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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market notes show estimated receipts for cattle at 4 000 and sheep at 7 000. Prices vary by weight and grade with top cattle around 16 60, heavy weights near 14 90 to 18 90, and packing sows around 14 90 to 14 35. Grain futures list w heat at about 2 21 for December and corn near 92, with oats around 57.
A dark skinned man posed as a messenger claiming an ill relative to lure occupants of the H. A. Thomas residence at 814 Second Avenue East away. HeSlugged a girl inside, looted about $10 cash, a diamond ring, and a cavalier before the Thomases returned. no clues yet as police search continues.
John G. Og lesby will stop contesting and Len Small is declared the Republican nominee for governor of Illinois. Oglesby accepts the result and pledges to back the Republican ticket in the November election, ending rumors and prompting harmony plans at state headquarters. The Small nomination was ratified at Kankakee with other candidates present.
An Ames survey from Oct 16 shows 66 county agents reporting 137 spray rings across 5.2 rings per county and 647 farmers spraying orchards. Forty-eight agents note 1 789 orchards sprayed outside rings, and opinions favor spray rings as the best solution though views vary on ring size and operator needs. E F Graff, Johnson County agent for three years, becomes assistant county agent leader at Ames.
Republican leaders argue free trade depresses wheat prices as Canadian grain floods U S markets. The Minneapolis Journal notes a tariff loophole under the Underwood law enabling Canada to export wheat while the barrier is temporarily lowered, harming farmers who must sell. Senator Harding is cited advocating tariff revision to aid American producers.
Columbus Junction high school defeated Wapello 7 to 3 at Louisa county seat. The victory signals improvement after a prior loss and sets up a key matchup as Coach Dickinson’s 16 man squad heads to Davenport High School for a decisive afternoon game.
Mrs. Eugene Havens aged 34 died from a hernia at Immanuel hospital in Omaha after a walking from New York to San Francisco with her husband and 7-year-old son. The party, aided by two French police dogs from Selnick Film Co, passed Cedar Rapids two weeks earlier. Burial is planned in Vinton. The child goes to relatives in Stanton Iowa. trip abandoned. Dogs cared for by Omaha police.
The notice lists multiple county and breeder sales in Washington Iowa and surrounding areas. Dates range Oct 18 to Oct 26 with consignments and household sales noted. Names include John Krebs and Sons Elmer Swickard and Taylor & Taylor among others.
Washington Oct 16 Official figures show Iowa income and profits tax receipts rising from 1919 to 1920 with total state returns reaching 40 312 788 05. The 1920 total includes 30 352 938 64 from income and profits plus 9 959 849 41 from other sources. Iowa ranks 36th among states in total returns.
Wilma Noble, 19, was found by her mother in a Garner Iowa home with her chin on the iron bed and neck broken. A physician could not revive her. She had a history of convulsive attacks for over a year due to a spine injury.
Des Moines faces losing the 1921 National Swine Show as Kansas City offers strong guarantees. The executive committee will decide in December, with Kansas City seen as the likely host unless unforeseen changes occur.
Iowa City, Oct 16. The University of Iowa has set aside about two acres of land on the east bank of the Cedar River near the Interurban bridge for an athletic field for university women. President Jessup approved the use, with space for three hockey fields and immediate leveling and improvements. Female students plan a Pep Club to support athletics in the same spirit as the men.
Iowa State College district plans a holiday on November 11 to honor Armistice Day. Cadet corps and ex service men lead a morning parade, an afternoon address follows, Sousa's band opens college artists course in the gym, and Swine Feeders Day features John Evward's pig feeding experiments drawing many visitors.
Tokyo reports the Bible is the top selling book in Japan alongside the United States and England, as Rev. Dr. Charles B. Locke notes at the World’s Sunday School Congress. He cites vast Bible production, argues it civilizes and shapes morals, and recalls a Japanese scholar moved by Christian teaching.
Anamosa Iowa October 16 Mrs Seth Baker of the neighborhood died hours after a kerosene fire incident at Henry Adams home when Adams hurled a blazing can through a door striking her face with burning oil. Adams extinguished the flames but she died leaving a husband and several young children.
Washington D C Oct 16 Stocks of wheat in the United States on October 1 totaled 608 million bushels per USDA estimates. Farmers held 477 million, country mills and elevators 102 million, and points of accumulation 29 million. Compared with 1919, marketing in the first quarter fell 29 to 321 million bushels, with the season total about 798 million bushels, roughly 17 percent below last year.
Cedar Rapids report from Oct 16 notes Dr J L McBrien of the VA Bureau of Education says about 250 normal training high schools in Iowa ease the teacher shortage. He compares states with and without such schools, praising their higher teacher standards and predicting growth unless students are paid to train as teachers.
Dr A F E Kepford will head Iowa's new juvenile home to be dedicated in Toledo on Oct 21. The institution, housed in former Leender Clark college buildings, serves dependent neglected and delinquent children and complements existing state facilities. A banquet and reception are planned with Senator A V Proudfoot as toastmaster and J H Strief to speak.
A centenarian interviewee declines to reveal her age explaining she is still negotiating with multiple patent medicine firms. The Sydney Bulletin records the exchange as part of a feature on remarkable longevity.
An old fashioned root and herb remedy, Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, is advertised as the best known aid for the distressing symptoms of menopause. The ad invites women to write for special advice to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts, promising confidential, woman‑handled replies.
In a Washington notice, Mrs. W. E. Downs of 8038 Ave C testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her decade long kidney pain and dizziness after using them at Herman Bros. Drug Store. The ad urges readers to act quickly during kidney danger and notes price at 6 cents, with agents suggested in Buffalo New York.
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