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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago and other markets. Includes futures quotes for wheat corn oats rye and cash grain sales from Chicago Peoria St Louis and Kansas City with projected Thursday receipts and varying price ranges across weight classes.
Ainsworth residents report visitors and travels including Mr. and Mrs. EB Nichols of Coppock Iowa visiting relatives. Neff of Davenport spent Sunday with his grandmother Mrs. Stone. Mr. and Mrs 8 R Stone returned to Chicago after visiting James Stone and family. Evangelistic meetings set at United Presbyterian church with Rev T C Anderson and Rev W P McCormick. Mrs J K Beal elected president of the Keokuk Presbyterial Missionary meeting.
The Washington County Duroc breeders held a consignment sale at the East End garage selling about thirty head, top price $59 for a fall yearling grandson of Pathfinder. Milo Shalla’s prize litter produced two gifts sold for $150 and $110. Other consignors and prices listed. Also notes hogs running at large in Missouri Ozarks and an advisory on organizing ewe clubs with Tom Stone of Iowa State College proposing bred ewes for spring lambs and local breed consistency.
Wisconsin College of Agriculture reports ten gilts ate three pounds of crushed rock salt with several dying next day. Veterinarians describe symptoms from restlessness to convulsions and death, advising continuous salt access and a mixture of charcoal copperas with salt to maintain hog health.
To the patrons of West Chester Telephone Exchange of West Chester Iowa all subscribers are requested to call at office and settle accounts must have money to do business Accounts are payable per month S A Scabery secretary treasurer 204tf
A physician from Bellevue Hospital and Westchester County Hospital extols organic iron Nuxated Iron as a top blood builder. He urges testing stamina by timing work or walking, then taking two five grain tablets three times daily for two weeks and retesting to compare gains.
The manual training classes start in the downtown shop. Everette Simkins, a sophomore, and Merle Simkins, a freshman, transfer from Washington. Last Friday Crawfordsville hosted a basketball game where Ainsworth defeated West Chester 28 to 24 despite a sprained ankle for one of Ainsworth's guards.
The list shows current prices for dairy and poultry items. Butter fat cream sells at 48 cents per pound, eggs at 4 cents per dozen, hens at 19.6 cents per pound, young roosters uncited, ducks and geese at 10 to 19 cents per pound, and turkeys at 28 cents per pound for toms.
An old ad encourages women to seek health through Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, promising relief from daily suffering. It offers free confidential advice and lists Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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