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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1921

Page

2

Daily Market Reports Hogs and Cattle Prices Chicago

Estimated receipts today 3506 hogs and 2500 cattle. Holdover 4635 hogs. Market steady to strong with top prices 7.60 to 8.60 for various weights. Livestock estimates for Monday: hogs 33,000 cattle 22,000 sheep 25,000. Official yesterday figures show hogs 15502 cattle 3794 sheep 10541 calves 958. Shipments 4312 hogs 2254 cattle 6489 calves 385. Consign your livestock to John A. Babcock Commission Merchant.

Chicago III

Sale Dates for Livestock and Herd Auctions

Sale listings show livestock auctions in Washington and nearby towns with sellers including L H Rinner Noble, Keating Bros Washington, J C Huston Crawfordville, Knotek Bros Washington, E J Paul Washington, P J Welsh Washington, John Wagner Washington, and Ernest Carlson Washington. Sold animals include Du Roc Jersey and Poland China varieties with varied sale dates from Sept. 20 to Oct. 25.

E. Frechin N. 7Th Ave Washington L. H. Rinner Noble, Durocs Keating Bros J. C. Huston Crawfordeville Knotek Bros Duroc Jersey E. J. Paul Poland China P. J. Welsh John Wagner Ernest Carlson Duroc Jersey

World Wheat Prospects Positive but With Dry Season Warnings

Report cites 1921 wheat harvest estimates from 20 countries totaling 2.461 billion bushels, up from 2.384 billion, with the United States and others making 68 percent of world output. Drought in northern regions and hot winds reduced yield in British India, while European crops improve. India may import wheat, and Canada shows strong spring wheat in Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta.

United States Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates United States Department of Agriculture United Europe Bureau Belgium Greece India Canada Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta Ontario

Canada Wheat Output in 1921 Reaches New High

Canada's 1921 wheat crop totals 288,493,000 bushels, up from 263,189,000 last year. Russia faces a hopeless crop outlook with scant sowing and expected imports. North Africa shows larger yields with Algeria best, Tunisia somewhat lower, Morocco satisfactory. Rome IA Institute estimates 66,138,000 bushels for three countries in 1921 versus 6,743,000 in 1920.

Alberta Canada Russia Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates Africa Algeria Tunis Morocco International Institute of Agriculture Rome

Davenport to Teach Deaf in City Schools

Davenport announces new deaf classes under Miss Lavilla A. Ward. Classes to be housed at Lincoln school, with about eighteen to twenty five pupils expected this fall. Previously deaf children attended state schools or received no schooling.

City Davenport Lavilla A. Ward Lincoln School Council Bluffs

Trilogy Structure in Greek Drama

Coleridge notes that a Greek drama formed a trilogy of three connected plays acted in sequence within a single day, composing one dramatic story through linked acts.

Coleridge

Local Market Prices for Fresh Eggs and Poultry

Fresh laid eggs at 27 cents per dozen. Cream with butterfat test at 32 cents per pound. Prices listed for bee sue rud lee, duck, goose, old roosters, turkeys per pound. Reads like a rural grocery price sheet from a historical issue.

Sue Rud Lee Seeee Springs

Growthy Pigs Report Set From Brewer Dairy Farm

The Journal notes a record from Brewer the dairyman west of Washington who sold ten pigs from one litter at five months averaging 212 pounds each. The piece highlights unusually rapid pig growth and invites readers to share similar results for comparison.

E. W Wagner Journal of Brewer Washington Journal

Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Testimony

Mrs. Carrie Williams of Overpeck Ohio says the remedy helped before and after childbirth easing backache headaches and fatigue. She now manages two boys and works independently and recommends the product for similar ailments. The ad touts the compound as restoring health for women with menstrual and nervous complaints and promotes it as a standard remedy nationwide.

Lydia E. Pinkham Lydia Carrie Williams Overpeck Ohio United States Lydia FP. Pinkham

International bankers forecast Mexico prosperity and global market optimism

An international committee of bankers from the United States and Europe prepares to visit Mexico as hopes rise for a swift resolution of the Mexican situation. Observers note improved European conditions, rising French securities, active German industry, and a generally bullish U.S. market with higher trading volume and renewed investor interest.

Wagner New York Mexico Terest Belgium France Great Britain London Germany

Free rein and absence of serious adverse factors

A brief note asserts there is free rein with no serious adverse factors affecting the situation.

Lift Ban on Sunday Horseshoe Pitching

Lincoln Neb September 17 local club known as Shoddy Allen meets with legal help to argue about Sunday blue laws. City counsel and legal peers declare horseshoes are not quoits thus not banned in Lincoln on Sundays. Deputy City Attorney Wilke’s opinion ends enforcement fears and police won’t intervene in Sunday games.

Lincoln, Nebr Allen Club Lincoln City of Wilke

Nine rattlesnakes killed on Iowa farm

Winterset Iowa reports nine rattlesnakes killed on a farm. The incident occurred as local farmers confronted a rattlesnake problem. No injuries or further details are provided in the brief notice.

Trons Fends Off Threatening Snakes on Jones Creek Hill

Trons hunting on a rock hill along Jones Creek encountered nine snakes. After a warning rattle, he fired at a large rattler and hit another big one nearby. Seven more rattlers were dispatched, mostly destroying their rattles with a shotgun. He saved three snakes with 11, 10, and 9 rattles, indicating their large size. The den was located on a Rolistin farm.

Trons Jones Creek Rolistin

Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Trouble Says Washington Woman

A Washington woman testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved daily backache dizzy spells and nervous symptoms from kidney trouble. She reports initial relief in 1910 and a continued steady improvement by 1919, endorsing the remedy and its availability from Foster Milburn.

Washington Mra A. D. Dusenberry Sao Dean Doan

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Daily Market Reports John A. Babcock Commission Malin Yard Illinois RE. W. Wagner Iowa City Iowa Mer Cory W. S. Reister & Sons East Third St Mutual East Washington St Ise Journal’s Farm Department Wagner Weekly Review Winnipeg North America Argentina Australia U. S Landis Dee H. J. Fallon N. Y R. O. Cromwell Denison Texas Dallas Mrs. Williams Winterset Paige Glenbrook Detroit Motor Car CO Detroit, Michigan Schulty Motor Car Co Lenox Ardmore Lakewood Ayt Area Mateal R. L. Gibson North Ave L. H. Orr Land Co Safeguard Or Gazette Office Columbus Oildag John Striegel, Jr Harper, Iowa Property Owners Federation, Inc Fice Tastances
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