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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1949
Page
6
The 1947 data show the average shipping cost for moving one ton of freight one mile by rail fell short of 11.10 dollars, reflecting industry pricing in the postwar period with overall transportation costs trending downward.
Friday sale at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sessions weekly at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa and Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Iowa with times. September 7 Household sale Crawfordsville Mes 1 30 pm Etta Buxbaum September 10 Dairy Cattle Keota 1 pm Henry and Bud Trier September 15 Closing Out sale 218 acre farm 1 30 pm east of Brighton John F E Dunbar Estate September 27 Closing Out sale 412 miles SE of Washington Wayland road Van Nostrand Sowash
In Glenville a bold daylight hold up by Duke Insabato and henchmen sparked fear. Terry Oakes a bank president used a sign promising safety to mislead the robbers, as the town observed a swift, baffling stand down when the bandits failed to enter the bank and were later captured.
Illinois expert H. B. Petty cites field tests showing spraying dairy cows with methoxychlor can lift milk production up to 15 percent during the four month fly season, potentially adding about $75 per 15 cow herd while costing 20 to 25 cents per head.
Home economists favor enamelware for preparing, storing, and reheating foods. Its glass on steel construction prevents odor absorption and keeps flavors from lingering.
Old and New Today's look at farm work notes machines replacing horses in haying time. With machinery more available than ever, the upper scene yields to the lower showing an automatic baler and field bale loader cutting man hours in hayfields by as much as 75 percent.
An article highlights the use of vitamin B12 in hog feeding practices to promote growth and health. It discusses potential benefits for pig production and notes industry interest.
Michigan State College researchers report a new vitamin that shows growth stimulating properties in pigs. When added in small amounts to pig diets, it appears to improve gains for dry-lot swine, signaling potential feeding benefits. The article also notes rapid early brain growth in humans.
Grace Hill notes describe visits and gatherings around Grace Hill including the Swickards visiting Mrs Lloyd Hayes Monday afternoon. Several Keota and Kalona residents, school teacher changes, birthdays, and home improvements are mentioned along with wedding attendance in Washington and court updates on Justice Wiley Rutledge.
The composer Handel became nearly blind while composing Jephtha and endured three unsuccessful cataract operations, leaving him totally blind in his later years. The poet Milton's blindness is attributed to retinal detachment from inherited myopia.
The air force tests an experimental rocket ship named X-2 featuring a stainless steel hull to endure heat and pressure at speeds of 1,700 mph and altitudes up to 80,000 feet.
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