536 031 dollars and an average 1 091 dollars per fire, compared with 387 fires and 469 666 dollars last year. State Fire Marshal J A Tracy notes January 1919 had 731 fires and 799 045 dollars in losses.
The text notes VWapsbure meaning Owl's Castle, a castle once in the canton of Aargau Switzerland. It is described as the reputed cradle of the Hapsburg dynasty.
A 19th century appeal urges readers to stop wasting time on potions and salves for rheumatism. It promotes finding and removing the cause of pain as the path to relief, claiming cleansing the body eliminates rheumatism.
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