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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1919
Page
7
The document itemizes city infrastructure counts including 106 3 light posts 60 watt 120 2 posts 60 watt 350 1 posts 60 watt 10 1 posts 1000 watt and a total of 586 lamp posts installed. It also notes City bonded indebtedness as of April 1 1919 levy for the year amounts in the hands of the City Treasurer and the maximum debt the city may contract under law.
May 9 report shows winter wheat forecast at 899,915,000 bushels based on May 1 conditions, with rye at 122,946,600 bushels. Acreage sown 49,261,000 and harvested 36,704,000. hay production about 114,930,000 tons and spring plowing 72.7 percent complete.
Chicago officials say over 200 drink cure institutions will largely shut within a year as national prohibition looms. Leaders note fewer branches, with some still operating as drug problems persist, though long term remains uncertain.
An X-ray apparatus has been invented to kill tiny parasites that bore holes in leaf tobacco plants, offering a new pest control method for tobacco crops.
The Weather Crop Bulletin notes unusually cloudy cool wet conditions with frequent rain across most counties delaying field work by about two weeks. May 1 crop conditions show winter wheat near 109 percent and spring wheat near 98 percent, with fruit sets under stress from poor pollination due to clouds and rain.
In Hampton Iowa on May 8 the Morgans W H and Roy of Hansell were fined and faced attorney fees totaling 350 dollars for assaulting Hansell consolidated school superintendent R H Kreiner. Shortly after the case closed in Justice D W Parks court papers were served on the Morgans for a new 5000 dollar damage suit filed by Kreiner.
W. C. Mullen reports Rainbow boys returning from Camp Upton want civilian clothes and jobs, not hero worship. The former Dubuque Three-I league manager and Knights of Columbus secretary says the war veterans are practical and unromantic, seeking work after fierce fighting in France.
A quirky aphorism contrasts traits with outcomes noting a man’s fertile train does not imply he can grow hair in abundance. The fragment hints at causation ambiguity and humorous misreadings of ability.
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