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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
2
Opening market reports show estimated receipts of 11,000 sheep and 16,000 hogs in Chicago with hogs selling 26 lower and beef cattle mixed. Top hog prices around 9.66, cattle futures highlight strong demand for beef steers and veal calves with varied weights and categories. Official yesterday receipts list hogs 19,003 and cattle 19,642 with shipments totaling hogs 1,788 and cattle 6,876.
Notice of sale under a writ of execution against C J Brenneman and Ida Brenneman. Real estate in Washington County Iowa Lot s fourteen and fifteen in block six Original Plat Wellman to be sold at public auction November 26 1922 between 1 pm and 4 pm at the court front Washington Iowa. Terms cash. Sheriff Charles M Denison October 1922.
A brief, fragmentary review notes Turgenev’s novels as closest in lineage, praising his elemental life as purely emotional. It compares him to Selidbert, observing his precise detail and crafted technique as tools to express inner unity and character passion.
The article discusses a rough estimate of the total stars, suggesting figures in the range from two thousand to three thousand trillion. It mentions uncertainty and references Thomson and general celestial counting without precise figures. The piece conveys the scale of stellar counts and the challenges in accurate estimation.
Fragmentary notes mention a figure linked to Arcadia and a 1900 death. The text references Schidoni and a Parisian quotation about travel in July. Little is known about the editor or the quotation context.
A historical listing shows multiple farm sales and fat cattle events with dates in October November and December. Listings mention buyers and ranches such as Gweber Mike Trier Keota J J Feehan Otto Navy Riverside Mahamahes North English Chester White Hogs Flanders Washington and more with towns like Washington Crawfordsville Wellston and Ainsworth.
Fairfield October 12. After the Pershing Way relocation fight ends contracts are let and bridge work begins in a week. The largest bridge will span Walnut creek in cement forty by twenty four by twenty four feet high, costing 10 816. Seventy six bridges across the county have contracts totaling 141 426 22 with 100 bidders.
Louisa County Farm Bureau Reports on a spray trial at John Bailey's Oakville area orchard. Four sprayed center trees show far higher clean fruit share than unsprayed ones, with reports on disease, worm, and scab rates and cost per tree. A separate note discusses Fairfield paving plans and seed fumigation methods for grain.
An ecard from Gertrude in Chicago to Marian notes Sam having a fine time on vacation and LT arriving safely with hopes to return by the same route. The message reflects warm family exchanges and travel updates from the trip in progress.
A reflective inscription honors mothers as solace for mortality. The author Louis M. Nothin frames maternal love as a path to eternity, celebrating devotion and enduring memory.
Inquiries into fumigating granaries and grain bins to control angoumois grain moth grain beetles and weevils. Carbon bisulphide, a heavy colorless liquid with a bad egg odor, is found to be the most satisfactory disinfectant though highly inflammable. avoid use where any spark risk exists.
The Farm Bureau Federation reports seven percent of average farm income comes from poultry. Expert J J Warren advises dry mash constant feeding of corn and oats and cautions against unseasoned grain. Proper pullet placement, dusting with fluoride powder, and avoiding overcrowding prevent losses and disease. Plans for half monitor poultry houses are available at the Farm Bureau office.
The Iowa Half Monitor style poultry house wins favor with county breeders. Several new structures are under construction, including those built by Frank Gipple of Farm Grove town.
Fairfield Oct 12 A petition asking for a vote on issuing bonds for 150000 for a high school addition heating plant and a grade school lot and building is before the school board. The petition lists 532 names already meeting the required threshold and a special election is expected to be called. If approved work could start in April with buildings ready by early next year.
Astromoters in Louisville discuss the playful notion that the moon might consist of green cheese and ponder what this says about lunar life or its myths, reflecting a lighthearted exchange in the Courier Journal.
A damaged OCR passage gives instructions on how to open a new book without tearing pages. It advises resting the book on bowed edges and alternating back and front covers to prevent leaves from coming loose. The text is garbled but centers on careful handling of a new book.
By writ of special execution the sheriff offers for public sale in front of the Washington County Court House on November 25 1922 between 9 am and 4 pm the described lands in section 20 and 19 township 76 north range 6 west containing about 241 acres more or less including multiple quarters of the southwest and northeast parts and portions of the northwest quarter set to be sold to satisfy the judgment against A J Faerber and Clara Faerber
The document records a court sale of property owned by A J Faerber and Clara Faerber at the suit of The National Life Insurance Company of the United States of America. Sheriff Charles M Dennison of Washington County Iowa oversees the proceedings dated October 1922.
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