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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market bulletin notes estimated receipts for cattle 2000 and sheep 2960 with hogs around 2600. Prices show widespread declines from prior quotes with steers and heifers in various weight classes and packers bidding slowly. Western range cattle and ewes also listed with multiple price tiers and totals for the day.
A fragmentary note lists Sona Babcock Conar'eston Merchan connected to G YARD in Chicago IL with a Main Floor Mxchange amount of 789 and unclear context. The readable elements indicate a merchandise or business reference with a monetary figure tied to a Chicago location and floor exchange.
Notice states the Farmers Union meeting of Young America will be held Thursday instead of Friday evening. Location or time specifics are not provided. the notice marks a scheduling change and includes a numeric code 20402.
Dr Homer KR Dill director of the University of Iowa vertebrate museum spent the summer living primitively in the Hawaiian Islands and the Billy Goat Posse region of Washington to collect specimens. He traveled from Seattle August 18 reaching Pateros then Deadhorse camp and Billy Goat Pass before establishing a camp near Nanns Goat Peak. The expedition gathered mountain goat whistling marmots pack rats and several small mammals and birds not previously recorded in Iowa.
A jury summons mailed in 1912 to H. G. Haines of Vinton was delivered last week by a city mail carrier after eight years. The envelope remained fresh despite the long delay. Postmaster notes this mail mishap occurred long before modern administrations.
Muscatine will become a terminal for the Rock Island lines freight division beginning October 18. East and west shipments will be dispatched from Muscatine in the morning, saving up to a day in delivery. Three local freight crews will operate, and a Eldon crew will lay over nightly.
Farm department notice lists multiple October sales by J. M. Lord & Son and others near Washington and Riverside Iowa. Items include Duroc Jersey and Poland China hog sales, Jersey cow sale, town property sale, closing out sales, and breeder events with dates from October 13 to October 25. Named sellers include Mike Trier, J H Baird, Crandall & Chalupa, M Bales, Ernest O Carlson, L EB Hoyle, John Krebs, Geo W Wells, and the Washington County Poland China Breeders.
Poland China breeders of the county prep a consign ment sale for Monday Oct 25 at the East End Garage. F. M. Smith & Son will consign 26 head with entries from John Wagner P J Welsh W R Gamon Oscar Axthelm and Robert G Sheet. These prominent breeders select the best of their herds for the sale.
Iowa ranks first in cars per capita with one vehicle for every 6.12 residents, though the state sits sixth in total registered automobiles at 653,000. New York leads total cars with 655,789, followed by Ohio, California, and Pennsylvania in the top counts. California holds the second best per capita with one car per 6.54 people, while Nebraska is close third per capita at one per 6.5448 residents.
A New York man on an exploring expedition in Venezuela discovered a hut containing three human skeletons and many dried plants. A rare beauty growing from between the ribs of one skeleton suggests murder, while the explorer reports telling a merchant about the scene.
The Iowa Highway Commission asserts all federal aid funds are secured and fully matched by state money. It notes total existing allotments of 7.944 million dollars and plans for more than 1 million dollars in standby aid, with current contracts worth 11 million and 802 miles of highway under work across 46 counties.
R F Smylie of Columbus Junction held a large Duroc sale Saturday afternoon selling 44 registered hogs at an average of 166.50 dollars. The top male brought 715 dollars to H J Oakes of Columbus Junction and Glen Woods of Mechanicsville received four gifts at 282.50 each. Buyers from multiple towns purchased pigs, with many prices listed for individuals and firms.
An old fashioned product marketed as Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil promises the same purity as the original yet without the nauseating taste. The ad urges buying genuine laboratory filled Kellogg's bottles in three sizes and warns against substitutes available at druggists.
A jumble of names and firms appears in the text including Carl Dirks Col Janet and R J Johnson Col Janet with multiple firms such as Dixon Walker Stronghurst Mundrof Griswold and Day Sons Mediapolis and Walker Bros Waterloo listed in no clear order indicating a damaged directory or notice segment from a local newspaper. The scattered entries suggest a catalog of merchants partners and residents without cohesive context or events.
The Bureau of Mines states there are no silver mines in Kentucky. An old legend about lost silver mines in the state persists nationwide, but authorities see no foundation for it.
A new hand drill attachment uses a protractor and level to hold the instrument at any chosen angle for accurate angled drilling. The device enables precise hole orientation and depth control for varied work.
Freshmen men at the University of Iowa will wear green peanut colored caps today, with medical and law students exempt. Caps are worn in Iowa City from morning until 5 30 in the afternoon and on football game nights, with cap color denoting college.
An aphoristic note from the Wichitta Beacon discusses how one man can define an office and how that office then shapes future holders, illustrating the interplay between individual influence and institutional identity.
A price list shows produce rates: cream per pound eight to nine cents, butter fattest. Eggs per dozen fifty two cents. Hens per pound under one cent. Old roosters per pound. Spring ducks per pound one cent. Geese per pound around eleven and a half cents. Turkeys blue tom turkeys twenty one cents.
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