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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1920
Page
2
Estimated today receipts 2 000 hogs cattle sheep and calves. Market mostly 10 to 25 cents higher than Friday with fat stock canners calves and feeders showing varied gains. Official yesterday totals show hogs 10 298 cattle 7 282 sheep 7 557 calves 1 587.
Grain futures end mixed with wheat near 2.40 for December and corn around 1.28 cash. Oats hold near 0.60 while livestock estimates show hogs 26,000 and cattle 27,000 at Chicago, with cash markets showing varied wheat and corn quotes across major regions.
Des Moines news reports that October 21 22 and 23 will be the registration days for both men and women voters. Walter Ramsey secretary of state says the national suffrage amendment has passed and women will vote under the same conditions as men. County officers will place a voting machine lever to restore the party circle and women will be taught its use by designated assistant coordinators.
Dozens seek cure at a white house by the roadside in Morrison Grundy county Iowa where Jonas Shafstal claims a sixty year old family secret to heal sickness. He says faith is not required and visitors come from Minnesota the Dakotas Illinois and all Iowa. Barracks at Camp Dodge are being sold to ease a housing shortage.
Seven men arrested for gambling in a Dunn's hotel room as police led by Chief H H Schwenker and Night Captain Charles McElroy posted $220 cash bonds. The chief refused to reveal names claiming the gamblers were well known in Burlington. Councilman Ogden and Mayor Smith vow a review of the night shift amid graft concerns.
Abbreviated listing shows several coin and price figures with cents and fractional values. The fragment suggests an itemized price sequence, possibly from a catalog or ledger. No clear event, person, or organization identified.
A column lists multiple sales from Sept 20 to Oct 20 by various farmers and dealers in Washington and nearby Iowa towns selling Duroc, Jersey, and Poland China hogs, and farm equipment. Further sections discuss hog housing water sheds, a new white sweet clover source traced to Alabama, and national road-use trends with a 1919 car registration rise.
Bishop's Angus herd dominated the recent fairs with top placings in Minnesota and South Dakota. The exhibitor scored firsts and seconds across junior and senior categories and earned high honors for the get of fire. Weather notes stress moist corn seed concerns and timely silage use. Statler prepares first Spotted Poland China sale at Keota with fifty five head.
The article describes a forthcoming numerical index of numbered roads with mileages similar to railroad figures. It lists intersecting roads, 1915 census population figures, tours with road numbers, cross state routes, and a tabulation of State Parks and lake resorts with locations and nearest towns. The map sells to dealers at cost and single copies at 40 cents.
A Washington resident testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her decade long kidney trouble and backaches. She first used them in 1915 and again in 1919 reporting improved health and lasting faith in the remedy. 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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