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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1921
Page
2
Chicago market data show estimated hog receipts at 3,000 with holdover 5,061 and cattle receipts at 600 while sheep total 3,000. Market broadly higher by 10 to 26 cents, with top hogs around 9.60 and various weight classes lifting. Official yesterday totals include hogs 17,000 and cattle 3,426. no market Monday for Labor Day.
Sale dates announced for multiple cattle listings. September 17 features W R Gamon Poland China stock, September 20 presents L H Rinner Noble Drocs and dairy cows, and October 6 lists E J Paul Washington Spotted Poland China offerings.
A battalion of about three hundred cavalrymen from Camp Dodge will camp in Keota overnight on Saturday September 17 subject to officer plans. Three lieutenants secured Mayor McNurlen’s permission to use the city park for tents and horse picketing. The unit will arrange meals and will perform a free concert and drill for the town.
Keota Eagle notes two recent hold ups in the area near Kinross and east of town. A man in an auto was stopped by a gang in another car, a young couple were halted, and a farmer and his wife were blocked by a large vehicle. The only damage was verbal abuse, but residents fear a growing menace.
A small paper reflects on the awkward job of reporting facts without hurting readers. The piece notes that names or insinuations may upset subjects, while some people prefer not to have their names printed at all. It emphasizes not intending harm.
Dreaming of many fireflies and a deceitful wife warns of loss and danger to livelihood if caution is not observed. The omen suggests following a phantom leads to vulnerability and potential financial or personal harm.
The U S S battery station on the square's south side, run by Daviess and Findlay, closed this week as Mr Daviess accepts a Burlington position and moves there. Mr Findlay remains and may open a radiator repair shop. the firm was well known and its loss is regretted locally.
Dean William Raymond head of the department of Applied Science at the University of Iowa will address the Rotary Club Monday evening. Members may bring sons and daughters aged 12 to 20 or borrow neighbors' children for a special dinner at 6 30 at the Commercial club with a special program planned.
Ed Robinson of the West Chester community was injured last evening when the car he rode in overturned near Keota. He suffered severe head and shoulder bruises and one broken rib. His condition improved today and doctors say the injuries are not expected to be serious.
Yesterday evening Crawfordsville members faced Wahlington's team in a horse shoe pitching contest. The final score was 8 to 6 for Crawfordsville with a large congregation observing the game.
A humorous verse shows a mother using slang and sharp wit at home. She jokes with the father about dining manners and with the preacher about propriety, while warning her son about his sister’s mood and a looming beating if he does not act.
John F. McElroy aged 45 president of the Vinton Trust and Manufacturers Company was electrocuted in his back yard when a falling guy wire brought a live electric line into contact with a clothes line. Death was instantaneous. He is survived by a wife and seven children.
The 1919 farm milk output reached 7.806 billion gallons, with 6.894 billion gallons reported as actual production. Butter and cheese on farms fell, while milk sales rose by 30.6 percent to 2.529 billion gallons, led by New York, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
An active Farmers Union gathering in Washington county at Woodman Hall focused on state convention topics to be discussed in Des Moines. Delegates from county locals and many members attended as W M Sutherland and I B Rabenold presented committee reports and debated a non partisan league picnic and future programs.
A photoplay inspired by Frederic Remington presents life on early prairie fronts and Fort Sheridan. The plot follows a bored wife who runs away with another man, returns to her husband a year later, and the couple reconciles amid perilous coach rides and Indian encounters. Monday and Tuesday showings.
Mr. Leege of the Shores Mueller Company will administer Shores Worm Torpedoes to hog herds in Ainsworth. He plans 500 head for Frank Van Horn and 200 for Blake Spencer plus other local farms. Attendance by interested residents is invited at the farms. services are free, charges apply only to remedy used.
Morning passenger Fred Kutt and Roy Stewart with Mrs G W travel updates. Ray Stewart seriously ill in Pleasanton Kansas. Merle Eckles L K Larson trip through northern Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin noted. Henrietta Wittaker Blanche Singmaster to re-enter St Joseph Academy Ottumwa. Cora Teeter to teach at Fairfield High School. Tire sale discount at White Way Garage. Lucile Scull visiting Myrtle Carbaugh returns to Burlington. Elwood Grubb visiting Havre. Marguerite Wallace to teach at Traer junior high. Prof T C Davis to start fall term Sept 6 studio over Blair’s Store. Mrs J H Hesseltine attended funeral of cousin Wm Kays er. Mrs Charles Denison leaving for Topeka with beauty parlor closed during absence.
Chicago report says chicken thieves used chloroform to subdue poultry. The case centers on Charles C. Clappham of Libertyville who overslept due to his rooster not crowing, with feathers and a strong chloroform odor found at the scene.
A cryptic exchange in a London taxi involves an Irish cab driver repeating phrases to a passenger. The dialogue hints at a coded message or秘密.
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