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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1919
Page
2
Chicago markets dated October 29 show estimated receipts of hogs 13 000 cattle 18 909 and sheep 25 000 with prices for beef steers calves veal and stockers listed. Heavy weights and prime grades command higher ranges while lighter weights and cull categories move lower and steady.
Furnished by E. W. Wagner & Co Iowa City. Daily grain prices show corn closing around 1.25 to 1.27 on December and May contracts with oats near 0.70 to 0.74. Cash market reports note 55 carloads of corn at firm tone and 60 carloads of oats unchanged. prices for various delivery months listed along with thin coffee quotations.
A sender recalls an evening after school when two friends and I spoke unflattering words about a classmate. We turned to see the classmate walking behind us a moment later.
A patent has been granted for a detachable rifle sight coated with a right radiating pigment enabling night visibility. The device allows rapid target acquisition in low light without external illumination. The invention covers alignment aids and mounting compatibility with standard rifle platforms.
The notice lists closing out and public sales for Duroc Jersey and other livestock around Washington Iowa with dates from Oct through Dec. It notes a statewide Livestock Men Organization forming in fifty nine Iowa counties to promote purebred stock and cooperative marketing. Farm management studies show farmers marketing most stock yield higher profits, supporting purebred herds and registered sires.
The Kansas City market received its largest hog shipment ever, 949 hogs averaging 280 pounds each for a total of 265720 pounds on the hoof from a Livingston County Missouri farmer. The 16 car live stock train carried the hogs with luxury rail service and only about three hogs were lost.
The Iowa State Sheepmen's Association will hold its state meeting in Marshalltown on November 25 and 26. Secretary Tom C. Stone announced an extensive program featuring a Tuesday business session, officer elections, and talks by Prof. W. C. Coffey, C. J. Fawcett, Dr. K. W. Stouder, and other wool industry figures, with a banquet and toasts by Dean C. F. Curtiss and Prof H. H. Kildee.
The Department of Agriculture warns against late cutting and grazing alfalfa, especially in northern areas. Close grazing reduces reserve food in crowns and roots, weakening plants to withstand winter and increasing mortality, with risks of cattle bloat if grazed on frozen or late-cut alfalfa. Hoard's Dairy man.
Glen Eldridge son of Mr and Mrs W B Eldridge and Richard Godfrey son of Mr and Mrs J M Godfrey represent Washington at Kemper Military School Booneville Missouri The pair study report shows Glen with a 91 grade and a 99 in history as part of a class of 450 students earning over 90 percent average for the last month both Washington boys enjoy their work at the Missouri institution.
Freddys dialogue with Mil centers on a playful temptation scene. Freddy proposes a game at Adam and Eve and hints at giving in to temptation by eating Mil’s apple. The exchange suggets a light moral undertone.
The public stance on taxes stays negative as officials promise to keep rates low or high. Citizens remain skeptical about relief or hikes and demand clearer plans.
A St Paul report shows per capita automobile ownership higher in rural areas than cities, led by Nebraska with 173 397 autos for 1 353 000 people. West states plan large scale hard road building, farmers gain mobility and profit. Northwest auto tractors and trucks sales also set records this year.
A discharged soldier, former tank corps, works for Mr. Cobbles as a farmhand. He treats the farmer’s tractor as a tank and drives across fields with remarkable speed, described as the best service yet.
Sea birds spend weeks at sea and may drink from falling rain. Their keen eyesight directs flocks toward a storm cloud ready to burst, where they seek scarce moisture.
A brief dialogue or anecdote notes the expression sociable as an echo. The speaker explains that an echo always returns a call, using the metaphor to illustrate reciprocal responsiveness in conversation.
Hugh P. Fox secretary of the United Brewers association says suit will be filed to test the constitutionality of the Volstead prohibition enforcement law. He notes counsel advised the act is unconstitutional as it invades war time prohibition provisions.
The Philadelphia Record advises inserting three pins in a bottle cork to signal poison as a safety device. It also notes an exception to the bridegroom being a cipher when a youth’s mother submits a society announcement.
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