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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
2
Chicago buyers see uneven hogs market with 25 to 50 cent drops and early top around 17.85 for heavy weights. Cattle receipts rise with beef steers and calves showing mixed gains and prices across weights. Sheep demand slow but steady with lambs and yearlings offering moderate returns.
Furnished by E. W. Wagner and Co. Iowa City. Market notes show corn pricing with 110 cars trading No 2 at 1.50 to 1.54 and No 3 around 0.66 to 0.68. Clover futures touch 29.60 for March and December and coffee at 15.20.
Sioux City Ila Sept 24 J Miles manufacturer of a patent medicine suspected in the death of Michael McAndrews has been arrested on a manslaughter charge. He demonstrated the medicine is not poisonous by drinking several bottles and has posted a 5000 bond.
A medical writer weighs safety concerns about kissing babies suggesting the back of the peck as safest. The exchange notes a prior belief that lifting a baby changes the risk.
A $500 reward is offered for arrest and conviction of any individual under section 3 of the Articles of Association. The notice targets fire tax payers and broad property owners, asserting criminal action regardless of location.
Alliman Bros of Noble announce a second Duroc sale for early November to cover breeding stock not shown in last week’s sale. J G Allimann says demand is strong and fifty more head of high quality stock will be prepared for the event.
Station oats from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station now cover over 1,000,000 acres in Iowa. They yield 4 to 5 bushels more per acre than other oats, totaling a gain of more than 4,500,000 bushels for Iowa farmers this year.
Charles Gray of the American Aberdeen-Angus Association reports that in 1918 public auctions of pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus cattle raked nearly two million dollars, with over a million to be sold in Iowa lowa land sales. The study notes wide state participation, strong breeder profits on $500 to $600 land, and widespread gains for youth showing cattle at the Des Moines State Fair.
A market notice from Mutual 12 W S Reister & Sons lists buying prices for butter eggs poultry cream hides furs pelts and tame rabbits. It notes egg prices are falling and advises regular selling, with lower poultry and hide markets and top delivery prices for springs and other poultry and dairy items.
E M Benson plows about twenty five acres for corn and feeds 100 pigs this fall. Farmers drag roads to repair them. Jake Schad plows fifteen acres for winter wheat and feeds sixty pigs. Anton Kauffman paints his barn. Wm Caldwell plows ten acres and keeps 100 pigs. Carl Roberts reports a new well with non freeze water to house and stock tank. F G Earl threshing outfit works on Route Two and clover is hulled at farms moved to Renau place. Arthur Therion repairs telephone lines south of town.
Corporal M. H. Morris of Fredericksburg returns from overseas and reads his obituary in the local paper. He served three years and seven months with the Canadian army, including thirteen months overseas, and survived 13 frontline trips before coming home to his family.
The Mississippi Valley Conference on Tuberculosis approved steps for closer cooperation among health agencies. Dr. Aretas Kepford urged rural education and visiting nurses, while Dr. E Dford spoke on rural housing. The meeting drew about 500 attendees, trailing only a prior Indianapolis gathering. Dr. John H. Peck of Des Moines was elected president.
Sipi Valley conference yesterday afternoon elected Ralph Read secretary of the Iowa Tuberculosis association to join the central council. Other members include Dr. Walter McNabb Miller of St. Louis as vice president and Dr. A T Laird of Duluth as secretary and treasurer along with Dr. Ethan Gray Chicago Dr J W Pettit Ottawa IL Sherman Kingsley Cleveland Dr Alfred Henry Indianapolis Dr E B Pierce Howell Mich and Mrs C P Wanzer Armour SD
Phineas G. Varnum a wealthy bachelor from a near Malcolm farm died at Community hospital in Grinnell from injuries after falling from a windmill on the Varnum farm. His body was found on the windmill platform after the accident Monday evening. His face struck a long bolt in the fall.
A brutal assault left a man with a five inch gash and a crushed jaw. The victim, Mr. Varnum, and his brother Ike were longtime residents, well known in the county and reportedly owned 2,400 acres of land. The body was taken to Malcolm for burial.
Iowa Railway and Light Company workers in the transmission department struck for a 15 cent hourly raise to 6.30. Current pay is 5.00 for nine hours. The company refused. The stoppage halts high tension construction and all repair work in the Cedar Rapids area.
A three year old daughter of Louisa Mortensen, a farmer north of Atlantic, died after eating poisonous berries found beside the road. Four children fell ill. three recovered, but the youngest could not be saved despite efforts. The berries are the suspected cause of the tragedy.
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