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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
2
Estimated receipts and direction for multiple markets show mixed to steady trends. Cattle and sheep prospects vary by category with best cattle steady and sheep steady, while hogs show slow to lower tone and varied price ranges across light mixed and heavy grades.
Iowa City and Chicago reports show May corn at 1.27% and July corn at 141% with May oats at 75% and July oats at 65% while October clover reaches 14.50. The bulletin provides daily price levels for grains and forage crops.
The Iowa weather bulletin reports heavy rains in the northeastern part while central and southwestern areas face serious rainfall deficits. May temperatures reached the nineties in the north and west, then cooler, with frost and sleet in May, and May 9 tornadoes caused widespread damage and several deaths across multiple counties. Corn planting is 75 percent complete in the south with good stands, while northeast and north-central planting is just beginning.
The Journal's Farm Department recounts a morning of planter jitter and fixes. It details a butcher bird’s routine, a planter’s malfunction with a spring, makeshift repairs, and a quirky three-horse hitch method. Plus notes on uncomfortable seats and advice on gear for large riders.
Iowa City May 16 A young farmer Bert Windom killed himself with a 22 caliber rifle after writing a note blaming Tiffin residents for scandalous rumors about his fidelity. His wife found him in the barn an hour later and is in shock.
Cherokee county council of defense tried W J McCrum for selling seed corn shipped from Grand Island Nebraska labeled to test percent but found below advertised test. He was fined ten dollars and costs. McCrum faces prior similar charges and farmers are warned against buying his corn.
What Is Happening in Various Communities in Washington County Told in Brief News Letters and Neighborhood Notes Highlight local events installs and social happenings across area towns providing a snapshot of everyday life and community connections.
Cadet Glen Murphy started for Berkeley California. Kilery Foster left for Dallas after a month with his parents. Mrs Georgia Eastman ill. L C Miller attended May Festival at Cornell Mt Vernon. Alumni officers listed. County news covers local visits and church pastor change. Webster City: Benjamin Bowling sues Thomas Wilson for damages 50000 pounds citing alleged threats and nervous breakdown. The suit notes Wilson’s wealth and residence in Iowa and Illinois.
A London bookseller's catalog advertises a letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning that mocks phrenology. The excerpt asks readers if they believe in phrenology and whether a phrenologist oracle would answer about one’s character, highlighting the era's fad and critics.
Nitro-Starch, more compact than allied nitro cellulose or gun-cotton, appears to promise high efficiency as a blasting explosive.
An old advert describes catarrh as widespread and incurable by local treatment. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F J Cheney Co of Toledo as a constitutional remedy taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure.
Citizens motored to Washington to give a hearty sendoff to Webb Morrow and Alfred Morgan who leave there with others for Jefferson Barracks. The Misses Maud Alice and Regsie McConnell and Mr Ora Turnipseed motored to Ainsworth and spent the day Sunday with friends.
Me and Mrs Robert McKee and Mrs W E Stump visited Washington yesterday George Morrison of Washington called on friends here Lee Shaffer of Washington came after his father Johns Shaffer’s condition worsened Mrs Sam Dwinnell of Columbus Junction arrived for a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs W J Stump Baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class will be preached Sabbath evening at 8 by Rev P H Hayley at the United Presbyterian church Roy Dix and Lloyd Blankenhorn visited Iowa City yesterday where Blankenhorn is in hospital状 Ear injury delayed the operation Mr and Mrs Ray Anwyl returned to Des Moines after visiting relatives here.
A week of small events unfolds in Havre with carload hogs shipped by A. B. Carr and Will Stafford enjoying a new Overland. Neighbors visit and farm tasks continue as families gather at Witting, Benson, Easter, and Putman homes. Dr. Reid calls on John Putman. carpenters begin a new barn for Howard Witting. several families attend gatherings and care for crops.
Mayb Mr and Mrs Jim Nicholson and their son George and Mr and Mrs Mer Proul fit and baby visited Sunday at Frab Kepharts The Misses Eva and Ruth Green were noted in the rural route item.
A safe dependable treatment relieves itching and irritation almost instantly. Ask for 35e or 1 bottle of Zemo and apply as directed. It banishes irritations pimples eczema ringworm and similar skin troubles and leaves skin soft smooth and healthy. The E. W. Rose Co. Cleveland Oh.
Last Friday evening at A. B. Carrs many relatives visited. Roy and wife with baby, Homer and Elmer Kephart, Cloyce Benson and family, and Bertha and Peatrice visited Ben Millers and John Shebeek. Other gatherings included visits to Sigourney and Lizzie Corbin’s, with Frank Kephart work and Donald Tucker’s family visiting.
An advertisement touts Getea-It as a quick corn remover. It promises no flesh irritation and a painless peel with just two drops, claiming instant results and a speedy vanishing of the corn.
An anecdote from J J Whissey’s Gossip of the Road notes Pickwick buzz around Dickens and the inn at Bury St Edmunds. Tlissey recalls the Angel where Pickwick is said to have stayed and the host proclaims the carving knife linked to Tickwick’s visit.
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