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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1918
Page
2
Farmers Union members in Washington County vote to set corn husking prices at 6 cents with elevator use and 7 cents without elevator. Violations incur a fine paid to the Red Cross as ordered by the committee.
Estimated receipts today show cattle 3500 hogs 10500 sheep 1500. Hog market mostly 25 50 lower than Friday with highs around 18.15 early and 18.00 late. Cattle softer with fat cattle 25 50 lower and calves 75 to 100 lower. feeders up to 25 higher on strong closes. Receipts yesterday total 22453 hogs 13460 cattle 2921 sheep 7105 with shipments 13460 6217 11751.
Close of grain futures reported by FE Wagner Co with LB Hont as manager in Iowa City Iowa. Market notes show slight price movements and daily figures, reflecting local trade activity and demand conditions.
Dates and locations for farm and stock sales are listed including public sales near Washington Iowa Wellston and Thornburg. Items include Duroe Jerseys and a barn and house feature with electric wiring and modern improvements noted for a Columbus Junction property.
John D. Jones nears completion of a 16 by 32 machine shed with grain bin on one end and machinery door on the other. He notes current machinery prices make a shed cheaper than buying new gear and adds hogs fed on corn tie profits to feed costs rather than the selling price. Roy Schneider echoes the view that hog profits depend on corn costs, not hog sale prices.
Wilson Lemon reports Illinois seed corn lags about two weeks behind county stock, delaying crib. He plans a new wagon bottom to handle dry corn. Eight thousand tiles were laid on the place in the last year. Lemon prefers laying than gathering corn, with both methods used recently as a wagon and team in the field are favored over spade work.
C C Sommer tends corn and clover for winter off feeding to secure help. Corn is ready for crib and apples go to cellar. Worms, bugs, and scab affect the year’s crop. Wm Eisle praises corn yield and sire value in cattle herd. Frank Sands repairs crib and plans to keep top sows, shoats on feed headed for Chicago.
L H Rinner expresses strong satisfaction with buying the Premier Chief fall boar from Carlson sale. He says it is among the best hogs from the Carlson herd and places him at the head of a notable county herd. He has added brood sows but sold several gilts he did not plan to sell.
J WH Witting reports the new house nearly ready for plastering. The 28 by 30 foot structure features eight rooms and largely uses lumber salvaged from the old house.
At the Sun A Bar ranch near Kansas City researchers compare cross generations of scrub cows. One cross of pure bred sires yields yearlings 100 pounds heavier and valued at $17 per cwt versus $14 for the first cross. Three year old heifers with calves gain about $35 per head, showing profit from using good sires on farm cows.
Muscatine county plans a corn harvest above average with limited outside help. Men returning from retirement will work beside younger laborers as crop progress benefits from ideal weather and widespread wheat planting easing next season’s farm labor needs.
E. G. Wells argues that parentage should be a public service paid for by society. It carries obligations and a strong community claim, requiring sustenance rewards and control without supplanting parental love and conscience.
A transplanted policeman explains his change of duty after moving towns. He reveals he was pensioned by Boston and now walks a beat in a distant New England town, prompting the visitor to question his new affiliation.
The Washington Star notes how moderation and memory help the average man retain three songs and three funny stories for a lifetime, reflecting on cultural habits and playful wisdom.
Short notices report personal items from Washington County including births, marriages, deaths, and other life events. Named individuals and local places appear in concise items reflecting town and community updates.
District items report illness and travel for residents of Burlington Young America and nearby towns. Families welcomed home relatives from France and Iowa, with influenza precautions leading to school closure and postponement of events. Residents visit neighbors, undergo medical procedures, and relocate households as other locals visit Cedar Rapids Ott and Des Moines.
SEVENTY-SIX SEVENTY-SIX Oct 18 reports Mr and Mrs John Powell drove to Cedar Falls for a Sunday visit. Their daughter Lela joined them returning to school later. The piece notes the death of Mrs John Henderson and health updates on several families including influenza cases among Ed Hotle Andy Stauffer and others.
Mr and Mrs Orville Turner and son of Muscatine visited this week at Mrs Annabelle Turner’s home. Mr and Mrs Leslie Newman moved from Brighton into Elwood Glasgow’s former house and will work for Frank Snider. A large crowd attended a dinner and weinie roast at the H Weaver home amid Spanish flu fears. Jesse and Ben Davison recently baling hay in Trenton and Swedesburg have moved to Eureka to bale at the Sigafoose and Salterberg farms. Lester Neff sawed wood for Hiram Weaver. Mrs Ella Merchant and daughter and Mrs Clarence Benson visited Washington Thursday. Miss Hilda Anderson of Olds visited Miss Elizabeth Hill.
Richland reports closures of schools churches lodges and other public gathering places as a disease prevention measure. Few illness cases are recorded to date and Mrs J Wilson and Carlton Wil- are named among local residents mentioned in the brief notice.
Brighton today reports the illness of Fred, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allison Jones, and the death of Claire Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Meyers, from pneumonia after measles. Claire, past 25, served at Camp Dodge with Fairfield boys and is survived by two sisters. The body due Friday afternoon at 1 45 the M and St L. Also notes arrivals and travels of several locals and a death in Washington affecting the Spellman family. Mrs. Kientz is dangerously ill with pneumonia.
A Maple Grove piece contrasts American soldiers with civilians noting barbed wire defenses and Iowa training in warfare. It lauds soldiers’ adaptability from peaceful professions to bayonet and cannon use while criticizing wartime unpreparedness among civilians. The narrator observes restaurant contrasts in Oska loosa and Columbus Junction, reflecting wartime scarcity and social change.
A rural town mourns Paul Dunlap youngest son of O H Dunlap who died in a western training camp from influenza and pneumonia. The obituary recalls his kindness, artistry and popularity at Homestead Farm and notes his nickname Pittie Dunlop.
A reflective statement urges embracing the present as the unique moment for human cooperation and kindness. It emphasizes love over cynicism and warns that other life sources lead to decay, citing lessons from sad experience attributed to David Star Jordan.
A man remarks that money alone cannot make a person prosperous or complete, while Uncle Eben insists that people can earn money by themselves yet true value goes beyond wealth.
Latest photograph shows Maj. Gen. John A. Le Jeune commanding the Second Division of the U S Marine Corps fighting alongside the Fourth French Army in the Champagne sector. The image captures the allied forces in active combat, illustrating senior leadership amid the offensive operations.
Herbert Hoover announced that the Belgian relief commission has arranged with the British quartermaster general to supply 20 million emergency rations to rescued Belgians. The rations will come from British army stores in Belgium and be paid for by the relief commission.
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