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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1922
Page
2
Chicago market reports show cattle receipts 3,000 and sheep 14,009 with holdovers 8,887 and a market wide rise of 15 to 26 cents. Beef steers and veal calves offered with varied weights and grades. grain futures list Sept wheat at around 1.60 and corn near 0.46 to 0.60. Cash wheat bids include old No 3 white oats and No 2 yellow corn noted along with steady livestock tones for Friday.
Sale dates announced for Poland China hog auctions in Washington September 19 Welch Wagner Keota September 23 Robt Bheetz Poland China sale September 30 Hillhouse Brighton Ort 10 W R Gammon Washington Poland China Hog Sale auctions listed with locations and dates.
Estimated receipts today total 13 000 with hogs cattle and sheep. Fat lambs rise while sheep hold steady and feeder lambs fetch 11 50 to 12 75 per cwt. Breeding ewes and culls move at 1 50 to 11 50 with older full mouths to yearlings.
The museum in Hara city, capital of old Japan, founded in 756, holds about 3,000 items regarded as finest decorative works. It opens only one day a year when an official committee inspects the collection to ensure its integrity.
Iowa soil surveys covering 28 counties find 11 percent of land suitable as is while 22 percent needs a half to one ton per acre lime, 65 percent needs two to three tons and 15 percent is highly acidic requiring over three tons. Four year lime trials show increased clover and corn yields on high acidity soil, with notable gains on low acidity as well. Beef club calves fetch $29,476 at Des Moines fair, average 963 pounds, highest $20 per cwt, selling to ten packers. Most youths plan to raise more calves for next year.
Local church reports growing turnout for services with visitors from nearby communities. Music provided by Eunice Scott Reeves Prairie Flower and preaching by Rev. Unthank with Rev. Nash West Chester. Attendees travel 12 to 15 miles for worship and exhortation to accept Jesus Christ and seek salvation.
Historical note traces soap origin to Pliny who described it as made from goat's tallow and beech ash. This early reference places soap usage in ancient times and links formulations to animal fats and ash-based cleansers.
Bradstreet's Journal notes Des Moines bank clearings of 7.41 million for the week ending August 31, up from 237 thousand the prior week. Nationally, clearings total 5.637 billion vs 6.841 billion the week before, with trade mixed as strike tensions easing and mining activity resumes.
The article notes that plants grown in Europe for their volatile oils can be cultivated in parts of Argentina. It reports experiments indicating they will produce yields equal in quantity and quality to European products.
Des Moines hosts Washington County picnic on Labor Day at Greenwood Park. About 175 attendees enjoy readings by Miss Marjorie Heckman and greetings from Col. Brookhart and H. W. Parrott. Officers elected include Dr. A. A. Sandy president and Miss Lora Darbyshire vice president.
London reports Maj or Cecil Taylor president of the Imperial Society of Dancing Teachers declared the bunny hug the shimmy and all exaggerated moves doomed after a preliminary conference at the Holborn restaurant. The week featured lively dance tunes.
Dancing teachers study new styles as Major Taylor forecasts the next season. The fox trot and valse emerge as fashionable, with smoother movements and steadier shoulders. The tango evolves to a quicker fox trot, slower music, and less noise, signaling social dancing progress.
The text notes that Egyptians used pay with goods in early history and later adopted gold and copper rings as a medium of exchange. These formed forerunners to the first coins.
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