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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1922
Page
2
Chicago market notes show mixed cattle and hog receipts with steady to higher tendency. Beef and pork prices listed for various weights including heavy and light hogs, medium to choice beef, slaughter cattle, veal, and lambs with totals for receipts and shipments.
Market report from Beach Wickham Grain Co with W H Deming as manager lists tonnage and prices for wheat corn oats and yellows. It notes tone changes for some grains and price ranges for No 3 yellow corn No 3 white oats No 2 yellow corn and No 2 hard wheat with cattle and hogs estimates for tomorrow.
Fairfield reports the Jefferson County Hospital marks ten years of service on October 2. A reception is planned by the board of trustees and the ladies auxiliary at the nurses' home and hospital from 7 to 9 p.m. to celebrate the milestone. The hospital, built under the Iowa Idea law, is noted as a pioneer influencing other states.
A sequence of farm sales schedules is posted for Washington Iowa area. Spotted Poland China and Duroc hog sales are planned by Hillhouse and Chas Nicola & Son, with events continuing through October and into November. Local buyers include H B Jones Wapello W R Gammon Shalla Knotek Welsh Wagner and Ed Flanders with closing out sale once scheduled.
The county hospital marks ten years of service and has benefited Fairfield and surrounding areas. Trustees and the Ladies Auxiliary anticipate a large attendance at a reception next Monday.
The Parm Bureau Campaign and membership drive boosted Farm Bureau activity across Henry county. Delegates organized township groups, five county meetings were held, and new members signed up amid reports of strong volunteer effort and optimism. Poultry gains and new poultry houses also feature in county agricultural progress.
A barber jokes while trimming hair that a large head houses a large brain, noting a brain nourishes the roots of the hair and deems it most useful. The line is cited from a well known politician telling this self recount in a Boston Transcript style anecdote.
An Englishman and an American tour Stamford Bridge to watch baseball and cricket. Observations about crowd behavior, pace, and cultural differences frame a humorous clash of British and American sports tastes.
Fred Wiley near Winfield Gilbert Schuerman near Mt Pleasant and Roy V Lee near New London will broadcast acid phosphate on winter wheat this fall after plowing to boost yields. They run a small trial before large investment and expect possible wheat gains. A meeting of pure bred breeders is set for September 30 in Mt Pleasant courthouse to organize committees for livestock clubs and baby beef club recruitment ahead of November 1 feeding starts.
The text defines misrepresentation as a lie believed false by the speaker with intent to deceive. Perjury is described as a false statement made under oath.
An old advertisement lists poultry and animal product prices from W S Reister & Sons at 120% East Third St and 110 Past Washington St. It markets fresh laid eges per dozen, butterfat cream per pound, light hens and springs per pound, old roosters, gees, pigeons, reef hides, ducks, turkeys, and horse hides with various per pound or per item rates.
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