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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1919
Page
2
Chicago May 24 market receipts show cattle hogs and lambs with mixed gains and losses. Bulk sales higher 5 to 10 cents but advances largely erased. Heavy beef steers and yearlings mostly 40 to 75 cents lower with veal calves up 1.75 to 2.00. Spring lambs and best shorn lambs firm to 25 cents higher, other lambs mostly steady to off 25. Market contrasts with week ago.
Furnished by E. W. Wagner and Co. Iowa City J B Hunt manager May on bids July and September futures show mixed gains and declines with cash corn at 50 cars and No 3 prices around 1 81 and varying 80 car offerings No 3 W and Clover cash and contract quotes listed for October December contracts with several price points and tone adjustments
Thousands of English hats are exported annually to Brazil where Indian men seize the feathers and ornaments while the women receive only the straw frames. The practice highlights an unfair division of fashion wealth across cultures and genders.
A enthusiastic note from Grand Rapids praising educational films as effective as any entertainment for learning. It mentions belief in the high possibilities of movies and notes a charming girl sharing the idea that holding hands works as well during educational screenings as elsewhere.
A Milwaukee columnist argues a good husband should confess faults to his wife yet questions how to proceed if she starts airing them first. The piece treats traditional domestic roles with ironic curiosity and lively mischief.
In September 1805 Washington had over 500 patent applications for automobiles. About 300 different motor vehicle types had been built or were under construction at that time.
A moral line is drawn as Uncle Eben cautions against using the Bible like law to justify wrongdoings and to expose the folly of self justification. The tale centers on conscience and the pitfalls of misusing holy text for excuses.
Miss Nora Baldwin, likely the only female Angus breeder in America, staged her first Angus cattle sale at Keswick Iowa. Forty one head sold for an average of 1230 dollars per head. top cow Blackcap Joy brought 6000 dollars to Burlington Junction Missouri buyers Co D and EB Caldwell.
Farmers lose 45 million annually from bad egg production methods. One third is preventable by removing male birds after hatching season to prevent blood rings and fertility in heat. Rules to improve egg quality include clean nests, daily egg gathering, cool storage, and biweekly marketing.
Reports show corn and hog prices near 1919 peaks with surplus fall supplies looming. US food cost inquiries arise as domestic markets face overhangs with 264 million pounds of resale provisions expected to go abroad and about 220 million pounds of meat products unlikely to return to US markets.
W. S. Reister & Sons Butter Poultry and Cream urges compliance with the new Iowa egg handling law. They note penalties for dealers who buy eggs without handling and explain the high cost of implementing the rule while detailing current prices for eggs cream and various livestock hides and carcass guidance for farmers.
Report from Chicago dated May 24 notes general conditions along the Rock Island routes. Corn planting delayed by wet weather while wheat remains in good condition. Frost damage to fruit in Illinois and Iowa is less than feared and pastures and hay outlooks are favorable despite heavy rains in eastern Iowa and widespread wetness.
Boone County Iowa postpones the hard surfaced roads election from May 25 to October 7 after a board review. The October date coincides with the county vote on taking over Eleanor Moore hospital to operate as a county hospital, restoring Blackhawk’s June 3 election ahead of Johnson’s June 23.
Fairfield Ind May 24 Blue Grass road through Jefferson county will be improved this year with federal and state aid funds and Jefferson county money About 70000 dollars will be spent.
Iowa stockmen and dairymen gain a new law providing a 100000 annual fund to compensate owners who are forced to slaughter tubercular or other diseased cattle. Grades receive up to 40 and registered cattle up to 80 from state. federal add ons of 25 and 50 apply, with salvage rights. Prompt inspections required and penalties for shipping uninspected stock.
The Story County Bankers Association meeting in Nevada endorses backing calf club participants. Banks from Nevada Ames Story City Roland Cambridge and others pledge support to help youths buy calves for the club. H N Donhowe elected president secretary 8S A Knapp treasurer H C Harbrooke named treasurer.
Seventy seven miles of Cass county highway are designated in the newly established intercounty road system by the state highway commission. The system includes the White Pole and river to river roads across the county and several connecting routes. The old county system had about twice the mileage of the intercounty system.
Park Dickerson and George Frazier bought a new cane mill to arrive in weeks and set up on the Dickerson acreage near the public square. Farmers nearby show interest in planting cane and expect a good business in the fall amid 1,800 mills in Iowa.
Des Moines May 24 Patrolman Paul Castellina arrested his brother Raymond Castellina 17 after the youth fired at him during a pursuit. Raymond stole a revolver, jumped on a car, barricaded in a box car then a cellar before surrendering. He confessed to a prior holdup on Norwoodville road Tuesday.
Des Moines reports part of the Eighty-eighth Division has sailed back to America from St Nazaire aboard the Aeolus and Rijndam. The Aeolus carries the 350th infantry with 75 officers and 2,944 men slated for demobilization at Camp Dodge Camp Grant Camp Funston Camp Taylor Camp Pike Ft D A Russell and Camp Upton. Newport News will receive the unit May 29. The Rijndam carries the 349th infantry and the 815th field signal battalion sailing May 19.
Vienna correspondent reports the allied campaign against the Budapest bolsheviki has ceased and negotiators may head to Budapest. The shift is tied to Austrian talks and the red Hungarian government gains in position after recent days.
Linn County in Cedar Rapids proposes paving nine eight miles with nearly 400000 dollars available on July 1 1920 if voters approve the board of supervisors proposition.
Washington May 24 An attempt to demolish the American legation building in San Jose Costa Rica occurred Monday night. A bomb near the entrance to the reception room caused only slight damage with no injuries. The State Department ordered a full investigation. The legation is headed by American consul Benjamin T Chase.
May 21 Pierne One hundred thirty prominent men join a tour of the United States this autumn to study economic conditions. Among the travelers are 25 members of the Swiss parliament and other notable leaders.
Washington reports April retail food prices in the United States were three percent below the December high. Yet the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes a four percent rise from the previous month, indicating an ongoing inflationary trend despite the April dip.
Washington May 24 First debate in the extraordinary session opened in the Senate as Senator Johnson Rep California moves to require the State Department to deliver a copy of the treaty text. Johnson accuses secrecy while Senator Hitchcock Dem Nebraska argues the resolution violates procedure and that the treaty was not yet completed.
Reports from Petrograd via Copenhagen say Bolsheviks evacuate Moscow amid raging typhus and despair. Nonbolshevik forces push hard at Petrograd with rapid, growing success, according to Helsingfors sources.
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal, received the John Fritz medal in New York from the four national engineering societies. The award is the engineering profession’s highest honor in America and marks the eighth prize he has won in as many years.
Rome reports Stromboli volcano in violent eruption with several deaths and many injuries. Rescue parties are reported en route to the island from Messina as the Evening Journal notes.
An old quotation attributed to William Penn warns that bunglers in politics seek to justify evil by claiming a good outcome. The remark emphasizes caution about rhetoric and moral shortcuts in public life.
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