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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1923
Page
2
Chicago and Iowa markets show mixed opening figures with hogs estimated at 23 000 today and holdovers around 739 in Chicago, while cattle receipts near 6 000 and sheep about 19 000. Prices range with hogs mostly higher and beef steers and veal stockers fluctuating, grain and corn influences noted by Beach Wickham Grain Co.
The schedule lists sale dates and locations near Washington Iowa including timber sales for H G Jeffrey and T v Finley on Sept 11, various household goods on Sept 12, and multiple Jersey and Poland China hog sales with buyers such as Gamon & Sons and Cocklin. Octobers include Duroe Jersey sales and Knote k brothers near Washington.
The Toronto Public Library now owns the largest collection of early Canadian life prints. The assemblage comprises nearly four thousand engravings, prints and paintings.
Jud Tunkins laments after discarding lightning rods discovers their value as protection. He questions who caused the mix up whether scientists or ad writers are to blame.
Bats are disciplined about cleanliness washing their faces with their wings and grooming their fur with their hind claws. Young are born in June numbering one or two and cling to the mother for two weeks while she flies at night.
Mrs Peabody scolds Mr Peabody for ill chosen dress a red tie and white vest for a funeral she quips that salt and pepper would be better suited to face cannibals.
Xenophon notes Cyrus' grandfather wore a wig suggesting Medes popularized the practice. The article also cites a Cretan tendency reflected by frizzed statue heads and states that stage wigs were common among the Greeks.
Advertisement notes catarrh worsens when run down and claims a local ointment plus an internal tonic improve general health. Claims the product has been sold by druggists for years and lists Fy & Co., Toledo, Ohio, as the supplier.
Wellman notes heavy rain on Thursday with three inches falling between seven and ten in the morning. The English river bank and creeks rose high, marking the heaviest rainfall of the summer. Local folks report travel and activity continuing after the storm with people visiting, farming, and attending events in neighboring towns.
In Lexington on September 20 the Harvest Home Festival will be held in the church yard with dinner served in the basement. Mrs Mary Fleming arrives from Chicago for a Fleming reunion next Saturday and several locals are mentioned visiting and helping with farm tasks.
Crawfordsville reports Mrs. J. F. Buxbaum visiting Grace Hill to stay with relatives including Rev and Mrs G W Hanna and Miss Mary McCall. T H Barnes attended Keokuk Presbytery meeting in Washington. Red Cross members met yesterday afternoon at the People's Savings Bank.
Wilber Day and family visit West Chester with tales of stock movements. The writer notes expectations of 20 cars of stock this week and recalls a local oil station selling $11,000 worth of gasoline monthly. The piece blends family recollections with rural commerce and fuel usage observations.
The column riffs on money and drink, mentions West Chester lacking preaching, local visitors from Washing ton and Oskaloosa, horse market shifts, planned White Way road work, and a long road trip by Prof. L. E. Anderson and Daryl returning from Los Angeles. It also reports football optimism and upcoming Oskaloosa fair attendance.
Buick cars maintain their performance and reliability while gasoline in California costs 9 cents per gallon, reflecting stable operating costs from the era.
Mr and Mrs Glad Mast celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary on Sunday September 5 with a picnic dinner at noon. About forty five friends and neighbors attended including Mr and Mrs Sam White and Mr and Mrs Dave McLaughlin who spent Tuesday evening at the P R Schantz home.
L FE Strickler of Iowa City files with the Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners for a certificate to operate as a motor carrier of passengers between Iowa City and Washington via Riverside and Kalona. A hearing is set for September 12, 1923, at 10 a.m. in the Johnson County Court House, Iowa City.
An inquiry notes that reading the Journal advertisement prompts a guarantee of prompt service. The reader implies that the ad confirms a swift response and reliable handling.
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