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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1923
Page
2
May 12 Chicago market report shows estimated receipts for hogs 7000 with holdover and top price 7.90, cattle 500, and sheep 3000. Beef yearlings and steers fetch high quotes. fat lambs and ewes show varied movement. Official yesterday totals list receipts and shipments across hogs cattle sheep calves.
Local items include shopping visits by Val Burga Klein of Keota and Esther Perry returning home for the weekend. Merchants advertise bargains at Washington cleaners, Casey's Cafe, and The Royal Cafe with ice cream and watches for graduates. Other notes mention Gardner Auto Shop and the J A Work Insurance Co, plus arousing promotions for Arch Preserver Oxfords and Kerthia palms.
Local merchants promote Wednesday specials at East End Grocery and Richard Market with pork and beans 12c per can and brisket bacon 22c per lb. Town visitors Richard Stephens and Miss Hippe Huston, Mrs. L. M. Edgar, Miss Jesse Long and others travel for funerals and visits.
Pro-Lac for baby chicks described as reinforced buttermilk feed offered at $3.00 per 100 pounds with a note of 100 lhe and $3.25 for chick feed. Mentions a “save cure for White Diarrhoea” and a free sample of Cholerine.
A mixed page of local ads and announcements lists specials at South End Grocery Sunbhite Cleanser and Civilian Oxfords sale at Tooman Leather Shop and Hallmark store. It notes Tom at Cox Auto Shop and A N Gardner on North Iowa Ave with banking and savings prompts from Washington National Bank. West Chester and West Chester area students head home for weekend and state normal exams Wednesday.
Iowa hunting clubs faced an end to island purchases in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers as the state plans to keep islands for conservation. Secretary Ramsay announced no sales between now and July 4 when the law shifting islands to the conservation department takes effect. Most islands are sand bars with few suitable for parks, and development plans remain undefined.
University Park Iowa May 11 reduced railroad rates have been granted by all state railroads for the homecoming and camping meeting here early in June. The events coincide with commencement week at Central Holiness University which plans to graduate nine men and eight women the largest class in the school's history.
The May 12 report from the International Labour Office notes a generally favorable global unemployment picture versus 1921. France and Belgium report near absence of joblessness. the United States shows steady hiring gains and strong January production. UK unemployment teeters with mixed industry signals. Italy, Austria, and Germany display uneven shifts with notable sectoral declines in building and mining while other industries stay solid.
Ed Gallagher announced a football game between Oklahoma A and M and the University of Iowa for September 29 in Iowa City. The Axgies will play their first Big Ten game and receive $3,000 for the trip.
Residence telephone rates rise from 2.75 dollars a month to 8 dollars starting June 1 as part of broader business service price increases implemented earlier.
Des Moines May 12 R G Clark state food and dairy commissioner and Dr Peter Malcolm state veterinarian will head their bureaus under the consolidation approved by the last legislature. R W Cassady secretary of agriculture says he will keep as many experienced employees as possible in each department.
A Des Moines meeting of directors from over 20 organizations plans a statewide push for hard surface highways. Led by Alex Fitzhugh, the effort seeks a unified Iowa highway program and rapid paving of key primary roads, with later educational drives for farmers and motorists.
Rodger Wethered of Oxford won the British amateur golf title defeating Robert Harris in the final by seven and six at Deal England on May 12.
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