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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1919
Page
2
Chicago May 20 The market opened fairly active with hog receipts around 34 000 and cattle 19 000. Beef steers and stockers were slow with bids about 25 lower, veal calves higher, stockers steady, and lambs showing a steady to higher tone in light and prime lots.
Market note from E W Wagner & Co Iowa City shows grain futures with 40 car lots for corn at 1.79 and 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cent uptick elsewhere. Clover prices listed for October at 20.20 with percentages and tone shifts noted.
A state agricultural report notes Washington County orchard and poultry demonstrations drew strong interest early in the year. The county, with about 1800 orchard acres, pursued better fruit returns and an effective insect-control campaign after demonstrations. Poultry farming is prominent with a flock of about 282000 and over 10000 dozen eggs yearly. breeders also discuss Iowa State Fair prize classes for cattle including first year breeders from any county and several breeds.
The article argues farms function as more than land blocks and should be named like farms, animals, and houses. Named farmsteads such as Shadelane Riverdale Brookdale Maple Grove and Rookwood aid advertising, permanency, and system in a community.
The legislature approved 150000 dollars to build a new cattle barn at the Iowa State Fair grounds. The 318 by 446 foot structure will hold over 1600 cattle and include offices rest rooms toilets wash racks sleeping quarters for herdsmen and an auction ring under one roof. Construction to start after the coming fair with razing of old stables and foundations laid the next spring.
Advertisement lists paying prices for dairy dairy poultry and hides in Washington Iowa. Cream butter fat per lb 50c eggs 22c hens roosters turkeys geese and ducks priced per lb with animal condition requirements. Beef hides calf hides sheep pelts and rabbit meat also listed with price ranges.
Washington May 20 Names of six privates killed in action were in the casualty list. They were Basil Skra ba, South Heart North Dakota Ralph Thompson Oneida Oklahoma Santiago Aguilar San Miguel New Mexico Henry R Boner New Orleans Angelomario Frocco Rome Italy Norman M Reed Meigs County Ohio.
Senator Lodge, Republican senate leader and foreign relations chair, called the revised league covenant unacceptable and predicted it would not be ratified by the senate majority without amendment.
May 20 report from Chatham Massachusetts says Lieutenant Austrich and Machinist Hendricksen drowned when a naval sea plane plunged into the sea off shore. Ensign Everett P. Welsh was rescued. In Paris, Japan was said to have recognized the Omsk government led by Admiral Kolchak.
E J Wallen of Sioux City Tent and Awning Co becomes president with William Cochran of Red Oak's Thomas Bb Murphy Mfg Co as vice president for the coming year at the Iowa State Manufacturers Association session. Burlington will host the eighteenth annual convention next year. Attendance reached 110. After adjournment, visitors enjoyed an auto tour of Fort Dodge guided by the Commercial club entertainment bureau, touring residences, the new fair site, Oleson Park and the Country Club.
Karl Madek the chief bolshevik agent in Germany was arrested during the Spartacan uprising and has now been released by President Ebert. The development follows recent political turmoil and shifts in German leadership.
Washington county shows strong backing for a county fair as farmers and breeders push for a unifying event. Across Iowa Fort Dodge Webster Emmet Warren Scott Davenport Independence Grinnell racegrounds and stock shows are cited as models with plans for new grounds grandstands and improved facilities.
Riverside Iowa May 20 The Riverside Green Sox defeated the Muscatine Independents 8 to 9 for their second straight win. Southpaw Whitehill struck out 13, allowed 3 hits, and Riverside collected 12 hits for 18 bases. The Solon Pirates visit next Sunday with Hofer on the mound for Solon and Whitehill likely to oppose him in a pitching duel.
On the Huffman brothers farm in Knoxville Iowa over 2000 hogs are fed for market. Frank Huffman has been buying hogs in St Louis and shipping them to the farm at two to three carloads weekly. Hogs arrive light and are fed alfalfa clover pasture then corn high feed. The herd could reach 3000 head with a market value near 150000 by fall selling time.
Sudden deaths of five year old Robert Vernon Turner Roe and four year old Ralph Hensley Turner Roe in Waterloo raise questions. Doctors await stomach analyses as postmortem exams fail to clarify cause. Sons of W H Turner Roe, four brothers and a sister remain. two brothers serve in the navy.
The bishop noted somebody possessed a blank expressionless face and the thoughtful printer rendered it as an expressionless face. The anecdote highlights careful wording and the interplay between perception and transcription.
Two women residents near Griswold gathered private materials and filled mud holes on a badly maintained road after witnessing many autos stuck there. They repaired the road without aid or consent from others, citing disgust with conditions and mayoral neglect. The women named are Mrs. J. R. Railshack and Mrs. G. DeWitt, allowing them to resume household duties without witnessing the frequent distressing scenes.
This old medical ad claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications. It links deafness to inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous surfaces, urging a constitutional remedy from Halls Catarrh Medicine. It promises $100 for any cure it cannot achieve. Circulate free through druggists.
Dubuque voters approved an additional 250000 bond for a new high school. Earlier bonds totaling 465000 were approved but wartime delays halted progress. The latest measure passed by 162 votes with about 7000 ballots cast amid opposition to the hillside site.
The opposition believed they could compel the board to select a new site if they defeated the issue, leveraging a shift in support to pressure relocation.
The passage argues that fame and talent do not rely on talismans or luck stones. It asserts that successful people are ordinary, like us, and we wrongly credit hidden forces or favorable circumstances for their achievements.
Henry W Keyes becomes the United States senator from New Hampshire, succeeding Hollis as the state's senior representative in Congress.
A reflective line notes that the sting of reproachful language often carries the truth it exposes, urging acceptance of harsh insight as a form of honesty.
A widow describes swift relief from stomach and digestive issues after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. She credits the simple preparation with removing catarrhal mucus and reducing inflammation linked to stomach liver and intestinal ailments. One dose allegedly convinces with a money back guarantee. Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists advertise nationwide.
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