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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1918
Page
2
Chicago market totals show mixed movement with hogs steady on good grades and packing hogs weak. Cattle receipts rise with steers up to 19.60 top and cows and bulls varied. lambs and yearlings show strength in fat sheep and feeders amid active receipts and shipments.
Furnished by BE W Warner Co Iowa City manager L B Hunt reports opening highs and lows for corn at 1.35 to 1.20 with closes around 1.24. Oats show values near 69 to 68 with March contracts around 68. Clover prices appear noted but unclear.
The Food Administration announced that making false sugar reports this year cost Gottman & Sons of Chicago $10,000. The amount will aid American soldiers and sailors in Illinois through candy. The company accepted voluntary contribution in lieu of further action. Violations were blamed on the bookkeeper's misunderstanding.
Rome reports Prince Umberto count of Salemi cousin of King Victor Emmanuel II is dead at Crespano near Monte Grappa where he commanded a battery in the Italian army. He was twenty nine years old.
Grateful mothers trumpet Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a remedy for croup whooping cough and bronchial coughs based on personal experiences. Letters from Mrs T Neurever Mau Claire Wisconsin and Mrs D Glikeson Youngstown Ohio praise quick relief after failed remedies. Lemmon's Pharmacy Washington distributes the remedy.
Four mule pairs brought 1816 dollars, averaging 420.50 per pair, led by a four and five year old jinny pair bought by Charles Cummings. Jacks and jinny mares fetched 400 and 425 dollars to buyers including Clennie Jones and R. E. Tobin. Cattle, calves, hogs and corn updates follow, with Klotz & Workman selling, and notes on sheep, hogs, and local farming conditions around Gladwin and Riverside.
The county Farmers Union meeting scheduled in Washington on Saturday October 26 has been indefinitely postponed because of quarantine. Wim Sutherland President.
The Barcelona province covers 2966 square miles and about 1,186,000 inhabitants. The city of Barcelona is the largest in Spain with a permanent population around 800,000.
Members of the Farmers Union in Washington county met in convention and voted 6 cents per bushel where an elevator is used and six cents where no elevator is used. Violators face a fine paid to the Red Cross, as ordered by the committee.
Washington reports the War Department has let contracts for motor equipment including trucks tractors passenger cars and motorcycles totaling about 130000000 dollars. It is described as the largest order ever issued by the government for such equipment.
Casualty totals for the week ending Monday stand at 87 150, up from 85 710 previous week. Of this, killed or died of wounds include officers 517 and men 4 971. Wounded or missing cover officers 1 464 and men 80 798.
Belgium's legation states peace terms can be expressed in a single sentence by King Albert. Belgium seeks political economic and military independence, reparations, and guarantees against a renewal of 1914 aggression. Draft desperado is caught in Brainerd as Questie Krueger, a draft evader, confesses after a shooting duel. Rain ends forest fires in northern Minnesota as embers die out.
Community letters report daily comings and goings in Washington County. Notices include births, deaths, and personals across various locales.
Mrs Augusta Sheetz and family plus relatives spent Sunday at the CC Augustine home. George Breitenbach family and George Freshwaters visited the E L Breitenbach home. J E Deal and daughters Winnie Retta and Mary Augustine called on the Guy Black home Monday evening. Charles Churchill family visited the H V Frank home. Mary Augustine Myrtle and Florence Frank spent Wednesday afternoon at the Arthur Conrad home.
Local notes report Lieut Ellery Foster's furlough from Dallas aviation camp and imminent sailing east. Delays due to influenza trigger vacations. Family updates include Mary Miller, Ellen Gardner, Mable Desing, Glee Palmer returning home from studies. Funeral notices for Agnes Topping and Mrs Marion Spears. Community sympathy extended to bereaved families. Several residents travel, relocate, or recover from illness. Mayo Hospital operation for Thomas O Flaherty. influenza and appendicitis cases noted. multiple visits between Wellman and nearby towns. Irving Johnson visits Wellman as judicial candidate. other residents move to Cedar Rapids and Rock Island vicinity.
Wintering resident may settle in Iowa. Wm Maplethorpe and wife visited from Marengo. Andrew Moore dies after strokes. funeral plans pending. Cloyce Adams, 21, son of Ira and Ida Adams, dies of influenza at Iowa City hospital. survived by parents, sister Jessie and brothers Maynard and Malcolm.
Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Robertson and children and Mrs. H. C. Hull return from Mason City. Will Arthaud of Winfield visits Crawfordsville. Mrs. Claude McCoy returns from Ames to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Mc Coy. Influenza cases rise with Clint Rhea and W. G. Huston affected.
Richmond reports a successful relief sale held Thursday netting over five hundred dollars. Also notes include a new daughter at the Wino Strabla home, Maude Welte visiting Burlinghton, influenza illness among Zeva Zitta Bush Clara Welte and Tony Kern, and J G Selement with a new Ford.
Painters Leo Keifer and Albert Shillig work on a barn for Dave Benson. Misses Eglin visit Town City to meet brother Charley and Chicago wife. Mrs Milt Navy called in town last Monday. Arlene Bush daughter of Charley and Mrs Bush died from Spanish influenza Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs Zana Shillig visit relatives here.
The Far Eastern Review in Shungking notes musk, though produced at roughly 400,000 gold units annually, is a valuable commodity in high exchange times. It states China enjoys only a small monopoly on its output, yet the product commands high value beyond its weight in silver or gold.
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