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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1922
Page
2
Hogs and cattle opening market data from Chicago Iowa area with receipts estimated at 2 000 hogs and 1 000 cattle. Prices show rough to good range for various weights and packer bids with heavy and light classes listed. Wheat corn oats and wheat futures tone higher with substantial car counts reported by Beach Wickham Grain Co Burlington Iowa. Estimated livestock Monday totals: hogs 238 000 cattle 28 000 sheep 27 000.
Sale dates list farms and breeds including Poland China Jersey Duroc Holstein cattle hogs and dairy cows with buyers and locations such as Wellston Keota Spotted China and Washington. Entries run from October through December with closing out sales noted.
S W Straus president of Americas Society for Thrift argues health thrift matters as much as financial thrift. He cites life expectancy growth from 35.5 in 1789 to 55.2 in 1921 and notes 60 percent of New York deaths last year came from preventable diseases. Individual effort and simple living can extend useful years.
Rev C M Hoffman of Keota Ia elected treasurer of the United Presbyterian synod of Iowa at the convention here. Pledges for missions total 21172 due Oct 1 with 14184 paid. Cedar Rapids presbytery leads in paid pledges at 104 percent. Traer church shows strong payment. Educational institutes and evangelistic meetings planned across four presbyteries with notable speakers.
Eldora reports the state highway commission let a contract to Snater Construction of Ackley Iowa for gravel surfacing about ten miles of road number 5 the old Hawkeye Highway between Iowa Falls and Ackley on the county line.
Area correspondents report visits among relatives and neighbors in Des Moines Crawfordsville and Washington. New managing editor Robert D Soule arrives at the Ainsworthian with plans to grow the weekly. Church groups and local clubs organize visits shipments of fruit and holiday preparations accompany remarks on school vacation and nut supplies.
Over a hundred members gathered at the M. E. church to welcome Rev L R Burdock and wife. The crowd played name tag and relay style conversations then moved seats and chatted on various topics. Supt J B Miller and Rev Reeser spoke warmly. lunch followed with fruit salad cake and coffee.
The column lists residents and visitors including Edgar Johnson and families, Miss Charlotte Kientz at Parsons, and Mrs. Frank Berry’s Mt. Union visitor. Thomas Stacy dies after cancer illness at Iowa City University Hospital. funeral at Hill Crest with Rev. Burdock officiating. Also reported are quarantines, circus attendance, local marriages, illnesses, and infractions of school due to county institute attendance and rain.
The text records a man speaking about his daughter Mrs. Samuel Thompson in Cheyenne Wyoming undergoing an appendectomy. It notes he was a traveling salesman who often visited this part of the country.
Rural Route Three residents with families visit relatives in Kalona and nearby towns. Frequent Sunday calls reference Stagner, Benson, Maas, Molinsky, Mays, Thatcher, Bair, and Willison households. Various residents shelling and hulling corn, attending a teachers meeting, and planning visits illustrate community ties.
Keota area residents share weekend visits and chores. Lester Macon and family from near Havre spent Sunday with H. A. Engle. W. C. Hotle and Grace Tinnis family shopped in Washington. Homer Hotle and son Richard visited from near Haskins. Chris Corpman builds a corn crib west of Dublin. Clair Gray and Howard Mangold hull clover. Dr. H. P. Deal visited granddaughter Mildred Zerglousky and met the Zeiglousky twin boys.
The item celebrates the Journal as a top local page while listing brief notes from NIRA residents. Teachers from the county seat visit Thursday and Friday. Toland China hog sale occurs Friday. Jesse Moffit visits from Iowa Cuy. Uncle Jerry Eckerman obituary news reaches Will Eckerman. Mrs. Dave Clyde visits from Glenn of Letcher Dak and reflects on Washington travel and hometown impressions.
A teacher meeting in Washington drew Harold Ross Lee Huston Mrs Pack er and several area residents. Students enjoy a two day vacation. Families including Murray Smylie John Hanna and Maxwells visited in town. Funeral of T T Maxwell held in Washington. Rose Minner left for Washington to visit relatives. H H Smith, brother-in-law of the White and Barnes families, passed away yesterday.
A fragment notes Chas. Rowe and family visiting Jesse Harvey's Monday, with the idea that the courthouse should be located in the park or square.
W Ferguson and family visited the Jeo Ferguson home on Sunday. Tom Knotts hauled clover for Harry Dusenberry on Wednesday and Frank McAvoy on Thursday. Ed Blotner hauled hogs from Wellman on Thursday. Bernard Walker delivered wheat at Wellman on Thursday. Will Embree and Asa Miller visited the Mayers' Thursday to pick apples. Ernest and Treva Ferguson were at Ferguson’s Monday. Florence Gass returned to school after illness.
Last Sunday a farewell gathering at the Godlove home marked the departure of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gordon and family from Raskins Haskins. They left Monday afternoon for Cody Nebraska after a visit with relatives in Washington Iowa City Gladwin Riverside Rubio and Ainsworth.
In hospital Mrs. Roberts receives family updates as Embree and Sands visit Cedar with Alva Sands. Daughters Dale Embree and Dorothy Sands attend college while Leslie McCreedy stays nearby. Hazel Booth returns from Fairfield for her birthday. Ethel visits Davenport home. Mr and Mrs Wm Alburtis of Indianapolis visit J C Foster’s family. Mattie Foster visits friends Lewis Coon and Jim Foster then travels to Stockport. L A society meets at Mrs Jno Birney's for an afternoon sewing carpet rags.
Havana reports that with government approval a leading Cuban commerce group will fund a western Europe mission next spring to promote Cuba’s products and culture. The committee will hold conferences in Spain Portugal France England Belgium Holland Sweden and Italy with potential follow up missions to Central and South America and the Far East.
Mrs. Galloway of Carter's Creek Tennessee writes she spent half her time in bed three years ago due to a female ailment. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she says she is well for two years and can farm, garden, and perform housework. She urges others to try the remedy.
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