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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1921
Page
2
Chicago market totals show hogs led by price ranges from 6.50 to 9.00 per cwt with top early 9.00 and holdovers. Beef and veal receipts listed with various weight classes and price bands. Sheep and lambs show fat lambs up 25 cents, feeders steady, receipts noted. combined movement includes hogs 33,499 cattle 21,233 sheep 26,530 calves 416.
A sequence of upcoming farm animal auctions is posted with sellers and dates. Notable entries include Sept 17 Chas Brown selling household goods, Sept 20 L H Rinner dairy cows, and Oct 22 John Wagner Poland China sale. Also a fashion note about Congo women wearing heavy anklets.
The Farm Bureau plans a large county picnic on Monday May 1 at Chautauqua park west of Washington open to members and nonmembers. Ed Cunningham state federation secretary will speak with Adam Middleton Eagle Grove and Mrs Richardson Mahaska County also expected to attend. Washington band will perform and an afternoon ball game plus horseshoes and fi nish will keep attendees engaged. In rain the event moves to Graham theater.
Farm department urges shocked fodder in silos with water for proper fermentation and recommends ensilage for feed value. Farmers warned about sending horses against tractors after a Fargo demonstration where horses suffered and costs differed. Iowa State College advises fall pig selection with barley ration and salt, plus distributing Iowa 1946 Hardy Wheat to northern growers. Two dollars and a half
The fragment states that all orders must be accompanied by something to the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association in Ames Iowa. The note emphasizes procedural requirement for submitting orders to the Iowa program.
Cedar Rapids, Sept. 18 Mrs Eve F Rowray becomes a proudest mother in Cedar Rapids with the birth of her twenty second child a daughter She is 42 and has been a mother since 17 and grandmother before 40 She has endured two marriages and ten of her children are dead now living with her in Davenport and Rock Island shops worketh husband a machinist The story notes three pairs of twins but only one pair survived
Minnesota reports its roads as never better with uniform quality across the state. About a thousand patrolmen maintain seven thousand miles of state highways after a road measure enabled organized, constant maintenance. Highway Commissioner Babcock ordered: Get results, the opportunity and necessity for real service is before us.
The report stresses smooth road surfaces as essential for public opinion and safety. Patrolmen oversee ten hour days on eight to ten mile sections, with district crews handling heavier work. Minnesota notes growing road costs but cites progress, with half the highway mileage labeled good and state maintenance easing local burdens.
The Minneapolis Journal notes a push to quickly improve feeder roads across Minnesota. The plan aims to create a better road system that reaches every corner of the state, signaling substantial infrastructure development.
A fragmented critique sketches a cynical view of human foibles and pretensions, hinting at a persona who questions virtue while exposing the flaws in others. The text reads like a satirical confession of social folly.
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