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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1921
Page
2
Chicago reports cattle hog and sheep receipts for the day with market conditions ranging from steady to lower. Hogs and sheep show varied price ranges by weight, while cattle prices span from common to prime across weight classes. An Iowa City note and local county conference plans follow, including a church group membership drive and a conference at the high school auditorium.
A historical ad fragment lists a commission merchant operation at 27-20 Main Floor Exchange Yard Chicago, with a bold heading Vinsigon Your Li Stock Direct to John A. Babcock and related business branding.
Representatives from seven counties in the first congressional district will meet Thursday in the high school auditorium for a Farm Bureau conference. Delegations from Lee Van Buren Des Moines Keury Jefferson Louisa and Washington will attend with officers directors and school district leaders. President Hunt will discuss Farm Bureau activities at state and national levels and a guest from the Extension Department at Ames will address agricultural extension work. Will Kitch will outline the district bureau executive board and its functions.
A sequence of livestock auctions listed with dates and sellers across Iowa and Washington. Spotted Poland China and Duroe Jersey sales appear from September to October including J C Boston Crawfordsville McElhinney Bros Morning Sun John Krebs Sons Knotek Bros Harry Leffler E J Paul J M Lord & Son P J Welsh Ernest Carlson John Wagner with Newark style turnout and closing out sales noted.
An Irish captain inspecting his company spots a soldier who has not washed the back of his neck or his ears. He orders him to turn and face the captain to straighten himself up. An Edinburgh Scotsman account records the remark.
A century ago a wealthy bachelor Paige near Albion Ro hosted a party. A young woman lost a glove and Paige returned it with a playful line about taking letters from words to spell love. She retorted a contrary claim about age, and the tale is vouched by a friend of the Outlook who says the grandmother first heard it.
The journal's Farm Department notes cream receipts at creameries but an unsettled market due to butter demand. Danish butter shipments arrive while top-quality products are withdrawn from storage. Poultry receipts stay ample as prices rise. guidance urges early pullet housing and ground mash rations to boost winter egg production. The issue warns of European corn borer spread and outlines field tests at Iowa State and culvert load experiments. Chickenpox outbreaks in Iowa flocks prompt isolation and improved feeding and sanitation measures.
Iowa sweet corn growers face a pest risk that could affect future purchases and yields. Officials urge careful buying decisions to minimize impact on crops this season.
Des Moines banker J H Gibson reports a brighter outlook with money easier than last fall and winter. Banks are liquifying rediscounts, unemployment easing as fall and winter hiring draws labor, coal mining and construction picking up, while Iowa revenue and prairie wealth support a gradual recovery nationwide.
The passage emphasizes agriculture as the foundation of wealth and urges accelerating grain and stock movements to aid a quick recovery to normal business conditions. It highlights the farmer’s proper role in stabilizing markets and fostering economic strength.
Miss Mabel Crooks returns from Monmouth College for weekend visit. Funeral of Thomas McMillan held near Ainsworth. Joe Metzear and baby visit from Washington. High school baseball team defeats Ainsworth 17 to 14. Bessie Harper visits Washington. Leon Beatty funeral attended in Washington. Mrs. W. A. Carson of Washington spends days with Wallace Carson family. Ray Anwyl and sons from Des Moines visit J. J. Asay family.
A playful aside argues that removing the Tre from Ireland would sap its elan. The line suggests the wordplay mirrors a broader claim that identity relies on a distinct spark. The tone remains light and self aware about linguistic flair.
Robert Billeter of 551 Broadway Minneapolis credits Tanlac with restoring his health after a year of illness that left him unable to work. He says the medicine improved a sour stomach and general weakness, and that five bottles fully fixed him. Tanlac is sold locally by Sherman Bros. and Pioneer Drug Store.
A remark on budget oversight in marriage notes that withholding inquiry into a wife’s spending signals a lack of genuine financial support. The quote reflects concerns about autonomy and trust in domestic finances.
A simple technique cleans plated silver by soaking in a basin with hot water and a small amount of soap. Let the items stand for three to four hours, pour off the suds, rinse with clean cold water, and dry with a soft cloth.
A Boston transcript recalls an Irish method to weigh a pig without scales. An observer uses a plank balanced on a sawhorse with a large stone on one end and the pig on the other, then estimates the pig’s weight by balancing the plank and gauging the stone’s weight.
For upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, fair weather continues today with showers probable by Wednesday or Thursday. Cooler air follows the rain, bringing noticeable temperature drops later in the week.
A reader hurried to church for a sermon on gambling but mislaid fate when a bureau drawer yielded a deck of cards instead of the prayer book. Cards scattered as the reader rushed down the aisle, with an advertisement from a prominent brewery on the back of one card drawing attention.
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