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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1921
Page
2
Daily market summary shows estimated receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with totals for Chicago and an echo of grain prices. Prices range across weight classes and include official yesterday figures for receipts and shipments. A separate court scene ends with the self-proclaimed world ruler being escorted to a county jail for a sanity hearing.
John A. B. Ock, commission merchant, occupies rooms 27 to 29 on the main floor of the Exchange building at Yard and Water Street in Chicago Illinois.
Wagner Weekly Review notes the dominant wheat visible in the market may fall to around 12 million this week from 13.4 million with complaints from Oklahoma Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. It warns of a potentially slow replenishment and cites historical patterns while predicting higher May wheat prices and ongoing crop anxiety.
A political group led by Judge Huber and officials ousted Imperator I, who had styled himself king of the white races. The former Arlington hotel restaurant dishwasher entered the Utterback court during a recess and approached the judge’s bench.
Des Moines May 7 officers report a drop in investigations of suspicious fires over the past two weeks. Iowa faces little threat from organized firebugs with only two large blazes recently. Davenport saw an opera house and furniture store fire causing 125000 loss. Marshalltown fire caused 75000. The Davenport fire was linked to an escaped Independence asylum inmate who was captured and recommitted. Warmer weather and spring cleaning are expected to reduce hazards further.
William Jennings Bryan, three time Democratic presidential nominee, has joined the law firm of Douglas O Bear and Douglas in Washington. The move marks a notable shift as Bryan transitions from politics to legal practice in the nation’s capital.
The fragment speaks of dreams about chickens and warnings of outcomes. A predicted cowardly act targets dreamers who fear injury. The text hints at eating a chicken exposing a treacherous friend and cooking it harming a friend, with unclear intent.
Iowa farmers and breeders are invited to a conference at Iowa State College on May 19 to discuss safeguarding the livestock industry. Speakers urge broader use of purebred sires, financing options for purchases, and breaking a market deadlock between producers and breeders.
Poultry prices stay firm. late week ad vances noted and demand outpaces supply. A nationwide push to swat the rooster continues for three to four weeks, while creamery butter output rises 439-10 percent year over year for the week ending April 29. Domestic butter remains ample. no near term foreign arrivals expected. USDA urges infertile egg production this summer with practices to boost value and reduce spoilage.
In Montezuma on May 7 the fourth day of an equity trial Cummings vs First National Bank of Montezuma unfolds. George Cummings and his sister Maggie Jacob deeded land to M Snyder then a Grinnell banker with a repurchase agreement alleged. The bank later held the title, while the family resided on the farm under yearly leases. After Cummings died, the suit continues by Maggie Jacob as executrix to recover title. Plaintiffs argue rent reflects bank investment and lack of full repurchase rights. bank says rent equaled interest plus recognized improvements. The case draws broad local interest as land lies about a mile from Ewart.
A Dallas News editorial mocks sensational headlines and prefers a restrained approach over flamboyant ambiguity, joking about hiding a skeleton rather than featuring a sensational header. The piece critiques media bravado and advocates sober reporting practices.
Over a hundred Farm Bureau officials attended the First Congressional district conference in Mt. Pleasant. Ed Cunningham urged ground-level farming focus, warned against price fixing, and discussed financing Iowa farmers amid tax and loan concerns. Freight-rate reform and the need to curb production debates also featured in talks with Gov. Harding and railroad representatives.
Andrew Schneederan escaped jail with companions Isaacson and Abel but was recaptured after about an hour. His attorney failed in motions for a new trial and arrested judgment. Judge Cornell overruled the appeals and sentenced Schneederan to ten years at hard labor in the Ft Madison penitentiary.
The Northwest Indians carved totem poles from western red cedar, likely because the wood is easy to work and durable. The American Forestry Magazine in Washington notes that scented woods tend to resist decay and insects, offering good cabinet qualities.
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