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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
2
Farmers Union members in Washington county voted 6 cents per bushel when an elevator is used and 7 cents when no elevator is used. Violators will be fined for Red Cross. Ordered by committee.
Opening notes show receipts for hogs at 20 000 with first sales around 14 25 to 14 50 and top 17 50 while butchers 16 85 to 17 25. Cattle and calves steady to higher with veal 16 00 to 16 50 and cows 6 75 to 12 75. lambs and sheep 9 00 to 16 50 with feeders 10 25 to 12 55. Includes market gossip on gossip and purebred stock and straw mulch for wheat with farmer observations.
A partial OCR fragment references a business name LB&B Heat Yenager and a phone number 7264 with unclear context. The readable text lacks a clear event or outcome to summarize into a full item.
San Francisco October 25 United States District Judge M T Dooling removed Howare Payne from his role as receiver of impounded moneys amid charges that he used his position to advance his own financial interests in the government's California land litigation.
Mrs T Nevrever of Hau Cleire Wisconsin writes that Foley’s Money and lar Com und cured her boy from a severe croup after other remedies failed. Mrs LD Gilkeson of Youngstown Ohio reports her little girl’s severe cough and throat inflammation eased after Foley’s Honey and Tar was used. The note touts the remedy as years old and effective for coughs croup and bronchial complaints. Lemmons Pharmacy Washington advertises it.
Oct 20 Jake Lemsey three miles southeast of Washington closing out sale. Sat Nov 2 Weaver and Gardner Wa pello Duroc Jerseys.
J G Alliman near Eicher church raised 54 Duroc hogs this summer and sold all but three for breeding. He may have kept a few for himself, a sign the stock spoke well of the farmer and his herd.
The corn husking season begins with favorable weather allowing an early start. Most men have some help, and nearly every crib holds corn. Fields ready for cattle are increasing, and labor shortages are not severe.
Bar b were cups and wounds are troublesome to cure. Get a bottle of Farris Healing Remedy costs 50c. Heals rapidly and a sore never matters where this remedy is used. We sell it on the money back plan. For sale by Sherman Brothers.
Daniel Roth of near Wayland died at his home after a rapid decline in mental health following a Des Moines hospitalization. He was brought to the area violently insane, committed for treatment at Camp Dodge, restrained, then released to his relatives two days later. He leaves a wife and daughter, and a soldier son stationed at Camp Dodge.
The Joint Committee on Definitions and Standards will hold a public hearing in Washington on December 3 at 10 a.m. at the Bureau of Chemistry to consider definitions and standards for corn meal and corn flour. Attendees may submit written views by the hearing date. committee members include USDA, the Association of American Dairy, Food and Drug Officials, and the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists.
An old advertisement urges readers to mail a cutout with 5 cents to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package. The deal includes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets, with Lemmon's Pharmacy selling the items.
Paris dispatch notes that wealthy French hosts open their chateaux to Allied officers without accepting payment. A Paris chateau houses a press intelligence unit and a Chicago journalist, with hosts donating anonymously to the French Red Cross. A New Orleans major’s attempt to pay for hospitality is declined, the host offering a mirror gift to his wife instead.
Indigestion biliousness bad breath gas constipation or mass of undigested food in the stomach needs immediate attention. Foley Cathartic Tablets are mild and gentle but sure in action. Cause no griping pain or nausea. Cleanse bowels sweeten stomach and tone up liver. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy advt.
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