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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1922
Page
4
Chicago hog and cattle market totals indicate receipts around 25,100 hogs, 211,803 cattle, 12,018 calves, and 4,117 sheep. Beef and fat lamb prices range with heavy weights 9.10 to 12.25 for beef steers, lambs 13.00 to 14.60, and hogs around 8.75 to 9.90 for medium types. Grain futures show wheat down 2 cents, corn steady, oats unchanged.
Fairfield Sept 29 The Jefferson county hospital will complete ten years of service on Monday October 2 A public reception is invited by the board of trustees and the ladies auxiliary to be held 7 to 9 pm at the nurses home and the hospital The hospital is the second under the Iowa Idea law and its popularity has since spread to other states Washington
Sale dates in Iowa outline events for Hillhouse Hillhouse and Brighton on Sept 30, Chas Nicola & Son Duroc sale Oct 4, H B Jones Wapello Poland China Oct 5, W RK Gammon Washington Poland China Oct 10, Shalla Knotek Washington Duroc Jersey Oct 12, Welsh Wagner Washington Poland China Oct 31, Ed Flanders Closing out sale Washington Nov 15, Ernest Carlson Washington Duroe Sale Nov 4
Farm Bureau campaign gains shown by a large dinner in the Congregational church and five county meetings. Workers report strong member signups in Wayne and surrounding townships amid discussions on soil fertility insect pests and poultry records in Henry County.
A Boston Transcript quip notes a well known politician boasting that a large head indicates a large brain, with a barber remarking that brains nourish the roots of a ball in a humorous exchange.
An English observer recounts a London cricket outing and a baseball game between the USS Utah crew and the American Legion. The piece contrasts American and British spectators, notes cricket decorum and noisy baseball crowds, and cites London press reaction from the Evening Standard Daily Express and London Times.
Fred Wiley of near Winfield Gilbert Schuerman near Mt Pleasant and Roy V Lee near New London plan to broadcast acid phosphate on winter wheat this fall. They will harrow it in and start small trials to gauge yield improvements before wider fertilizer use. Pure Bred Breeders meet at Mt Pleasant courthouse on September 30 to organize livestock clubs and appoint baby beef club solicitors ahead of November 1 feeding start.
A lie is a statement believed false by the speaker with intent to deceive, while perjury is a false oath sworn under oath.
Local addresses for W. S. Reister & Sons list poultry terms including fresh laid eggs per dot and various chicken prices per pound. Also shown are beef and horse hide prices per pound and per item, with old market figures and scattered garbled text.
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