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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1920
Page
2
Chicago market notes show estimated receipts of 28 000 cattle and 12 000 hogs with prices across weight classes and breeds. The report also details long running Snn-a-Bar Farms stock breeding demonstration started in 1913 by Mr Nelson, emphasizing culling, pasture grazing, and late calving, with public dedication for thirty years and widespread visitor interest.
The Sni-a-Bar demonstration at Grain Valley Missouri shows purebred sires lifting ordinary scrub cows toward purebred standards across five crosses. W R Nelson Estate trustees continue the plan begun by Kansas City Star publisher W R Nelson, drawing 5000 attendees as Dean Curtis of Ames speaks.
The Journal reports Oct auctions in Washington Iowa including Ww Wells Poland China and Duroc sales with high prices such as a 200 dollar yearling boar and gilts around 245. It notes Carlson and Krebs sales as well as solid farm trade activity. A rural Scott county survey shows extensive labor saving devices and growing modernization aided by cooperative farm women groups.
At the Agricultural Experiment Station experts report sudan grass reduces subsequent crop performance by depleting soil moisture and plant nutrients. It grows rapidly and yields much feed per acre, but the next crop often suffers until moisture and nutrients are replenished.
Elvin Kyght a 16 year old resident of Coon Rapids Iowa died after being dragged more than fifty feet along the railroad bridge over the Mississippi. He fell from the blind baggage of a Burlington train en route to enlist in the navy in Chicago.
Wanda Hawley makes her local Graham Theatre debut in Miss Hobbs adapted by Elmer Harris from Jerome K. Jerome stage success. Supporting cast includes Harrison Ford Walter Hiers Helen Perome Eddy Jack Mulhall Julianne Johnston Emily Chichester. Hawley rose from Paramount Artcraft roles and vaudeville to film stardom with de Mille and Realart.
Omaha Bee reports a first page printed by photograph engravings and typewritten copy after an outlaw strike. Thirty printers resumed work while fifty-five strikers reversed course, returning to their positions amid threats of card loss.
Mrs. Phreticia L. Washburn sues Mrs. Bessie Davis of Peabody for 75000 damages claiming alienation of her husband Furlen R. Washburn a motor car salesman. The petition notes Davis hosted house parties and trips to win the husband’s affections amid Davis’s oil interests and the husband’s recent arrest on wife desertion.
The death of Mrs. J. N. Anderson near Columbus Junction was followed by a Crawfordsville funeral at the local Methodist church led by Rev. W. H. Dillon and local pastor Rev. Barnett. Many friends here mourn her long illness and residence in the community.
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