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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1921
Page
2
Estimated receipts today hogs 15 000 holdover 3 096 cattle 7 000 sheep 24 000 market mostly 15 to 25 cents lower. Top 80 and 7 0 early bulk sales 7 25 8 60. Receipts hogs 28 493 cattle 11 127 sheep 28 447 calves 2615. Shipments hogs 5 455 cattle 5 681 sheep 10 669 calves 468.
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A series of October animal sale dates from Iowa communities lists buyers sellers and locations. Notable entries include J M Lord & Son Ainsworth Duree Jersey sale on Oct 12 and Oct 15 administrator John R Fye Ol lie Iowa sale, with multiple Poland China sales across Kalona Wellman Ollie Washington Columbus Junction and nearby areas through Oct 29.
Dustin Farnum asserts his new production Big Happiness delivers his greatest thrills. The Robertson-Cole drama opens at Graham theatre next Friday for two days, featuring Farnum in a series of perilous exploits ending in a triumphant, unspecified finale.
Buenos Aires reports large numbers of applicants from the United States and Canada for colonization as Argentina opens 16,000,000 acres of government lands. The lands will be sold to colonists at low prices, spanning Misiones to Terra del Fuego, with titles likely adjusted for existing settlers and immigration driven by Argentina's need for agricultural development. Banker Carlos Tornquist notes twelve years of rising livestock quality but falling quantity.
Oct 12 in Mount Vernon the Cornell college chemistry team led by Dr. Nicholas Knight and student Russell Morgan report filtered and unfiltered Mississippi samples differ only by harmless silicin and calcium carbonates. They find river water, near Clinton, mildly hard and the ocean voyage free of pollution except slight chlorides. Morgan's father is a Clinton physician.
Sioux City reports its first large sale of hogs from the municipal program. Councilman James Malone oversaw a deal with a local serum company, disposing of 133 hogs at 84 1/2 cents per pound, aiming for profit. A subsequent large consignment is under consideration for city yards.
Dr. W C Williamson of Clarinda aged 80, a United Presbyterian minister for 50 years who still preaches weekly, led the program at the United Presbyterian church in Lenox. He has served as pastor in Washington Burlington Keokuk and Clarinda. Rev R W Cox of Red Oak was elected state moderator, Rev F B Murch of Cedar Rapids vice moderator, and Rev A L Davidson of Lenox clerk.
Jud Tunkins voices concern that construction costs are too high and criticizes carpenters for creating walls that hamper transport by vehicle. Concerns about cost and logistics surface amid urban development tensions.
Washington hog breeders push farmer demand amid low prices and high costs. P J Welsh highlights a practical sale approach for Polands, aiming to attract buyers who value fair prices. Kansas agriculture survey notes slow prosperity, rising machinery use, and labor-saving advances. Hog water needs emphasized by Iowa expert John Evward, linking hydration to digestion and fat production.
The Chinook jargon a blend of Indian French and other words linked to the Columbia River area is described as once widely used by traders and natives in Washington and British Columbia but now nearly dead. References include The Die tlotwry of Chineok Jargon and Chinook Texts in 1904 Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology report.
In Des Moines on October 12 Homer Miller, president of the Iowa National Bank, says War Finance act loan modifications may provide up to a billion dollars to aid farmers. The key benefit is enabling farmers to store grain on the farm until markets recover, reducing losses from saturated markets and low prices.
Theo dore W. Krein general manager of the Muscatine Burlington and Southern railroad received one year and one day in federal prison and a 3000 dollar fine after pleading guilty to three counts of false entries on car repair cards. The company faced 3000 dollars in fines. R. Granville Curry for the ICC described inflated repair charges spanning 1919 and six years, totaling over 50 000 dollars in false charges against other lines.
A London Tit-Bits quip shows a landlady advising a jilted maiden to recover. The dialogue recalls the landlady saying she herself faced breaches of promise and multiple marriages and still kept going. The tone is sardonic and pragmatic.
Iowa dairy council backs shifting the national corn campaign to promote dairy consumption. Secretary Wentworth notes cows eat four to six pounds of corn daily while humans cannot. Butterfat value far exceeds corn price, supporting feeding grain to dairy herds. The council mails analysis to creamery men urging patrons to feed grain to cattle.
Heavyweight title fight between Stanislaus Zbyszko and Earl Caddock at Des Moines Coliseum is moved to Friday evening October 28, ten days later than planned. Zbyszko explains need for fuller conditioning after training in Poland and a two week east coast camp before acclimating in Des Moines.
Father Black, an English clergyman, devoted much time to visiting prisons to reform inmates. A grateful house breaker once told him he had shown him God and the devil, yet his efforts made the man love both.
In the November term 1921 the District Court of Washington County Iowa lists plaintiffs P M Powelson and Ellen S Wallace versus numerous defendants including Nathan Baker Thomas Baker John Lycon Margaret Lyon Alexander Lee Rosanna Ritchey Lydia Ritchey Caroline Ritchey Edmond Ritchey Thomas Ritchey and others. The notice names many parties with gaps and variations in surnames. The action seeks legal relief in this district court matter.
Plaintiffs claim fee simple ownership of described lots in East Washington and Crandall subdivision Iowa. Unknown claimants and listed defendants are notified to appear by November 7 1921 otherwise default and relief in favor of plaintiffs will be entered. Brookhart Bros. Attorneys warn of the petition filed in Washington County District Court Iowa.
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