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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
2
Chicago markets show mixed receipts and futures with hogs strong to 30 cents higher on the day, cattle steady to 10 cents higher, and sheep steady to slightly higher amid large daily receipts and multiple categories including light, mixed, and heavy grades.
The piece describes Melo Shalla's barn project with a higher two story design and a 20 foot cave plus a projecting south side. It notes corn planters appearing, long field days, and Carris's novel cave pipe drainage idea. A farmer's attack on purebred breeders backfires, boosting rivals and teaching optimism.
Iowa boys in the 168th Infantry Rainbow Division in France will play baseball. Major Frank Lyman received a cable from Colonel Bennett requesting sixty baseballs sixty fielders gloves ten first basemen gloves and four catcher's mitts funded by the coffee fund. Major Lyman notified B F Spry of Lawton Camp Spanish American War Veterans who oversees the fund.
The baseball equipment will be forwarded at once. No further details are provided in the readable text.
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