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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1922
Page
2
Estimated receipts for hogs 2000, cattle 10008, sheep 13900 with holdovers. Early price gains 10 cents with bulk sales 10.45 to 11.00 for various weights. Beef and veal ranges noted, lambs and yearlings listed, receipts total 38794 hogs cattle sheep calves. Grain prices shown for wheat corn oats and cash grain trade in Chicago.
Madison Wisconsin May 16 ten union bakery shops in the city halted operations in protest of a lockout by master bakers who refused to renew the 1921 wage contract and demanded a ten percent wage cut.
Des Moines theaters were robbed of about $2,300 after safes were broken into in two consecutive heists. Authorities believe the same criminals staged both robberies. Mrs W B Kerr left for Creston to visit her sister Mrs Howard Brown.
In Belfast on Sunday May 16 an elderly woman died from bullet wounds found on Great George Street, raising the known death toll to eight. Four special constables were wounded when their patrol was ambushed near Derrymacash Armagh. Later in Townsend Street clashes left two women and one man wounded. Despite heavy violence people continued to walk Royal Avenue amid the unrest.
More than 20 witnesses summoned to the Madison county grand jury at Canton to testify about the death of Mrs. Lorraine Harris Buckingham wife of Miles G Buckingham Memphis capitalist and insurance man. She was fatally shot near Wickens while returning to Memphis from Biloxi in a car with her husband. Buckingham says the revolver in his pocket discharged accidentally as he alighted from the automobile.
A corner of a small dwelling used as a hoarding house for Meadowbrook mine workers was demolished by dynamite near Leith. Eleven people including two babies narrowly escaped death as coal strike operations continued and miners were brought in from West Virginia. No arrests have been made in connection with the blast.
Detroit at midnight formally took possession of all trolley lines and cars within city limits making it the world’s largest municipally owned street railway system. The city now controls 363 miles of tracks and 1,427 cars as Detroit United Railway continues to operate interurban lines entering the city.
A brief aphorism attributed to Sterne urges distrust of anyone who acts without a clear conscience. It cautions against placing faith in a person who betrays inner moral guidance in all matters.
A kind-hearted motorist offers a lift to an old woman seen rolling along. It is her first car ride and she exclaims that the wind has come up suddenly as the auto speeds away. Boston Transcript.
Henry County Farm Bureau reports a twenty acre Krizer corn test on Chas Fricke’s Mt. Union area farm. Mahaska breeder supplied ten acres for side by side yield comparison with local corn. Planners worked on the Fricke plot last Wednesday as part of the effort to locate higher yielding varieties.
Thirty three Farm Bureau officials and county agents met in the Mt Pleasant courthouse for an all day conference. Will Kitch directed the sessions starting at 10 30 AM and outlined plans to advance agriculture and Farm Bureau projects. Co W Hunt Iowa Farm Bureau Federation president urged individual members to take responsibility for the program. Murl McDonald highlighted agricultural education funding and the need to train rural youth to match urban industry.
Mrs Clyde Bunker of Salem Township praised for raising 208 healthy chicks from 209 hatched in a brooder with charcoal heat and sour milk diet. A hunting lice issue, head lice blamed, and one chick lost. Banquet attendance by 24 Henry County club boys celebrated county unity among farmers and professionals.
The largest spider on record is the Madagascar dog spider weighing about one pound. Its eight legs stretch long and thick, comparable to a standard lead pencil, highlighting its extraordinary size among arachnids.
Advice on creating a bedside reading nook with a small stand by the bed. Recommend one shelf and a small drawer for storing books and magazines, plus a good light for an hour of comfortable reading each night.
Birds are cited as early indicators of weather with the green wool pecker called the rain bird for its laughing call that presages rain and the missel thrush nicknamed the storm cock for its singing before wind and rain.
The essay asserts that the human voice remains the core of music regardless of musical evolution or virtuoso skill. It argues that even the boldest compositions or most brilliant performances must ultimately align with vocal traditions and standards.
Charles City Iowa Floyd County farmer Edgar Reed near Marble Rock praises sunlit, well vented hog housing. County Agent W A Dickson notes Reed’s low sunlit shed with wide south roof windows and floor drainage keeps pigs dry, warm, and disease free through wet weather.
Poughkeepsie May 16 Guardian ad item for Guy Stillman denies reports that Mrs Anne Stillman would marry Fowlers McCormick of Chicago after a decree in her divorce action. John R B Mack says the rumor is unfounded and claims Mrs Stillman is not seeking the divorce and would not marry the best man living.
Boston fuel Commissioner Eugene Waltman warned residents pay 6.6 million dollars a year more for coal than the war era fair price. He said dealers have eliminated all competition in the coal trade.
Prof A W Clyde of Ames will lead soil erosion demonstrations this week. County agent H V Ellis lists stops on Standards Farm in Clay township Thursday afternoon, Darbyshire Farm Marion township Friday morning, and Eddie Henn and W B Webster farms Lime Creek township Friday afternoon. Demonstrations show wire or brush and straw dams, no concrete dams. Attendees urged to attend any session.
Four bandits in an automobile stopped a pay car of the St Louis and San Francisco railroad company near Springfield Missouri on May 10. They escaped with about 30000 in currency and silver. Detective Ben Hamill was wounded in the left arm. The driver and another guard were wounded in the legs. The bandits fled.
A woman identified as Misa Richardeon of Menneville was killed by a truck at Adams and Wella Street. Driver Michel Downes, 1548 West Roosevelt, was arrested. The body was taken to Central Undertaking Company on 422 South Clerk Street.
Edward F. Middleton and F. E. Kent of Muscatine received indeterminate sentences not to exceed ten years in district court at Waterloo. They pled guilty to robbing the Weber and Martson elevator at Columbus Junction and trying to cash a counterfeit check for 96 dollars at Ottumwa. They were sent to Ft. Madison prison after sentencing. Both have prior criminal records including earlier robberies and prison terms.
Washington May 16 Senator Borah introduced in the senate a resolution seeking official recognition by the United States of the soviet government in Russia.
Baby eels migrate from the ocean depths to rivers and bypass major barriers like the Rhine and Niagara Falls, a puzzle that remains unsolved by science. The text notes the mystery of how these eels surmount such strong natural hurdles.
Mrs. F. A. Klein and her two children Mary Isobel and John Edwin returned last evening to Keota after visiting Mrs. A. A. Beenblostem.
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