Local residents visit Washington on business
R Sheets of Keota visited Washington yesterday on business. Miss Cuffe Beardsley of Haskins spent the day in Washington. H E Davis of Wayland also spent yesterday there on business.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
2
R Sheets of Keota visited Washington yesterday on business. Miss Cuffe Beardsley of Haskins spent the day in Washington. H E Davis of Wayland also spent yesterday there on business.
A sprawling list notes Mrs H B Cox and others visiting Washington from Haskins, Chicago trips for relatives, and several residents like William Forner and Fred Te Bockhorst on business. It also mentions shoppers, stationers, and local sales including prints, aprons, dresses, and damask table linen. Multiple brief notices cover travel, visits, and local commerce.
A Chicago market update lists hogs, cattle, sheep receipts for May 24 with varied bids. Hog receipts near 9,000 and 5,000 cattle at times. beef steers and heifers show steady to higher demand, with finish heavy steers around 10.95. Sheep and calves show slower activity with weaker bids, while California springers hold higher. Forward estimates project hogs 30,000, cattle 4,000, sheep 6,000 tomorrow.
Rev. William P. Schell presented the 86th annual report of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The condensed summary covers Syria Persia India Korea Japan China Siam Africa The Philippines Latin America and Brazil with notes on conditions, reforms, growth, and challenges across each region.
A rural note argues pigs seek earthworms in pastures rather than minerals, praises rapid hog growth, and predicts many spring piglets becoming prime porkers by fall. It comments on alfalfa patches near towns, advises against bees, and notes spring’s cold, seed corn woes may lift future corn prices.
A fragmented report contrasts geese, a horse hide query, and beet hides with unclear sourcing. No identifiable events, dates, or organizations are verifiable.
A brief summary notes new outreach plans for evangelization across Chile Guatemala Mexico Venezuela with aims to ease fanaticism, aid quake relief, develop Christian womanhood, and build schools while noting political unrest hampering missions and persecutions against church members.
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