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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1920

Page

2

Daily Market Reports Opening Market in Chicago

Estimated receipts today show cattle 17 000 and hogs 15 90 percent lower than year average cost. Spot values for heavy weights weigh in at 14 75 to 16 76 for steer lots with prime and choice grades, while lambs and yearlings show mixed prices. Official yesterday figures list totals of receipts at 54 863 with market furnished by Beach Wickham Grain O. for Worcester.

Yeeter Chicago Elmer Kolosick

Rock Island Detectives Nab Ring of Train Thieves

Cedar Rapids reports reveal a gang led by Beyer and Lee Fredericks alias Dago Red Moxon. They confessed to thefts across three states including boxcar burglaries, an auto theft at Vinton, phonographs tires and other goods, a Detroit groceryman shooting, and the Duluth hangings amid public outcry. Beyer and Fredericks were captured in September, later pursued to Red Cloud Neb, then escaped.

Rock Island Cedar Rapids C. G. Graham W. W. Pattee Rock Island Railroad Beyer Vinton Detroit Grand Rapids Duluth Lee Fredericks Dago Red" Moxon Red Cloud Neb

Burlington High Seeks Win Over Winfield in Final Home Game

Burlington High School prepares for a crucial Saturday clash with Winfield at the stadium. Coach Crispin drills the squad as Frantz and Stoddart battle injuries yet are expected to play. An alumni scrimmage Thursday offers last minute practice before the big game. In a separate note, Japan opens operator training for girls in each exchange to promote employment.

Burlington Burlington High School Winfield Winfield High School Crispin Frantz Stoddart Stoddard Telephone Company Japan

Closing Out and Farm Reports Across Iowa in Late November

Chronicle notes a series of farm closing out sales from Rickey and Mather Wellman to J H Hamm Washington plus Chicago yard trends. It reports farmers in Iowa adopting farm records for tax and profit insight and cites a rise in orchard spraying boosting yields for 1920.

J. M. Lord & Son Ainsworth Henry Leeffler Qian Kins L. V. Hazen Clyde PARM Iowa Iowa State College H. B. Munger

Spraying Increases Apple Yield And Profits In Study

A study from six counties shows sprayed trees yielding 3.1 bushels each, valued at $2 per bushel at picking, versus $1 or less for unsprayed. Sprayed trees produced 4.16 bushels first class quality out of 6.21 total, with total spray costs 74 cents per tree, improving farmer profit by $8.58 per tree compared to row spraying.

Iowa Wy. J. Kocken Horrticulture Extension Devision of Law, State College Sixtecn

Poe Raven Echoes Meaning of Nevermore

A Baltimore quip riffs on the poem The Raven noting the bird sitting on a bust and realizing it could never again roam. The remark plays on Poe themes of doom and confinement with a wry twist.

Poe Raven Baltimore

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Daily Market Reports Close OF Grain Futures Beach Wickham Grain O. Forrison Washington Laws Mgs Vyock G. & Yard Burlington High Mutual Cream Station Colenso W. S. Reister & Sons Washington, Iowa Crawfordsville Journal’s Farm Department Munger Itc South Side Square Jack Herr West Chester Keota Poland Deering Janesville Hayes King Hamilton Chas. Brown Aid of 76 Center Walter Boyer Ravin Reliabiel Lydia E. Pinkham Walker Lydia EB. Pinkham Rooks Fargo Avenue Buffalo Sacramento Calif Lydia Pinkhams Pexrua J. Panser Mle Peaet Braeoa Cascara Hill Wciqus Gardite Bruns Seer Store
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