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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1921
Page
2
Chicago markets report estimated receipts for hogs at 3.0 percent from yesterday and cattle at 1,500 with sheep at 21,000. Barley and wheat futures moved with Dec wheat at 1.08 to 1.09 and corn around 0.48 to 0.49. Livestock futures and cash quotes show hogs mostly lower, with cattle and sheep markets firming. receipts and shipments listed for a busy day.
About 200 Iowa State Nurses Association delegates converge in Iowa City November 1 to 3 for a program centered on the state’s medical and nursing education system. Red Cross nurses meet October 31 to discuss public health issues as Anne Raymond outlines a busy agenda with University of Iowa specialists, university tours, and sessions on private duty nursing.
The article hails Kilauea on Hawaii as the unmatched volcano, noting its crater four miles square with a lava floor that is cracked and seamed, creating a bleak desolation akin to a horror scene. It compares Kilauea favorably to Niagara Vesuvius and other South American peak flames.
A medieval guide links October birthdays to stones and signs. It notes avlag and apse de for a wench, gyate for Maruel, and Jacinth for Simon, with October motifs appearing in gem symbolism and armor designs.
Arkansas church schedules a morning service featuring Herbert Howells singing next Sunday. The event titled Oh Lord Have Mercy It is described in a Boston Transcript transcription.
John G Em ery of Grand Rapids Mich arrived in Kansas City to lead the national American Legion headquarters and preparations for the convention opening Monday. Major Emery called the disabled soldiers the principal issue, noting his wartime wounds and hospital stays in France and the U S. The legislative focus was expected to be an early adjournment topic in the next Congress.
Body of young man recovered from the Niagara river with a stab wound. death due to drowning. Navy blue and maroon fob on a gift watch bears the number 20 and a seal reading Wesleyan only A. D. 183.
Several hundred communists tried to demonstrate in front of the American consulate at Basle Switzerland in protest of the Sacco and Vanzetti conviction in Massachusetts last summer. Police quickly restored order and dispersed the demonstrators.
The executive committee of Princeton’s student disarmament conference sent a cablegram to headquarters of student disarmament societies in represented countries. It outlined plans and promoted coordination and goodwill among schools and colleges abroad. A copy of resolutions was sent to President Harding and letters to other conferences. Speakers were to be sent to East colleges to gain cooperation.
A six year old boy named Graham sells a small fish on the street then negotiates with a bank president. After a long talk the banker agrees to pay him for the fish but warns that if the cat rejects it the nickel must be returned. Graham agrees but hopes to recover his fish.
A trusted guide advises carrying jewels in a belt worn around the waist for security. It notes jewel cases are risky and pearls travel via duplicate strings. fine gems are kept in a safe. The Riviera towns currently profit from duplicating strings of pearls.
The wheat market remains influenced by Canada’s large output with options of a 120 to 140 million bushel surplus and US stockpiles. December wheat at 1.05 suggests solidity. forecasts note Canada’s large export needs and potential weekly shipments. Wagner’s Stock Letter discusses labor, debt, war wages, and an expected revival in industry with rail and steel demand, plus easing unemployment and a bullish stock market trend.
William Crow of Uniontown is appointed to the U S Senate to succeed the late Philander Knox. Born on a farm in Pennsylvania he has worked as a teacher, newspaper man, lawyer and legislator and will serve by appointment until the November 1922 election.
Circulated letters from FP M Russell announce the U S Grain Growers Inc campaign to recruit Iowa members with Story county first, under state approval after earlier legal hurdles. The notes praise leadership, training, and cooperation with Farm Bureau, while warning of opposition from the Grain Dealers National Association and its article campaign.
Mr W F Haight of 50 South Eighth St Washington reports dull kidney and hip pain with dizziness and visions when standing He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for relief and recommends the product Price 60 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY manufactures the remedy
Shelbyville Missouri resident Mrs L D Quinty reports eight boxes of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved months of excessive bleeding. She says she is cured and back to light housework poultry and garden duties and invites others to write for information.
A brief note states that hearing sensitivity to high pitched sounds diminishes with age and that many elderly people struggle to hear a bat’s squeak in daily life.
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