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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts and holdovers in cattle hogs and sheep shown for Chicago markets. Prices listed by weight class range between 12.00 and 15.10 with top bids around 12.15 for cattle and 12.25 to 12.79 for pigs. Official yesterday totals include shipments and sales figures across multiple categories.
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Des Moines reports a new Iowa system to track communicable diseases via local boards of health. Town officers, clerks, and health officers will report daily cases, with monthly summaries to the state board. The scheme aims to curb epidemics by rapid epidemiologist deployment and standardized quarantine and placard procedures for multiple diseases.
Beach Wickham report notes closing prices for wheat, corn, rye and oats with futures showing small gains and losses. Cash markets in Toledo Peoria and St Louis cited with ranges for corn oats wheat rye and barley and Monday livestock estimates for hogs cattle and sheep.
The text describes mailing a monthly report of all diseases mentioned for quarantine to the collaborating epidemiologist before the fifth day of the month. It also notes preparing a placard and additional diseases required by the United States government and specifies mailing promptly if no cases are reported.
County Agent Christensen reports widespread hog cholera in Webster County with Liberty township alone losing about 5,000 hogs. Lincoln Scott townships and areas near Homer Kamrar also affected. Some remedies worsen the disease. farmers warned not to feed prepared stock foods to sick hogs.
The article discusses selling dates in November for Willey at Columbus Junction and Aberdeen Angus cattle, advocates hogging down corn as cheaper than traditional methods, notes 200-pound hogs as most profitable, and explains corn storage and concrete feeding-floor construction for hogs to improve winter efficiency. It cites N Freeling of Cedar County and L D Holmquist of Gage County, Nebraska, with Iowa Experiment Station guidance on drying and ventilating corn and practical floor plans by D R Van Horn.
Ames reports eggs will fetch high prices this winter due to storage shortages. The farm bureau offers guidance on poultry housing ventilation space sunlight and moisture to boost winter production. A flock of 100 hens should produce 30 to 35 eggs daily in winter.
Harding leads in a Farm Journal straw poll from 13 states with about 70 percent of the farmer vote. Minnesota shows 96 percent for Harding while Indiana and Illinois show divisions around Cox. California supports Harding at 71 percent. results suggest farmers favor Harding more than Cox Debs or farmer labor.
American sculptor Olaf Mierkman creates an impressionistic sculpture of Edgar Allan Poe with a raven hovering over his head. The piece is praised as one of the most remarkable conceptions on Poe and the American figure.
Two hundred prominent University of Iowa girls volunteer to serve the 2000 alumni and friends at the Homecoming barbecue on Friday November 12 in the new armory. Tickets sold in advance via Prof. Dayton Stoner. menu includes barbecue beef beans pie and coffee. Rush C Putter of Chicago toasts speakers. program planned with informal gathering under open skylight to vent smoke.
Greenland got its name from the green summer mantle of mosses grasses and flowering plants that cover the island. The term green land reflects the lush surface seen during warmer months.
A St Paul Nebraska user shares relief from periodical pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial claims the product is non narcotic and safe, with a long track record and thousands of endorsements from the Pinkham laboratory in Lynn Massachusetts, promoting it as a standard cure for female illnesses.
Prices listed for dairy and poultry include Cream butter fat per pound at 48 cents Eyes per dozen 4 cents Hens per pound 20 cents Old Roosters price not shown Ae Springs per pound 20 cents Ducks per pound 15 cents Geese per pound 10 cents Turkeys per pound 25 cents Turkeys toms per pound 28 cents
J B Renoux of Washington reports relief from back pain and kidney irregularities after using Deans Kidney Pills. He says the pills prevent attacks triggered by cold and spinal injury, and recommends them as a reliable kidney remedy priced 69 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo represents the ad.
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