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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market notes show receipts estimated today at 5 000 cattle and 6 475 holdovers with price ranges across weights. Hog and sheep receipts are listed with estimated totals and regional pricing details, reflecting mixed to higher trends and specific price bands for light, medium, and heavy categories.
The Fox Theatre will show The Mutiny of the Elsinore a Metro production based on Jack London’s novel with Mitchell Lewis Helen Ferguson Noah Beery Casson Ferguson and more. Also on the program is Buster Keaton in The Scarecrow.
Farm department notices list closing out sales on multiple dates from Nov 23 to Dec 3 at locations including Riverside Washington and Ainsworth with buyers such as W B Critz & Sons Mrs Thomas Wilson J M Lord & Son and Clyde Hillhouse. A feature obituary notes Oakville Quiet Lad Aberdeen Angus Bull dies at 14 in Iowa. The piece also covers rural road and bridge expenditures in 1919 and winter care tips for poultry houses and tractors.
Poultry experts from Iowa State College advise keeping hen roosts away from drafts. Install roosts about 15 inches apart with 8 to 10 inches of space between birds to improve flock production during winter.
Nov 18 report notes Mayor J F Ball head of the Iowa League of Municipalities urges the Des Moines Chamber to stimulate building by exempting city and state taxes on all new homes owned by individuals. The plan aims to promote home ownership and accelerate construction.
An old promotional ad extols Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for all cases of stew and other ailments. It claims internal action through the blood on mucous surfaces and notes sales by druggists for over forty years with testimonials and price. F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Onlo.
The speaker urged the next general assembly to enact a law based on Mr Ball's plan to exempt only the new improvement and set its valuation at a nominal sum. Taxes on the lot and special taxes would continue as before. The idea was discussed before a Des Moines hearing by the senate reconstruction subcommittee.
A witty remark on Maud's age given at twenty five when she wed a wealthy older man. Miss Snapps quips she may have made a cash discount, reflecting parlour gossip and a sharp sense of humor in contemporary society.
Reynolds and Gibson list poultry pricing for dressing items and live weights. Cream butter fat eggs per dozen fresh laid roosters springs ducks geese turkeys per pound turkey toms per pound and related rates appear in the notice.
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