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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today Hog 12 000 cattle 12 000 sheep 14 000. Hogs mostly 25 to 40 cents lower with tops around 16.75 and vary by weight. Cattle steady to up to 25 cents higher with beef steers and butcher cattle listed. veal calves and feeders shown. Sheep market firm to lower on lambs and yearlings with various grades priced.
A long list of farm department sale notices outlines closing out sales and Duroc Jersey auctions around Kalona Crawfordsville Wellman Washington Riverside and Brighton. A second item reports Indiana Illinois Michigan Ohio Missouri Iowa and Nebraska farm bureaus demanding equal farmer representation on Wilson's industrial conference to reflect agriculture's 53 percent rural population and $24 billion yearly output.
President KR A Pearson urged a union building as the next step in a greater college drive at the first year convocation. He noted it could honor 108 Iowa State war dead and compared plans with the University of Iowa which seeks 1 006 000 dollars for a similar memorial. A committee will be formed soon to decide the memorial type and scope.
A rural shift follows high land prices in Washington county with many farmers selling farms and moving to towns. Frank Prymek sells 239 acres near Riverside and buys Gene Nicola property, planning to retire from farming while sons may start independent ventures. The piece notes a broader pattern of relocation and a closing sale set for October 7. It also covers the Mid-West Horticultural Exposition in Des Moines November 11 to 14 and notes cold storage options for exhibits.
The egg market is slowing and winter prices are set. Do not expect high egg prices this winter. sell regularly to avoid loss from shrunken or stale eggs. Poultry markets are lower and deliverable produce prices are listed for butter, hens, springs, cocks, ducks, geese, and other items.
Iowa crop bulletin reports light rains and rapid corn ripening across regions. In southeast and central areas corn is in good to excellent condition with yields expected around 35 to 45 bushels per acre, and frost danger minimal. Winter wheat, oats, and hay show varied results, while pastures benefited from recent rains after drought.
Cashier Frank Nye of Northboro National Bank retrieved $150 in silver dollars from Coin Iowa after securing them in a sack in his auto. A loose tie dumped about $90 along the route, but about $235 was recovered on the return drive, while the rest remained missing.
The swastika appears on tombs at Hissarlik near ancient Troy, Buddhistic inscriptions in India, Etruscan necropolises, Gaza and Corinth coins, rock carvings in Sweden, Celtic stones in Britain, and in pre Columbian America among indigenous peoples.
In the Upper Iowa Conference Rev FE L Lockwood moved to ask the general conference to make Iowa an episcopal area with Des Moines as the residence. The motion passed almost unanimously. President Emeritus King added a clause to the league of nations resolution seeking the fewest possible modifications and it was also approved.
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