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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1922
Page
2
Market news from Chicago dated Sept 23 1922 showing estimated receipts for hogs cattle sheep calves and changes in prices. Includes details on weights and price ranges for hogs sows pigs and packing stock, plus wheat corn and oats futures and cash grain bids from Beach Wickham Grain Co Iowa City Iowa.
Property owners west of Washington Iowa publish a notice banning hunting on their land and announcing prosecution of trespassers from this date. The list of landowners includes Clay Walton R E Dougherty A Kolesick J Marie Jas W Combs and others.
A concise moral note from the Bridgeport Post urges living openly to avoid secrecy and paper exposure, praising frankness as the best guidance for public life.
An old article extols a floor wax made from a mixture of beeswax paraffin and turpentine. It emphasizes natural ingredients and traditional home maintenance methods.
The essay argues that progress comes from intelligent work and thrift. Emerson quotes frame the idea that time spent on work must be efficient and thoughtful. Readers are urged to study daily duties, avoid automation, and seek better methods to advance personal development and science-enabled progress.
A sequence of animal sale listings from Iowa auctions includes Duroc Jersey and Poland China offerings. Buyers and venues span Keota What Cheer Wellman Washington and other towns with sales scheduled from Sept 25 through Oct 31. Listings name sellers like K Guy Brown J C Huston P Henson Hillhouse and Shalla Knotek Welsh Jagner among others with sale dates and locations.
The Trudson Bay Indians place a deceased member in a box with a gun ax flint and snow shoes on a hilltop for ten days believing the deceased reaches the happy hunting grounds.
The article explains Roman practices of reading omens, including feeding sacred chickens, bird signs, and animal sacrifices. It describes offerings at death with milk or wine, annual rituals, and belief that neglect could harm the dead’s spirit, detailing priests, sacrifice methods, and burnings.
The May Mentor magazine notes the largest animal ever tied to the earth is the Brachiosaurus a 40 foot tall dinosaur with a long body. It also mentions the smallest organism Pleuromonas Jaculans a protozoan whose ten cells laid end to end could fit on a hair surface and lives in water.
A fragmented quotation praises George Herbert noting his dialogue with God and the focus on heart-work and heaven-work. The text contrasts scripture poetry with Herbert's plain belief and worldly business aligned with spiritual duty.
Ames reports fields in Monona Warren and Page counties reveal Hessian fly activity with counts from 40 to nearly 1,000 flies per 100 plants. State entomologist Dr. C B Drake warns sowing winter wheat now poses danger as cool weather slows hatching and field data guide farmers on planting timing.
The W C T U expands in India led by Mary J Campbell chosen to mobilize prayer and action against saloons. She travels across India with evangelistic meetings, praised by missionaries and church leaders, ahead of the World W C T U meeting in Philadelphia.
The piece details minute writings by micrographists including engravings of the Lord s Prayer on a six tenth inch gold dollar and the Bible depicted in a walnut sized format by Peter Bales an English clerk of chancery.
The passage notes that initial hardship can reveal value in a family and foster resilience. It argues that early financial strain sharpens discipline, saying fortune favors those who face difficulties and that struggle shapes lasting, dynamic habits.
The Wall Street Journal declares Henry Ford the richest person on earth, surpassing John D. Rockefeller. It notes Ford’s Ford Motor Company profits and potential capitalization, his cash on hand, and his influence over Wall Street and federal taxes, portraying him as a vast money power in Detroit and beyond.
A humorous exchange portrays a suitor flattering a doctor to win his daughter’s hand. The doctor quotes a price of five dollars and jokes about curing the patient’s heart condition through marriage. The dialogue plays on love and wit in a light, period voice.
A Keota community band gave a splendid West Chester concert led by longtime teacher Charlie Tangenberg. The performance featured two strong baritone solos a remarkable female vocalist and a standout flute solo that drew high praise from attendees. The auto arrangement and festive plaza setting added to a gala evening.
Catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube linings causing rumbling and impaired hearing. Treatment claims to reduce inflammation and stop permanent hearing loss. Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been marketed for over forty years and is sold by all druggists. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
The secretary of agriculture would examine grain exchange books and require reports to prevent misleading market data and discrimination against cooperative associations. The law aims to curb improper practices without harming legitimate operations and seeks cooperation from dealers to promote open competitive markets.
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