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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1921
Page
8
A Kansas judge argues for a law setting a minimum courtship period to prevent rushed marriages. He acknowledges the courts' power to regulate society but concedes the impossibility of stopping two determined individuals from marrying.
In the height of the Roman Empire a refined dining scene displays gleaming gatcepans lined with silver and richly inlaid pall descriptions. Shovels are carved with intricate arabesque designs, reflecting luxury in the culinary departments of elite establishments.
Census bureau reports show Alabama Arkansas and Delaware reducing illiteracy in 1920 from 1910 levels. Alabama drops to 16.1 percent among those over ten. Arkansas falls from 12.6 to 4.0. Delaware from 42 to 5.0.
Madison April 1 The Assembly barred Glenn P. Turner lobbyist for the La Follette Progressive association from the lower house floor for the remainder of the session.
The brief biographical note credits Joanne Bulle a Scotch dramatist and poet author of Plays on the Passions. It mentions her focus on principal passions as subjects of id and comedy and notes her death occurred in L.
Mr. and Mrs. T W Brown of Los Angeles visit H A Brown and Mrs. Marsh Bailsy before sailing May 4 for England France and Switzerland from New York. Other local items note sales drives and upcoming events at St James and St James Ladies.
Mr and Mrs M O Yard visit Muxford family in Waterloo with son Will Yard at DeKalb Illinois. Ruth Pierce, Monmouth College student, tours with Monmouth Glee Club traveling to Des Moines Omaha Shenandoah Newton Burlington and back. Miss Portia Harper Ruth Stucky and Mable Bowers of Fairfield join Averil Leffler for a ball. Mrs Harry Kracaw Hazel attend Ent church program in Wilton Junction. Mrs Pooler Pythian Sisters dep uty visited Burlington. Local business listings and ads appear.
The Nation’s Business argues that true invention solves unmet public needs rather than chasing popularity after adoption. It urges inventors to focus on scarce desires and practical gaps, creating products or services that people cannot access easily, not merely improved versions of what already exists.
Mrs. John Waymack hosted Ruth Boyer for her fifth birthday with seven children enjoying games and refreshments in Davenport. At Mrs. W. W. Bowers home, Delta Alphas held a reception for Mrs. N. M. Speidel with a class vote to support an Alabama girl for one year of school and Speidel recounting her travels.
Washington April 1 The monthly review of the federal reserve board reports that progress toward normal business conditions was limited in March. Uncertainties from February persist and producers maintain a waiting attitude, except in a few specialty industries.
Chicago April 1 eleven hundred workers from two small packing companies in the yards walked out. Union officials warn that unless other small packers sign the Washington agreement without the 20 day clause there will be a general walkout.
Wilhelm Syl, communist leader, was shot by police after attacking warders during an attempted escape at police headquarters in Berlin. His injuries are serious but not mortal. Frank C. Ban evelest, longtime business manager of the Cincinnati baseball club, died at Deaconess hospital after a prolonged illness.
In a divorce suit a husband complained his wife neglected his buttons. The judge replied that a woman is used to pinning things and may not understand fuss over a missing button. Boston Transcript summary.
An early demonstration of the phonograph to the French Academy of Sciences was dismissed as ventriloquism by the assembled scientists who doubted the device’s ability to reproduce sound.
The Pyramid Field lies in the eastern desert near Cairo with about seventy pyramids identified and nineteen named. The most famous include the three Giza pyramids, Unas, the brick pyramid at Dahshur, and Sneferu’s at Meidum.
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