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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1922
Page
2
Estimated receipts today 62000 hogs 2446 cattle and calves. Market mixed lower for various hogs cattle and sheep with prices quoted for many weight ranges. Grain futures show Wheat May July and Sep ranges with slight changes. Corn and Oats also listed. Official yesterday totals and shipments included.
Miss Orietta Stoddard thirteen year old and the youngest ordained Methodist minister in the country issues don ts for flappers. She urges prudence saying skirts are more than girdles avoid smoke unless others do embrace and urges parental approval for dates. She plans gospel preaching in the summer after finishing the school year.
Ames Iowa special report notes Rex Beresford promotes soy beans as a high protein roughage. He says 90 percent of farmers planting soy beans intend to plant more this year and that corn and soy bean mixes yield rich fodder, with Manchu as preferred general purpose seed for hogging down, plus better pork yields per acre when grown with corn.
A Boston Transcript aphorism notes that friendship grows from cultivation of acquaintance. To gain good results, one should prune faults and avoid harming feelings, emphasizing tact and consideration in personal relations.
Iowa county agents report Jones county women widely produce home made cheese to save money and earn extra income. Cedar county and Blackhawk county women boost dress form making millinery and style shows with county led farm bureau support. Harrison county farm bureau studies tax spending to push potential reductions.
Harrison county farm women gathered in Logan for an all day session discussing home life household help and general agricultural conditions. Miss Edna Rhodes home demonstration agent from Sioux City delivered the keynote address.
Three demonstration apiaries will be conducted in Mitchell county this season, said county agent George Dunlop. Each site will house five hives and management will aim to build strength and maximize honey production.
Miss Dorothy Taylor of the Agricultural Extension Service Ames was called to Harrison county to conduct nutrition meetings for farm families. Farm bureau women in many Iowa counties have arranged health programs and Harrison county should do likewise, they say.
County agent Geo Munger announces eight to nine demonstrations on local farms this season to test potato leaf hopper sprays. Last year Bert Jensen’s field near St Ansgar yielded 120 bushels per acre with treated vines versus 35 without treatment, aided by dry conditions. Extension specialists from Ames will supervise demonstrations, assist with spraying, and weigh crops at harvest across multiple township trial fields.
Logan Iowa reports Harrison county farm bureau demonstrations show dynamite is effective for clearing land. Two tests yielded excellent results and several farmers plan to use dynamite for land clearing.
Dr. Joseph Rosen of the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee led a seed reform replacing wheat with Indian corn across five million acres in the famine hit Volga district. The program lowers seed needs, extends sowing, reduces labor and railway demand, and saves the Russian government millions while boosting harvest prospects for 5,000,000 acres.
The Washington County Farm Bureau lists registered Duroe Jersey and Duroc Jersey stock for sale including yearling animals priced at 30 dollars and bred gilts at 25 dollars per head. Also advertised are Brown Swiss and Holstein cattle and Jersey cows with heifers for buyers. The notes cover an upcoming potato variety demonstration by Prof. L. Fitch at Marshall Grosscup’s plot and Farm Bureau offices.
A note from Boyd Berdo of Washington Iowa lists a few dry Jersey cows to complete a carload for shipping. It invites buyers to contact the county agent about purchasing or hiring for the season, noting a side delivery rake.
Mrs. Cecile Parrett of Marshalltown says she lost 10.50 cash plus travel and hotel costs after trusting William Miller who claimed to represent Pure Silk Hosiery Mills of Boston. Miller vanished and police in Boston deny knowledge of the mill. Porter John Wheeler also connected but sold under 25 dollars. Parrett and Wheeler posted 7.50 deposits each as proof of good faith. samples were valid but orders unpaid. The case centers on missing funds and recovery efforts against Miller.
Depositors are being repaid after Miller failed to appear and reveal a genuine mill venture. Wheeler and Mrs. Parrett say they trusted Miller who claimed sales staff in Davenport Des Moines and Brooklyn Iowa. They retrace trips to learn the business and recover deposits from buyers in several towns.
Edward Everett ranked among intellectual giants and statesmen. A quoted line argues that an intelligent people cannot be a glorious or indolent class, noting that mental activity opposes mere appetite.
Des Moines area forecasts show generally fair conditions in the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys with possible local showers. Temperatures remain moderate with variable humidity and periods of sun across the week.
A young novelist stood on a prominent London street corner selling her own books and moved 30 copies per hour.
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