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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
2
Chicago May 2. Estimated receipts hogs 16 000 and cattle 3 000. Hogs show 10 to 20 higher than yesterday with top around 20 55 and varied weights quoted. Cattle markets generally steady with beef steers and veal calves detailed by weight class and quality. Sheep and lambs also higher on shorn lambs and prime lambs, with yearlings and ewes priced across multiple grades.
Iowa City grain market update from J B Hunt at 726 notes closing futures movements. Supply shows limited changes with prices firming on corn and wheat contracts amid market activity and trader interest.
National League games in rain affected schedule with Bt Louis defeating mnati 6 to 3 and Pittsburgh not playing. American League results show Boston 7 Cleveland 1 after rain postponements. American Association notes Cheville 11 Kansas City 7 with uneven play and disrupted games.
The article outlines a state bill funding tuberculosis control in cattle and hogs with a $100,000 annual appropriation. It includes testing dairy cattle with tuberculin and provides partial compensation to owners, up to $80 for pure bred and $49 for grade animals. It links bovine tuberculosis to human risk, especially in milk, and notes economic and dairy herd health benefits. It also discusses the shift of beef supply and cattle market pressures affecting dairy cows and breeding stock.
A Randall Grove township sale in spring 1846 records values for household items livestock and tools. Prices reflect scarce money and barter with notes common. today values would rise about tenfold, with a total receipts figure of about 447.94. The event illustrates early Missouri rural credit and the absence of slave wealth in that era.
Farm Journal notes the best window to sell wool is July through November while stock is withheld. It explains England owns wool in New Zealand and Australia and sets the world price, with American buyers currently shut out. If England frees wool, prices may rise. if not, prices may stay near expectations of about sixty cents a pound.
The wholesale and indiscriminate slaughter of female cattle of the beef breeds has caused a steady scarcity. Killers pursue these cows daily, offering prices once deemed preposterous for prime steers. Grade Shorthorn and Hereford cows are notably affected.
Mutual 12 W. $. Reister & Sons report April trade details with eggs at 37 to 39 cents per dozen and butter fat at 58 cents per pound. They note heavy egg production, record April receipts, and paid out $69,797.22 for the month including purchase of $5,228.97 in other goods and $2,408.25 in labor. They urge producers to market highs and remind customers of Chicago prices.
Ensign Charlie Nigh of troop transport Tiger arrived in In aQuoreta after being reported dead three times. The globe trotter served in both world wars and plans another voyage from New York to France this week, his boat heading back for more soldiers.
A recall petition against Mayor Wallace M. Short has been filed in Sioux City with over 2,000 signatures above the legal minimum The drive cites his welcome address to a national convention as the immediate reason for the recall action and sets the stage for a vote in the near future.
A concise reflection notes that people easily spot faults in others while missing flaws in themselves. The phrasing suggests a quip about self awareness and hypocrisy with a playful, newspaper-like tone.
Des Moines May 2 Attentive to a stationary campaign a new effort to sell war savings stamps will be launched in Iowa following the Victory Liberty loan. The state war savings committee endorses thrift and safe investment and passes a resolution urging all citizens to support the plan.
The Iowa War Savings committee urges households to adopt wise spending and saving and to record expenditures against income. The Iowa General Assembly asks all citizens to save as much as possible and to invest in U S government thrift stamps and war savings certificates.
A strike by stenographers halted the house of representatives at Weehington after officers announced a ten cent per folio pay cut. The standstill continued until the issues could be settled amicably.
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