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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1924
Page
2
Hogs receipts 17 000 with slow activity and lower bids, big packers inactive. Cattle receipts 3 000 with weak demand and limited desirable offers, vealers steady to strong, stockers dull. Sheep receipts 20 000 with slow sales, fat lambs around 25 cents lower. Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley and various grains quoted with mixed prices and ranges across No 2 and No 1 grades.
In Budapest an exiled prince aged about 46 resides with his wife two sons and mother in a former military barracks given to the homeless. He sues the Turkish government for a share of Abdul Hamid’s wealth seized by the Young Turks and seeks factory work as a mechanical engineer. He plays violin and is learning to support his family.
An international society reports elementary and secondary school texts misrepresent modern Holland. Many books still portray horse drawn canal barges cows and windmills while ignoring dairy farming and other advances. A committee will push to update foreign knowledge of present day Netherlands.
London reports the release from prison of Countenay Hen slot de Rysbach, a vaudeville actor and son of a naturalized Australian, who in 1915 was sentenced to life penal servitude as a spy for Germany. Arrest followed censoring of two songs in Switzerland and a chemical treatment revealing an espionage account. After imprisonment he disclosed German methods. two spies remain jailed in Britain.
The note urges telling merchants you saw their advertisement in the Journal. It reflects reader etiquette and shopping practice, promoting acknowledgment of local ads and direct feedback to merchants.
Bad weather in Canada delayed threshing and crop movement lifting wheat prices with European scarcity signals. Openings showed small declines then a late rise, December at 1.32% to 1.33% and May around 1.39%. Corn and oats weakened on favorable weather and light buying with later cooling weather checks. Provisions remained steady.
In Toledo on September 19 bids show Clover seed cash prices at 14.25 for October, 15.60 for October, 15.00 for December and 15.00 for March. Timothy seed cash asks 4.55 for September and 3.59 for October and December.
In Aberdeen on September 2 Scottish tax surveyors have issued large bills to lairds in the Highlands. Many estates are seen as dead loss and castles like Fingask Castle with 13,827 acres face sale. Despite inducements, no buyers emerge for these historic properties.
Roland Bourne aims to create communal settlements in South Africa for English pensioners with small fixed incomes. He notes many retired officers in England lack capital while South Africa offers 2 to 5 acre holdings where such retirees could live more comfortably despite England's harsh climate.
Septembers brings visits and travel as Bill Derby and brother in law tour Canada while Otto Pfeifer and Howard Alten Burned attend a St Louis convention. Louise Wallace visits home folks and many attend Sam Henry funeral. Keota homecoming draws locals. Bazaar at the church Sept 26 features cafeteria supper and prayers for the Henry family.
Mr and Mrs C G Himmins with children and Miss Mary Timmins attended a conference at Fairfield on Sunday. Visitors from Cres ton Indiana Mr and Mrs Than White stayed with Ewart Youngs. Several local families were entertained at homes of John Powell Warren Matthess Cy Hubers Ott Patterson and others.
Kennedy ships carload of hogs from Havre Thursday. Mrs. John Baer hosts Ladies Aid at St Paul’s Evangelical church Washington in an all day event. Havre store stockholders meeting postponed due to storm Thursday night. Home Lumber Company receives carload of coal at Havre last week. Lloyd Moothart, former Havre store manager, moved to Craw-ford.
Public sale dates announced for September 23 to October 21 in Washington area listings. Edward R. Rees and Knotek Bros. hold sales near Crawfordsville and River side with Duroc Jersey stock. Walter Mayer near Keota and H W Cassel near Ainsworth also scheduled. A canning milk cow sale occurs in Washington with Warner Welsh and Gamon Sons coordinating a combined Polish China sale.
The County Churches West Chester Baptist holds 10:00 Sunday School and 11:00 Morning service with the topic A Wonderful Look. No evening service due to the pastor’s commitments at New Haven church Rev. C E Hillis is the pastor.
The New Haven Baptist Church announces a Sunday School at 2 00 PM and evangelistic services commencing at 7 30 PM on the same day.
Bethel Lutheran hosts Sunday School and Bible class at 10 15 a m Anton Danielson is Student in Charge and leads worship.
Sunday school opens at 10 o clock with preaching at 11 o clock by Rev. W H Dillon. All are welcome to attend.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. The text is Ephesians 4:30 and the subject is receiving the Spirit.
Haskins Presbyterian schedule lists Sunday school at 9:45 and preaching at 8 p m. Mexico reports 23 000 000 pesos in red on treasury books for uncollected customs and duties. Local movements include Asahel Robertson family visit, Will McBride hedge work for Martin Webster, threshing party at Clyde Maxwell’s, new Harve school scholars Virgil and Dwight Wittmer, Sam Wittmer becoming store keeper, cattle shipments by John Caldwell and Mack DeLong, and fall planting underway among area farmers.
A roundup of radio listings across major markets shows stations in Atlanta Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Davenport Detroit Detroit Montreal New York Newark Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland San Francisco Schenectady Springfield and more detailing times for news orchestras dances talks and concerts plus special features like School of the Air and Nighthawks in the late evening blocks. Many outlets list specific programs such as chimes concerts, tea music, vocal and instrumental showcases, and variety sets through the day.
Moscow plans to introduce eight London type omnibuses soon with aims to connect with suburban districts. Officials expect the new service to relieve congestion on trolley cars and trains and encourage suburban settlement.
London Sept 2 Very Rev W R Inge dean of St Pauls told delegates at the Conference of Modern Churchmen in Oxford that the conflict between science and religion remains unresolved. He called it an open sore that poisons spiritual life and said orthodox Christianity as commonly presented is hard to accept.
The listings show schedule blocks with time 5 40 trio and 7 program at KSD St Louis Post Dispatch Missouri Theater orchestra, and WRC Washington 6 45 Bible talk 7 music 8 talk.
A Buffalo man testifies after using Peterson's Ointment for eczema and related skin ailments. The vendor promises a 35 cent box with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory, citing widespread retailer support and numerous testimonials.
The passage argues that church leaders compromise scientific conscience and that intellectual honesty is drained from the church. It claims miracles are central to the religion science conflict and notes public opinion inside the church no longer mirrors the best knowledge or temper of the community.
An advertising pitch urges mothers to give McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets to thin children. It boasts easy to swallow tablets, vitamins, and rapid weight gain, citing a nine year old who gained twelve pounds in seven months and listing the price as sixty cents for sixty tablets.
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