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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1920

Page

2

Thanksgiving shopping and studio notices in Des Moines area

Des Moines visitors Ray Hutt and Max Kurtz spend Thanksgiving with local families. Richards Market offers all pork sausage at 28 cents per pound. Graves Studio promotes photo sittings rain or shine with Christmas timing and Deans Market features fresh produce for Thanksgiving. Bruce Dill and Midi Mabel Dill travel to Winterset for illness in Mr. Dill’s family. Doris Hulick of Ainsworth shops locally. Solvax advertised by Lemmon’s Pharmacy with money back guarantee. Christmas photo planning urged four weeks ahead.

Ray Hutt Max Kurtz Des Moines Richards Bruce Dill Midi Mabel Dill Winterset, Iowa Mr. Dill

Daily Market Reports Opening Market in Chicago

Chicago markets report cattle and hog receipts, price ranges, and freight terms for Nov 24 and 27. Includes wheat, corn, oats futures, and cash prices from Chicago, St Louis, Toledo, Kansas City, with notes on beeft, veal calves, and feeder stock.

Chicago Cats St. Louis Toledo Kansas City Chicago

Notice of Quiet Title in Washington County Iowa

The District Court of Washington County Iowa directs defendants including William Adams and many others to answer a petition stating the plaintiff owns the described real estate in fee simple and seeks to quiet title against unknown claimants. If not appearing by January 3, 1920, noon, default will be entered and judgment rendered. Marsha W. Bailey attorney for plaintiff. Notice dates Nov 10 17 24 Dec 1.

DisTrict Court OF the State OF Iowa Washington County L. Jackson William Adams Wm. Adams R A. Boyd Robt. Boyd R. A. Boyd Robert A Deed HK. A. Boyd Anna Beveridge Samuel Casperson Ann Casperson J. C. Conger Alex W. Chilcote A. W. Chilcote Robert Boyd The Citizens Savings Bank of Washington Commercial Savings Bank of Washington Kovine Co Norman Everson Archibald Harvey A. Harvey J. P. Huskins N. Littler Robert M. Martin R. M. Martin Robt M. Martin Agnes Martin Agness Martin John D. Martin J. D Samuel R. Young Towi Twen-seven Seventyne Clerk of the District Court of District Court

Fragmentary 19th Century Market Prices For Livestock and Hides

Market list shows varied prices for eggs cream and butter fat back to old hens spring chickens and old roosters. Includes per pound rates for turkeys geese ducks Indian runners muscovy guineas alive or dead pigeons Belgian hares and cottontails with separate hides pricing by weight. Also lists horse head values and a COCA encasing price.

Farm Sale Notices and Soil Advice From Journal Department

A list of farm sales in various towns with closing out or public sale dates and locations. The piece also provides soil fertility guidance on nitrogen phosphorus and potassium, lime use, and the benefits of legumes to improve soil. Includes brief quotations and literary snippets at the end.

Wayland Coppock Haskins W. H. McCarney Cotter

Poultry Records Highlight Endicott Farm’s 1919 1920 Returns

Ed Endicott’s Highland farm shows 1919 egg and poultry sales totaling 712.10 dollars, with 604.10 from eggs and 108.00 from poultry. In 1920, through October 1st, over 600.00 from eggs and 132.03 from poultry. Hogs restricted hen production, about 100 hens culled in August, 60 percent of flock removed, yet egg yield held steady. Also notes soil fertility and nitrogen loss from crops.

Ed Endicott Highland Township Endicott

Public Speech Bill Mention Sparks Bowie Burr Anecdote

A public speech bill is referenced in a quirky exchange where Burr recalls proposing to a girl by telephone in his hometown, highlighting a humorous personal anecdote within a legislative context.

Joe Burr

Teething Tricks Stir Up The Hague Routines

A curiously phrased note notes that tough measures by The Hague may bite, but a period of upheaval follows. The snippet contrasts with a Philadelphia Bulletin quote about an unsettled question surrounding a grass widows last name.

Hague Tacoma Daily Ledger

Poultry Prices at Mutual 93 Reynolds and Gibson

The notice lists current paying prices for poultry and eggs. Pegs fresh laid dot? Cream butter fattened per pound See Springs per pound 18¢ Old hens per pound Old roosters per pound Ducks per pound 16¢ Geese per pound 4c Turkeys per pound 28 Turky toms per pound 0c isc

The Cornell Widow Comic Exchange Sparks A Question

A playful exchange in The Cornell Widow questions why one character stops wearing cali co, with Flo replying she dislikes seeing herself in print. The snippet mirrors the humor and social satire of campus comics.

Flo Cornell

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Graves Studio Richardsee the Fair Deans Doris Hulick Ainsworth Lemmon's Pharmacy Advt Daily Market Reports Close OF Grain Futures Reach Wickham Grain CO Morrison Washington, Lows Marsh W. Bailey Eee Plaintiff Mutual W. S. Reister & Sons Hotel Colenso Blova Ofa Gree Emerson New Hayes Monmouth Elmer Jarrard Wenger Bros. & Sutherland Doe Goldsmith Journal’s Farm Department J. M. Lord & Son Henry Leeffler Qia* Kine J. D. Hays Welling Walters Dublin L. V. Hazen Clyde Hillhouse J. H. Hamm W. N. Johnson Titus C. C. Owens West Chester Brickbat G. M. Cohan New York Sun Boston Transcript Farm Bureau Notes United States Troublehead Philadelphia Bulletin Isc Davenport International Corn Janesville Deering Macon BE. Davis Haskins Ladies’ Aid Jack Herr Lowa Oildag John Striegel Jr Harper, Iowa Crawfordsville Hart-Parr Samson Hart-Parr Co Samson Tractor Co General Motors Corporation I. K. Beal Washington, Iowa E. G. Mason Dom Bill Brown Mason Transfer & Storage Co
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