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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
4
Chicago market report shows hogs receipts 22 000 with top at 18.10 and ranged 15 25 to 18 10. Cattle receipts 12 000 with opening slow on select beef and calves. feeders firm. range 8 25 to 17 65 for beef steers. Sheep receipts 33 000 with lambs 12 55 to 15. yearlings 9 to 11. ewes 6 50 to 17 75. trading very slow.
Trading closes show Sept Dec and May futures with modest gains and losses. Cars trade at .65 to .73 for Sept through May, cash corn steady around 1.46 to 1.47, oats steadier near 65 to 67, clover and coffee prices cited for March and December respectively.
A relief ship at St. Nazaire bound for the Caucasus was delayed as two dozen suits of silk underwear sent from Paris did not arrive. The Red Cross workers aboard, all men, were ordered to wear silk undergarments since typhus is transmitted by lice and silk resists them.
Five year old Frederick visits neighbor across the way and tells his mother he saw Mrs Smith wearing looking glasses. The child described the scene with innocent astonishment.
Smylie's second jail sale of the season is moved from September 25 to October 5 to align with the southeastern Iowa sale circuit. The event will start at 7 PM after the Cartright sale in Burlington, maintaining high quality stock from Iowa bloodlines such as Orion Cherry King and Pathfinder lines.
Dean Curtiss warns farmers at an Iowa field day that high farm prices will not last. He urges conservative land use, reduced debt, and improved farming methods to secure returns. He notes good land remains valuable while poor land faces tougher years. The piece also notes a USDA plan to stamp horse meat with green ink for market labeling.
Cooler weather shifts markets with a projected drop in poultry prices due to ample supply while butter prices rise from fat shortages. Cream and eyes of ten delivery emphasized, with specific regional rates for butter fat content and various livestock products listed.
A forthcoming Bureau of Public Roads bulletin examines rapidly rising motor truck use and its effects on highways. The preliminary research notes wartime traffic levels skew data and calls for further study to identify highway designs best suited to handle heavy freight transport.
Charles Schultz, once a Peoria cabinetmaker, became a recluse after a rejected romance and has lived alone for fifty years in the Mackinaw bottoms, twenty miles west of Bloomington. Now nearing life’s end, he welcomes visitors and conversation though he still prefers solitude. He owns forty acres of timber, hunts, fishes, and gardens to sustain his isolated life.
Des Moines detectives chase a clue a single initial L on a towel to identify suspects after a three to four day old baby is found dead in the basement of 709 Center street. D Daley discovered the body Tuesday morning. coroner Guy Clift says there were no signs of violence, the infant died likely from starvation and exposure.
Opposition from several members led house leaders to abandon the proposed gift of a sword to General Pershing. The action followed debates over an appropriation of 10000 dollars, with a resolution of thanks to Pershing and his officers and men adopted instead. Representative Schull of Minnesota dissented.
A clipped advertisement requests help finding a missing laborer's watch near a pumping station. The note ponders how a laborer's watch differs from a banker's watch, hinting at class or regional terminology in a 19th century context.
The Towa weather crop bulletin reports a hot start, then frosts and widespread drought across central and southern Iowa. Late corn deteriorates after three weeks without rain, hay yields fall, winter wheat seeding slows, and cattle and sheep move into the state as feeders hesitate amid wartime price controls.
Arlo Trueblood a 26 year old farm worker from near Salem died by hanging in a field after leaving home for a day’s work. Coroner Ralph Crane said Trueblood climbed a tree and lowered himself the rope around his neck leaving no note or clear reason for the act. His unmarried parents in Memphis Missouri were notified and relatives planned to handle arrangements.
John Smake of Excelsior Springs Missouri handed Mason City Police Chief Thomas Locke a $100 bill praising the paving. The city council accepted the donation at a special meeting. Smake runs the Elms Hotel at a Missouri health resort en route to Minnesota.
A historic want ad-style pitch promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound to restore natural hair color. The ad touts easy, ready-to-use application without medical claims, claiming gray strands vanish by morning and hair becomes darker and shinier.
The Aero Club of Iowa sent invitations to thirty Iowa aviators to participate in an aerial field meet in Des Moines in October. A general committee from the Greater Des Moines committee, Chamber of Commerce and motor trades bureau will oversee the event. Up to fifty planes are expected to compete for total prizes of $5,000.
Retail stores for surplus army supplies will open in national districts across the country. They will sell over the counter and by mail order, stocking nearly every household item. District centers include El Paso, St. Louis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Seattle, Chicago, Omaha, St. Paul and San Antonio.
Des Moines reports Senator Cummins wired dairy and food commish W B Barney that he has referred the sugar issue to the New York sugar equalization board and is pursuing fair allotment. Nebraska received 6000 tons last week through Senator Hitchcock with 100000 beet sugar bags expected soon.
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