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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1922
Page
2
Chicago September 9 1922 market report shows estimated receipts hogs 13040 cattle 2602 sheep 11156 calves 746 with bids and prices across weight classes. Wheat corn oats cash quotes and livestock estimates for Monday list totals and expected market direction.
Sale dates list events near Washington including C B Jacobson sale Sept 14 six miles southwest, Welch and Wagner Poland China hog sale Sept 19, Rob rt Rheetz Poland China sale in Keota Sept 23, F Mithouse Brighton Spotted Poland China sale Sept 36, and W R Gammon Poland China hog sale Oct 16.
Washington report forecasts indicate crops valued at about 6.6 billion dollars on September 1, with corn cotton and hay each exceeding a billion. August drought trimmed corn and cotton prospects, while Nebraska and other states show notable bushel declines across key crops.
Jay Stapp aged 36 of Columbus Junction Iowa died in Denver Colorado from injuries after an automobile accident. Police report states he was the auto victim in the west day incident. Local authorities confirmed his death and next of kin information was not immediately released.
Morning and evening worship led by Rev. J Read McCrory with organ preludes and multiple anthems. Featured pieces include Break of Dawn, Come Before His Presence, Spring Song, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, Evensong, Praise Waiteth for Thee, Thou O God Art Praised, and Melody in A. Helen Harvey accompanies as organist with Louise Livingston on piano.
At Ackley on September 9 Mrs. Ernest Nielson saved her two children from a twenty foot well where they fell through a loosened plank while playing near a pump. She climbed down, carried them to safety, and emerged with bruised feet but unharmed youngsters.
D J Ahern, a farmer, sues the First National Bank of Iowa City alleging the bank appropriated or lost 500 of his liberty bonds. The suit cites a November 1920 transaction and a September 1921 discovery that only 650 of 1150 dollars in bonds remained. He seeks restoration of the full amount and restitution.
Des Moines Iowa hosts the fifty sixth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic from September 24 to 29 191? with veterans recalling Gettysburg Sherman s march to the sea and Appomattox. Des Moines churches will host services and gatherings with regimental exchanges and a capitol grounds school program. The article notes dwindling membership from a peak around 409 489 in 1889 90 to fewer than 95 000 today and expects a good turnout.
Carolyn Shuster, eighteen, daughter of W. Morgan Shuster of Century Publishing, and William Morris, twenty, son of a local Glasgow merchant, were located by relatives and volunteers at Goodnight eight miles north. They had vanished Wednesday night while planning to elope to Tennessee. Shuster was returned to her mother, Mrs. Pearl Trigg Shuster, in Glasgow.
The Senate approved Senator Borah's measure creating a commission to study the coal industry and report to Congress on preventing coal field strikes, sent to the House which has passed the Winslow bill. Senators Borah Sterling and Walsh were named conference participants.
A U Fire swept the Swift Canadian Packing plant in Toronto Ontario in September causing losses estimated at over 1500 in coinage. The fire destroyed 300 00 pounds of lard and 2000 carcasses of imb.
News desk unrest in Mexico City when Graphic Art syndicate and reporters union drive out all staff at gunpoint as the Universal goes to press. Soldiers guard the plant and bar entry to the editor amid destroyed editions.
London reports a new self contained pulverizer that dries and powders coal and feeds it directly to the furnace. It cuts pulverization costs to about 69 cents per ton from 1.25 to 2.50 and enables low grade coal to be commercially viable with a touch of paraffin. This could open millions of tons for industrial use, boosting England's fuel resources.
Iowa State College celebrates a strong showing at the state fair with Ed ward Uhl noting fifteen first prizes eighteen seconds and twelve thirds across Hampshire Oxford Southdown Rambouillet and Shropshire sheep. The horse division also yields multiple honors including three firsts two seconds and two thirds with College Queen Clydesdale named reserve junior champion mare.
Fairfield chautauqua board moved the next assembly from August to July starting Sunday July 22 ending July 29. The new committee includes H P McLaughlin W C Keesey and C M Graham coordinating the program. Monthly board meetings with possible dinners or entertainments are planned.
The 1922 fiscal year closed with a surplus of 314 million dollars as ordinary expenditures fell to 3.372 billion after excluding debt retirements. Public debt declined to 22.963 billion, down 1.014 billion from 23.977 billion. Congress spent seven percent less than Budget Bureau estimates for 1923.
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