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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1922
Page
2
Estimated receipts for today show hogs about 4 000 and cattle around 17 000 with sheep near 22 006. Market mostly 15 to 20 higher and beef and lamb sections listed with top beef steer prices around 9.25 and lambs in the 11.5 to 14.0 range. official yesterday receipts show hogs 5519 cattle 2442 and sheep 246 with shipments 1624 and 338 respectively.
A short, poetic reflection on how a bird’s morning notes convey the wind’s message and the whispers of flora. The speaker, Wat siendér tone, emphasizes that song is not required to stir the heart, even a few crisp notes can suffice in spring.
The article traces the esteem for the honey bee in ancient Egypt Greece and Rome noting a Latin goddess Melionia and the bee’s role as ancilia domini in medieval Christian belief. It mentions Beeizetul as patron of house-fry and St Saturinus for the ant, contrasting the bee’s favored status with other insects.
Samuel Methord Crothers urges balanced actions in friendship. The essay stresses cheerful play between parties and mutual effort to make each other happy. It argues duty to give others chances and to accept their turns without dwelling on misery.
A twelve year old narrator recalls first love at an evening party. A boy asked to accompany her home, then refused to proceed past a lumber yard, leaving her to walk alone. They reached home safely, ending the experience.
Missouri Valley la special report notes vocational class at Missouri Valley high school concluded oats can be raised profitably after surveying Harrison county farms. The study estimates price per acre around 83 dollars with potential 60 bushels per acre for some growers, contrasting with typical losses of about 3 dollars per acre at 42 bushels and four and a half dollars per bushel.
The discussion covers seed oats costing more and extra field work raising costs on 60 bushel oats farms. Land valued at 225 per acre vs 194 on average. interest taxes and labor total 23.45 vs 19.94. Best farms aim to market at 42c instead of 40, yielding 25.20 vs 16.30. net profit per acre about 1.75 instead of 3.14 less, considering oats rotation and feeding value.
A mangled excerpt shows a man despairing that he will never ask another girl to marry him, then an amused friend realizes the opposite. The dialogue hinges on a failed proposal turning into an acceptance, with emotional reactions.
In a terse exchange Blobbs recalls reaching a low point before a sudden idea shifted his stance. Stoble condemns such thoughts as cowardly and warns against acting while defeated. The dialogue highlights moral conflict and late realizations.
A 4000 B.C. female garment is preserved showing similarities to contemporary woman’s attire. The article notes cycles in fashion and a timeless design concept linking ancient and modern dress.
Wendell, a young boy with long yellow curls, undergoes a major operation to remove his curls. His father takes him to the barber amid his mother's tears then returns home as the child consoles her, saying the procedure “didn’t hurt a bit.”
W A Buchanan Marshall County agent reports Grimes area potato yield tests show Northern varieties outperform home types with Ohio 26 bushels per acre gains Ruralts and Cobbler offering $3 and 168 bushel increases. Lamb market practices in Marshalltown highlight undocked native lambs fetching lower prices. future trials include lime acid phosphate rock phosphate and manure fertilizer combinations.
Mary Greger reports over sixty Marshall County farm women attended a talk by C V Holsinger from Iowa State College on small fruit fare and pruning. A shelterbelt demonstration at W R Rumbaugh’s farm near Collins in Story County planted Norway spruce and red pine with rows spaced twelve and fourteen feet apart. J T Bode notes many Iowa farms need shelterbelts and demonstrations aim to provide planting guidance.
In Chariton Iowa W C McKinley hosts a hedge woodlot project with I T Bode and the county farm bureau. Osage orange seedling trees spaced 4 by 4 feet will produce fence posts on an unproductive acre. The effort aims to turn poor ground into useful fence supply.
County agent H. H. Turner reports that by March 1 all farm labor applications were filled. He notes spring began with no employment excuses for experienced farmers and that at one point fifteen positions lacked applicants. Over seventy five men have been placed this spring.
In Columbia on May 8 Professor M Goode Homes head of the engineering department was shot and killed in the treasurer's office by Benjamin Haile superintendent of growth of the university who then killed himself. He prior fired a shot near Dean Leonard Baker and waved a gun at Dr. William Correll president. A university statement cites bitter feelings between women in conflicting duties as the motive.
An airplane carrying seven passengers completed the first nonstop flight from Chicago to Detroit in two hours and thirty-two minutes. Eddie Stinson owned and piloted the aircraft, which departed Auburn field just after 10:00 AM and landed at Morrow field in Detroit two hours and thirty-two minutes later, surpassing the Michigan Central train by more than four hours.
Ambassador Houghton in Berlin was instructed to tell Germany the wartime patent treaty with Germany will be revived. The pact provides reciprocal patent protection. Objections arose over Krupp factory claims on American railroad gun patents, but Secretary Hughes urged revival in Senate testimony.
A reflective line notes that some books are meant to be tasted swallowed chewed and digested in different ways offering varied reading approaches.
California leads in radio broadcasting licenses for music and entertainment, with 87 of 167 total licenses issued by mid April. Ohio follows with 14, then Pennsylvania 12 and New York 11, while several western and southern states report few or no stations. Major hubs include New York City, Washington, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Los Angeles among others.
Canal production holds near four million tons after weekly Geological Survey report shows April 20 output at 4,150,000 tons and a forecast for May 16 to be about the same. Anthracite production remains nearly unchanged with little variation in the period.
A boy narrates a scene where a janitor’s son is denied a doughnut, then returns home in the rain with a tear on his shoulder. His mother later gives him a doughnut, and the boy reenters the house to greet Tom the grocer with groceries and asks where his doughnut is.
The name Mephistopheles derives from Greek roots meaning The one who loves not light. It was given to a Satanic figure in the Middle Ages as the tempter who serves Faust after he sells his soul to Satan. The legend portrays Mephistopheles as the agent obeying Faust's commands under the pact.
Weather outlook for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys predicts considerable cloudiness and occasional showers with near normal temperatures. A Cincinnati case reports a surgeon saving a two year old boy by quick throat incision to remove a lodged peanut and relieve airway obstruction.
Fragment reads like a damaged public notice from 1922 with street names and references to properties and tests. Missing context limits clear meaning but items appear tied to land or utility notices on Past Third Street and Mutual 12. Further readable details are insufficient to determine exact action.
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