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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1920
Page
2
Estimated receipts today include 2,000 hogs 1,000 cattle and 5,000 sheep. Market shows mixed gains with top hogs at 16.25 while most sales range 14.25 to 16.10. Other grains and prices listed by Beach Wickham Grain Co. with futures and cash quotes.
Fred W. Toledo? To ham of the Republican National Committee says Governor Cox misrepresented a plan to raise five to ten thousand dollars and cites Form 101 as never adopted. Blair drafted a tentative fund plan June 14 that proposed ditching the $1,000 limit, but the committee vetoed it.
The Monthly Weather Review notes a 2% inch downpour in three minutes at Porto Bello in the Canal Zone, a historic rainfall record from 1911. Weather Bureau stations nationwide collect rainfall and weather data for public and scientific use.
The text explains how sunlight drives chemical changes that color fruit red yellow green or purple. It notes this action peaks when day night temperature differences are greatest, in fall, followed by spring.
The younger Michaux in 1802 travels west of the Alleghanies and recalls the standard question new settlers asked, From what part of the world have you come. He observes these vast fertile regions appearing as a natural meeting ground for global inhabitants.
Col W G Dows and the Iowa Railway and Light company announce a seven million dollar investment to build twelve to fifteen water power plants delivering 15 000 kilowatts an hour. Sites secured on the Cedar Maquoketa and Wapsie rivers with central plants at Maquoketa Anamosa and Cedar Rapids. The firm also owns a plant at Oxford Mills and locates plants at Shellsburg The Pallisades Cedar Bluffs Cedar Valley Canton and more.
Sheriff P. E. Coon traveled to Mason City to arrest Clair L. Smith, who is held on forgery charges. Smith allegedly issued three checks totaling about $200 at Laurel and Grinnell banks, fled with his wife and two children, and faces potential additional serious charges.
The Baltimore 1832 Democratic National Convention established the two thirds rule for nominating Andrew Jackson for a second term with Martin Van Buren as running mate. The rule proved inflexible while Republicans use a majority rule. Jackson was nominated on the ninth ballot. his previous running mate in 1828 was John C. Calhoun.
A brief quotation notes a satirical jab about a coat price. The speaker argues lower charges reduce the debt owed, reflecting social humor and economic critique in a clipped, newspaper‑style line.
The notice lists multiple farm auctions in Iowa and nearby areas from Sept. 7 to Sept. 23, including W. A. Harper and others selling land, stock, hogs, and cattle. An article about E. F. Breitkrantz of Wisner Neb. discusses keeping his two sons Earl and Ervin on the farm, sharing profits, and studying market trends to resist city counterfeits and secure family farming.
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station reports Sudan grass on 5.4 acres supported six Holstein cows from July 10 to October 11. Seeded June 6, it grew fast. seven tons of hay were harvested in late July as cows struggled to keep it down. Milk output and butter fat covered grain costs, yielding about 256.40 dollars income from hay value and pasture, with over 47 dollars per acre.
It is sound farm management to sell about one fifth of total receipts from crops while four fifths come from livestock. Oats emerge as the most economical cash crop, a useful rotation link between corn and hay, though not as profitable as some crops. Some oats may be fed to work horses in summer.
The Missouri Experiment Station fed pigs to compare purebreds, half-breds, and scrubs. Purebreds averaged 300 pounds, half-breds 235, and scrubs 160, with all receiving equal care. The study, repeated, highlights feeding and breeding differences shaping hog gains across regions.
Experts say eradicating hog cholera hinges on education and cooperation among state agencies, producers, dealers, and veterinarians. Quarantine infected premises, isolate sick hogs, burn cholera-stricken animals, and disinfect hog areas. Regular cleaning and timely serum use can protect whole herds. a mineral mixture weighing 200 pounds is being used by hogmen in some regions.
A historic agricultural note recommends mixing ground charcoal 100 lb, ground limestone 100 lb, wood ashes 50 lb, salt 10 lb, sulphur 5 lb, and copperal to supply minerals. It advises free access to pure salt in addition and to keep the mixture available to growing and breeding stock except when on pasture, where only pure rock salt is needed in a small feeder.
In Montezuma on September 4, EB D Rayburn and A O Morgan reconciled after prior street altercation in June when Rayburn shot Morgan and was arrested. Rev Lloyd Lanning of the Methodist church attended the meeting as mediator with both families and the two men forgave past offenses.
Our pricing on day lists cream butter fat test per dozen for eggs fresh laid hens per pound old roosters per pound spring chicks per pound ducks per pound.
Public sale sells all blacksmith and woodworker tools and shop contents as listed. Items include a Fairbanks Morse engine disc sharpener band saw bench vice and forge. The shop is being torn down after sale. Marsden clerk.
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