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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1918
Page
2
Chicago markets report slow but steady opening bids with yesterday's top hogs around 18.75 and calves to 19.25. Estimated receipts list hogs 14 000 and cattle 14 000 along with lambs and sheep showing mixed gains. feeders active and futures near yesterday's finish.
A brief market note reports a loss in grain futures tied to FB Wagner Co. and an executive update from a manager at the firm. The line lists a phone contact 7284 for more details.
Ingwar Andresen of De Witt Clinton county and a major local farmer and bank shareholder fell prey to a race track confidence game. He wired $15000 to a Virginia millionaire dubbed Col Walker and a third man who claimed winning telegrams, then watched the poolroom raid as the scheme collapsed and he was sent to St Louis to await the man’s return.
Dave Munro and Son send three fat cattle loads while market volatility keeps prices unsure. Two corn teams work dry fields using a crib elevator to control shelling cost. yield ranges 50 to 80 bushels per acre, with some fields showing strong potential. A closing sale includes Poland China hogs, and Chas. Thomas sheep bring $25.75 for a top ewes.
A Sunday night blaze engulfed a 72 by 60 foot barn built in 1910, filled with about 50 tons of clover hay and no grain. Fire crews could not control the flames past discovery. no injuries or insurance. The barn rests on an intact foundation and will be rebuilt this fall if labor is found. The cause remains unknown.
Clarence Roe, a farmer south of Slater, was attacked by two strangers in a car as he husked corn. One man knocked him down, tied him with a belt, gagged him, and stole $4.50 then forced him to sign a check. Roe was left bound in a field until found by his wife. Police pursue leads but say suspects likely escaped.
Sioux City Iowa subscribes nearly 4 million dollars in the third Liberty loan drive surpassing its quota by about seven hundred fifty thousand with more than 17 000 subscribers at polling places and no personal solicitation.
Unconditional surrender as a condition for peace with Germany was demanded by Cedar Rapids business and professional leaders. Lieut. Gov. E. R. Moore state Senator W. G. Haskell congressman J. W. Good Cyrenus Cole Judge Milo P. Smith and John T. Hamilton spoke. Resolutions were telegraphed to President Wilson.
United States Treasurer John Burke told Knights of Columbus in Sioux City that Germany's overtures do not end the need for fundraising. He predicted two more Liberty loans will follow even if the war ends soon.
J. R. Maxwell of the C M and F company reports many men available for corn gathering. Recruits have come from southern Illinois, southwestern Iowa, Missouri, and nearby East Pleasant Plain. All have been placed on farms, with expectations of more workers to follow.
Clerk figures show an average of 89.15 for Ernest Carlson's Duroc sale covering all hogs. Late pigs were present but the offering still Smiths well with 44 hogs selling to a wide local territory. Ernest reports feeling fine.
A large cattle and hay barn on the Fisher place east of Keota was destroyed by a fire. Firefighters battled the blaze but the barn and its contents were a total loss. No injuries were reported.
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