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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1919
Page
2
Estimated receipts today hogs 21 000 cattle 18 000 sheep 22 000. Market mostly 75 to 1.00 off with early top 13.25 and bulk 12.25 13.00. Heavy weights and cattle ranges given with assorted weights and grades and steady to strong in some sectors. Receipts hogs 42 226 cattle 18 640 sheep 39 268 calves 3 352. shipments hogs 464 cattle 5 573 sheep 9 256.
Prices for corn oats and related futures are listed with opening highs lows and closes for October December and May contracts. Cash market figures show activity in corn and oats with car counts and price ranges for various grades and dates.
Report notes a growing custom in Turkish streets where women have their shoes shined at public stands, reflecting everyday urban life and social practices.
Journal notes multiple farm auctions around Washington Kalona Selma and nearby towns. Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 27 Oct 29 Oct 30 Nov 4 Nov 12 Nov 24. Sellers include Underwood Leedy Brenneman Clemens Wagner Ross Lineweaver Kindelsperger Trier with dispersions and closing out sales of Percherons Short horns Poland Chinas and Shropshires.
The Bureau of Animal Husbandry announces nationwide TB free herd accreditation and single test certification progress. Iowa shows 2 Angus, 7 Guernsey, 2 Hereford, 11 Holstein, 3 Jersey, 2 Red Polled, and 11 Shorthorn herds. Washington County breeders are invited to apply and obtain testing aid.
On John Cannon's Crawford township farm a run of purebred Angus cattle vs average grade cattle shows clear price gaps. Buyers recently contracted the entire lot at 1.50 per cwt with purebreds fetching 18.00 while grades command 16.50 per cwt. Meanwhile job seekers frequent the Farm Bureau office as price debates linger.
A boy named Brave Little Bob defends his cat accused of a minor offense. He insists the pet would never act improperly and calls the cat very manly in a firm, self-respecting stance.
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The top price at the Warnock sale pavilion sale near Aledo reached $1,250 for a Chester White spring boar owned by Frank E. Sherer. Sherer, a noted breeder, attracted hundreds of farmers from across the country. the second high price was $759 for another spring hog, noted as an excellent figure.
Dr Louis E Van Norman, linked to the war trade board, is appointed first trade commissioner to Poland. He authored A Look on Poland and counts many Polish leaders among his friends. He predicts Voluland with 30 million people and vast territory will grow as a key eastern European economic factor.
New York oct 22 co operative management by employer and employee will be tried as an economic test by Sweet Orr Co manufacturers of overalls starting nov 1 at a Yonkers plant. The women employees will elect forewomen set production standards and run shop matters. If successful the plan will roll out to 17 other plants.
The article describes a hive defended by bees against a wasp. Each time the wasp neared the entrance a guard bee emerged. After an hour of standoff the wasp died, illustrating the bees’ sagacity and efficiency.
Australia has spare land. South Australia covers more than 240 million acres, with just over 5 million acres remaining under cultivation.
Senator Lodge charges Japan seeks control of China to build power for aggression and urges amending the peace treaty to transfer Shantung rights from Japan to China. He argues open door policy has been violated and warns of future wars if the United States mustered no stronger Pacific navy to deter Japan.
Henry Hagedorn, a young Audubon county farmer, abandoned bootlegging after a raid by Sheriff Wilson. He admitted selling liquor to local youths and was fined $3800 plus costs. The search found several quarts of liquor and he implicated a Carroll county source.
In Norway and France scientists use annual growth rings on sardine scales to estimate age, maturity, and spawning timing, aiding fisheries management.
Two Shorthorn bulls one 2-year-old and a 10 month old calf both red and good. Also spring boars sired by the herd boar. Fourteen good breeding ewes all bred.
The Dolliver memorial fund in Fort Dodge Iowa has grown to about four thousand dollars. It sits in a local bank at four percent interest. Committee members say no decision has been made on the memorial due to lack of agreement on its nature. Funds were donated nationwide after Senator J P Dolliver’s death.
The article explains rainfall measurement with rain gauges or pluviometers. It highlights Symons rain gauge as a leading design, featuring a funnel-shaped receiver and a smaller diameter glass measure. It notes the common simplification where the inner area of the measure is one tenth of the funnel mouth.
Biologists divide Earth's surface into life zones defined by latitude and elevation. The Canadian life zone, with similar plants and animals, appears in the high Rockies down to southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.
A Bathman discovers he owns shares in a silver mine bought 34 years ago and forgotten. A friend recalls a notice that the mine will pay its first dividend and he starts clipping coupons.
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