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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today hogs 22 000 cattle 28 900 sheep 45 000. Top hogs 17.20 with bulk 15.00 17.00. Cattle prices: heavy 16.50 18.25, medium 21.25 21.50, common 8.75 11.26. Sheep lambs 13.50 16.60, ewes 3.00 8.00. Receipts hogs 2 928 cattle 2 132 sheep 2 111 calves 315. Shipments hogs 611 cattle 849 sheep 7 005 calves 625.
Purished by E W Wagner and Co Iowa City Iowa J B Hunt manager Phone 726 Corn 123 cars tone steady No 2 W C 1 48 1 50 Oars 231 cars tone steady No 3 W 0 69 72 Clover March 30 50 December Coffee 15 85 March Coffee 15 85
The Journal lists multiple farm sales for October across Washington and nearby towns, including National Spotted Poland China Association events. Listings include dates from October 7 through October 22, with specific sellers and locations such as Noble Crawfordsville Riverside Wellston Brighton Wellman Washington and Wellman. The column discusses pig club work as a breeders project aiding purebred hog promotion in Cass County.
In Cass County Iowa Farm Bureau helped organize a 50 member pig club for boys and girls. Local hog breeders funded about 12.50 per man plus 100 to 125 per breed, with breeders supplying pigs for needy youths who supply feed and labor and receive 25 cents per pound of gain. County superintendent assisted through schools as breeders act as club leaders. C A Zellner and Ray Neal led the effort in Atlantic Iowa.
The largest graphite mines and the finest grades come from Ceylon, with notable deposits also found in Mexico and Chosen. Crucibles use graphite fused with clay, with the best clay once sourced from Davaria. however graphite from that area yields inferior grades to Ceylon.
Market notes show slower egg trading with winter price in effect and advise regular sales to avoid loss from shrunk or stale eggs. Poultry markets soften with cream butter and grade values listed. geese and turkeys prices noted per pound or dozen.
The USDA advises that fruit can be canned without sugar by filling jars with hot water and processing in a hot water bath. While flavor and color may be slightly reduced, the method suits salads desserts pies and punches. Fruit juices can be canned unsweetened and used for jelly later, and vegetables require no sugar too.
The fall sale of Durocs staged by Milo J. Shalla averaged about $80.00 on about fifty head. The event drew Washington county breeders and out-of-town buyers, with steady demand and favorable bidding. Shalla, new to breeding, oversaw a strong offering in a large tent on the Shalla farm. Aliman Brothers of Noble noted averages near their recent sale. Shalla's average around $77 and Noble's $75.70. Both groups expressed satisfaction with the results.
The divorce petition of Mrs. Reginald Claypool Van derbilt of Newport on desertion for five years and for custody of their daughter Catheleen will be heard on depositions when the docket is called. No evidence of contest appears, though attorneys for Mr. Vanderbilt will attend to protect interests. Alimony is not mentioned, while settlement terms for wife and daughter are under discussion.
Duchess Charlotte of Saxe Meiningen, eldest sister of former Emperor William, died in Baden Baden at age fifty nine. She was married to the heir to the throne of Saxe Meiningen in 1878 and was mother to Princess Henry of Reuss. Charlotte drew German press attention in 1921 as a spectator at the Carpentier Sullivan boxing match amid a police ban.
Two men drowned when a car went over the embankment at Racine avenue and Twenty second street. One victim was Charles Fifer. The other, identified only as Ernest, a recent army discharge about twenty, is unnamed.
Sir Arthur Whit Ten Brown the navigator of the Alcock Vimy Vickers nonstop flight flew over New York with his bride aboard a seaphine. The bride said she would not be happy until she has a flying beat of her own. They passed near the Statue of Liberty and the bride remarked that the lady should wash her face.
A precision instrument from a Swiss watch company achieves measurements to the hundredth of a millimeter. The device demonstrates high accuracy for component gauging and quality control in timepiece production.
Rural Route Three residents are noted for farm tasks. A C Larson plows for corn while Wm Busby breeds 90 spring pigs and plans selling early next year. Henry TeBockhorst builds a 22 by 40 hog house with cement foundation and 35 shoats. Milt Andrews owns 17 spring pigs in the corn, C T Olson bales straw, and Andrews and L E Larson assist.
The article asserts that no plant offers greater service than wheat as it provides the staff of life for the western world and sustains the leading portion of Earth's population with bread.
Ornamental Japanese and Chinese persimmons rank highly as garden trees. In full leaf they are handsome without adornment, and when loaded with orange and orange red fruit they stand as striking features. They thrive in California and only in a few Southern states elsewhere.
The text argues that a person's laugh is a revealing trait, as unpolished nature or教育 cannot greatly change its quality. In casual moments, a genuine laugh betrays the speaker’s character despite any pretended polish.
About 844 per cent of mineral salts and 964% per cent fresh water make up the oceans. Three-fourths of the solid matter is common table salt, chloride of sodium, other ingredients being chloride, sulphate and bromide of magnesium, sulphate and carbonate of Hime and sulphate of potash, besides traces of various other minerals and metals, including geld and silver.
Chicago meeting of 1,000 unionists heard John Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor defend leadership of the steel strike. He noted press fatigue and public sentiment siding with the steel company but urged continuing the fight until Gary and his institution fall or the labor movement is defeated.
A home recipe explains making paste by mixing flour with cold water to a creamy paste, then adding boiling water and cooking briefly. It instructs adding alum, cooling, then boric acid and a portion of clove or wintergreen, sealing in jars with paraffin for indefinite storage.
The first safety bicycles appeared in 1880 with a reduced front wheel and smaller rear wheel. By 1885 standard wheel sizes emerged. Bicycling gained popularity around 1891 and peaked circa 1895 as prices dropped and more people could afford bicycles.
The term Methodist was first applied to Charles Wesley as a ridicule epithet while he studied at Oxford. He noted the nickname arose from his habit of using strict study methods, and he cites that “This gained me the nickname of Methodist” in a letter. John Wesley, though central, is not the source of the name.
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