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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market reports indicate steady to higher demand for beef steers while calves and veal decline. Heavy cattle and feeder classes show strength in mid ranges, while lighter weights and sheep face slower trading with lower bids. Estimated receipts reach 16 000 cattle and 24 000 sheep, with hogs around 16 000.
Cecil Lease of Ft. Madison stays several days with his parents Dr and Mrs N J Lease in Crawfordsville. Grace Cunningham returns home after a visit with her uncle KR Cunningham in Washington.
Freda Emery underwent a successful operation at the county hospital Monday morning and is recovering well. The Norton couple returned from Darlington with the infant’s burial. Esther Savage Rhua Armstrong visited West Chester and each stayed with Frank Sherbeck and Herman Luers. Velma Emery returned from Cedar Rapids due to Freda’s illness. Roy Shumaker and Mary Merchant wed at the M E parsonage and will reside in Wayland. Miss Clara Manning visits Miss Bonmy in Chillicothe. Mrs. Ross Whitacre of Ames, visiting her grandmother Mrs. Hout in Washington, plans to stay here briefly before returning home.
Great weather dampens farm speed for corn harvest while local families cope with illness and quarantine. The Haskins school box supper raised 26 dollars with some cents from boxes. Visitors and local residents share news of health, travel, and social events amid winter travel difficulties.
James Cherwinker begins a 30 day lay off to improve his property before winter. A Rubio man replaces him. Myral McCreedy suffers with a carbuncle on his neck and cannot work. his father covers his shift. M K and Geo Ebner unloaded a car of cows and heifers bought in Wisconsin Friday.
About five hundred school officials teachers and board members from across Iowa are expected for the fourth annual Iowa Consolidated School Conference at the Iowa State Teachers College on December 9 and 10. Notable participants include P E MacClenahan state superintendent of education Homer H Seerley and Macy Campbell head of the rural department. The two day program covers law transportation curriculums and teachers issues with open discussions and plans for improvement. The conference is billed as possibly the state’s most important for consolidated schools aside from last year’s national meeting.
Washington D C Nov 10 Republicans will hold a 180 seat majority in the House of Representatives and a 22 seat majority in the Senate according to final election returns compiled by William Tyler Page clerk of the House. The new House lineup shows 807 Republicans 127 Democrats and 1 Socialist while the Senate will be 59 Republicans and 37 Democrats. Mr Fess chairman of the Republican congressional committee says Republicans will gain nineteen House seats south of Mason Dixon line.
For the first time in many years no sugar shipments were made from Porto Rico in a two week period. The quiet interval marks a notable pause in trade from the island, with no cargoes reported to have departed for domestic or international buyers.
Sale listings include November 26 Duroc boars and sows at J M Lord Son Ainsworth and December 3 closing out sale by J H Hamm Washington. The piece covers Iowa home demonstration culling saving feed and reducing birds, plus a Chicago wool warehouse overview and owner listings with farm dates.
The article argues farm names add dignity to ownership and help strangers locate farms. It notes 88 Washington county farmers recorded names such as Arbor Vita Stock Farm and Spring Branch Fruit Farm with dates in 1912 and 1938.
Siegfred Trybom, 35, shot and killed his younger brother Emanuel 38 near Stanton while intoxicated by an alleged queer mixture. Siegfried is jailed in Red Oak, appearing unaware of the crime amid suspected lingering effects. The brothers lived as bachelors in a cottage south of Stanton on the road to the Children's home.
In a case from the Trybom and Heqgter family dispute, a 22 gauge shotgun fire aimed at scaring a brother instead struck him below the lung. Trybom claimed self defense citing prior beatings, while Siegfred Heqgter recounted an in-room attack. Trybom described the drink as a mixture of bitters, ginger and homemade wine.
Floyd E. Thomas of Maquoketa former athletic director at Penn College Os Kalooka was elected Jackson County attorney Tuesday. He outpolled his Democratic opponent by about 1200 votes and ranked second on the county ticket. A Scotch banker left legacies to his two daughters totaling about 543,000 in five pound notes.
The advertisement promotes Dr Leave Tablets as a vegetable olive oil compound that gently stirs the bowels and liver to natural action. It claims cleansing of the system and no harsh after effects, recommending one or two tablets nightly for a week and noting a pleasing result.
Omaha resident Mrs. J D Lnquist reports using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for over twenty years and keeping a bottle at hand for times of need. The ad urges other women to try the remedy and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. to Mass. addresses.
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