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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1922

Page

2

Daily Market Reports Hogs and Cattle Prices in Chicago

Chicago May 11 market notes show estimated receipts for hogs at 28 000 and cattle at 12 000 with varied holdovers. Prices trend mostly lower by 10 to 15 cents with top hogs at 10 85 and bulk sales around 10 60 to 10 85. Beef steers and other livestock quoted across weight classes with mixed firmness and declines on lighter futures. Grain futures and tomorrow’s livestock estimates also included.

Hogs Chicago Weary

Evangelist C C Smith Preaches at West Chester Church

West Chester hosts evangelist C C Smith from Chicago for a series at the United Presbyterian Church. Evening talks cover No Room for Christ and No Man Cares with increasing attendance, special music, and afternoon Bible study at 2:36. Sunday services include a morning walk theme and an afternoon Lords ship of Christ picnic style, with lunch baskets urged for country attendees.

West Chester Christ United Presbyterian Church Evangelist C. C. Smith Chicago

Fortnightly Art Exhibit Set for June 1 at Commercial Club

An antiques exhibit and colonial tea will be held Thursday June 1 at the Commercial club gymnasium with afternoon and evening sessions. Admission is 25 cents, covering viewing and tea. The committee invites local loans of shawls and laces quilts and coverlets rugs and linen furniture jewelry and silver pictures costumes china lamps and candlesticks.

Commercial Club Art Department Myrta Jeffrey H. J. Ward Carlton Wilson Mike C. Lewis A. E. Cunningham Agnes Swift W. W. Wilson Alice Rownd

Jewish colonists in Ukraine face extinction without relief

Cablegrams to New York report that 36 colonies in Kherson and Yekaterinoslav, with 150000 people on 125000 acres, risk famine and depopulation. Funds from American Jewish contributions total 50000, but the appeal for 14000000 to aid eastern European Jews continues amid pogroms and grain shortages.

Ukraine New York Joint Distribution Committee Europe America American Jewish Relief Committee Kherson Yekaterinoshav Russia

Birth and parentage of Alexander Hamilton

The article traces Hamilton's origins noting his birth at Charles Town Nevis on January 11 1757. It cites his probable father James Hamilton a Scottish trader who died on St Vincent around 1790 and his mother Rachel Levine Faucette of French Huguenot descent who had separated from her husband earlier.

Alexander Hamilton Charles Town Island of Nevis West Indies James Hamilton St. Vincent Rachel Levine Faucette

Of Two Evils and a Farmer in the Rain

The farmer stands in a heavy downpour while the minister asks him why he does not seek shelter. He replies that indoors is worse than the storm, saying sheltering from the weather is nothing compared to what lies inside.

Nature and carbon dioxide balance in a shrinking world

A historical note estimates that at current consumption rates green plants would exhaust atmospheric carbon dioxide in about thirty years unless replenished. It highlights the ongoing tension between consumption and natural renewal of the air.

Wool Pooling Discussed By Farm Bureau Members

At the wool producers meeting last Thursday the group favored pooling wool and grading to determine prices. They noted a 12 cent per pound gap between best and lowest grades last year and advised poor wool sales to speculators if offered similar gains. Members can order wool sacks and twine from the county agent. timing is urged as tote orders will soon be sent in.

Association Agena

Wedding of Al Babson Shocks Society Reporter

A society page tale centers on reporter Frances who covers a royal wedding between Constance Compton and college athlete Al Babson. The report reveals Ellen, the reporter, as Al’s long-lost beloved, and the moment resolves with a wedding and a quick remarriage twist as the city editor hurries to the next edition.

Miss Frances Constance Compton al Babson

British Grabs German Ideas on Aircraft Grouping and Trials

The London Daily Telegraph reports on German wartime aircraft concepts of engine grouping in the body for centralized load and gear efficiency. It notes trials in Britain where two engine machines mostly failed except Handley Page W S, praising single engine type for commercial planes and citing central massing advantages and a few drawbacks.

Handley-Page Bristol Aeroplane Company Maj Turner London Daily Telegraph Air Ministry Handley Page Farman Goliath Io

Poultry and Produce Prices from Mutual 93 Cream HGGS

Mutual 93 Cream HGGS issues daily poultry and produce prices. The list includes payment rates for Ise ducks per pound Geese per pound Turkeys per pound Pigeons each Beef hides per pound and Horse hides each.

Hezekiah's Great Passover Observed In Judah

A lesson outlines Hezekiah proclaiming a Passover to unite a divided nation. The plan included urgent invitations touching ancestral memories and mercy, removal of idols, and a seven day festival with priests and Levites praising God.

Hezekiah Israel Abraham Isaac Jerusalem Ahaz Moses

Holy Communion and the blood-stained coat sermon

The Bishop of London compares the holy communion to Joseph’s blood-stained coat shown to his father as a symbol of sacrifice that cannot be repeated. The message emphasizes reverence and the unrepeatable sacrifice in Christian ritual.

Joseph London

The Wicked Flee Proverb Paraphrase

A brief note reads The wicked flee when no man pursueth but the righteous are held against the crowd Proverbs 238. The fragment echoes a moral contrast with a biblical citation.

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Daily Market Reports Sfocond Beach-Wickham Grain Co Iowa City Roy Maddock Sohn A. Babcock Commission U. 6 Yard Ujaanois C. C. Smith W. Chester Church Nogaitova Revianoska Farm Bureau Ht. V. Ellis Ainsworth School SOUL Proston A. W. Clyde W. M. Darbyshire Marion Twp C. L. Stannard Clay Two Eddie Henn Lime Creek McClure New Cate Edith Ellen France Constance Bristol Mutual R. L. Gibson Ise Beeth Ee Sd W. S. Reister Sons Washington St Itc Chas. Brown N. Clark ST Madison St Wenzel Co McCormick Moody Bible Institute of Chicago Western Newspaper Union
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