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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1921
Page
5
In a zoo dialogue, the Eared Vulture and Wedge-Tailed Eagle discuss safety, solitude, and self image. The eagle boasts of being a fine bird and reflects on nesting high in trees while the vulture laments ugliness and lack of sociability, noting differences among species and humans.
Stotesberry wanders New York seeking forgetfulness after a Wall Street loss. He watches a theater performance then a moving picture show, notices a exhausted pianist girl, helps her home, and learns she plans marriage after her raise. He reflects on his own sorrow and the cost of his pursuit to forget.
Iowa's state printing board approved stamp specifications for cigaret stamps to be issued by the Williams design. The initial order totals 20 600 000 stamps in five denominations, with 16 000 000 at 2 cents. Denominations include 6 1 2 5 and 2 cents in various colors.
Washington April 22 A federal report shows a barnyard producer produced six months of egg output in three months with 1,883,959 cases stored as of April 1 totaling 678,225,240 eggs. An early spring sped up the supply.
George D. La Reau was sentenced to life imprisonment at Fort Madison by Judge J. W. Kintsonger for the murder of Matthew W. Daly on Feb 7. He used a furnace shaker bar and injuring two women with the same instrument in Daly’s home while seeking Daly’s wife Edna Daly La Beau.
Guatemalas area covers 458290 square miles about the size of New York State. Its population nears 2000000 about 40 percent of Central Americas total. Most Guatemalans are of Indian descent, largely unmixed with European blood, a contrast to neighboring republics where mixed heritage dominates.
A box of bandages should be kept in every household for accidents. Tear from strong cotton eloch, wound tightly but not hemmed, in various widths. Place them in the oven briefly to sterilize, then pack into a wide mouth preserve jar and seal tightly. Keep in a convenient place.
A brief noting that small savings act as stones in a bridge, providing firm support to carry someone over the flood of an emergency.
Governor Kendall designates April 29 as Arbor Day and urges Iowa citizens to focus on reforestation. Though Iowa legislature stalled two forest land reform bills, advocates push a statewide program to restore timber lands, plant native trees, and curb erosion.
The stage notes reveal Oh Promise Me is an interpolation in the operatic Robin Hood. While Koven composed the tune, lyric by Harry B. Smith is wrong. The words were by Clement Scott, read aloud at a London luncheon for Mrs Kendal, provoking later chagrin.
Eva McCarthy of 101 Liberty St Freeport Illinois says Tanlac cured her general breakdown She describes long stomach pains nausea kidney pain back ache and nerve distress then two weeks after starting the medicine she felt renewed and can now eat anything weighing more than before She praises Tanlac as grand medicine Advt
Countess of Warwick unfolds a paper bearing verses Scott dedicated to her. Before lunch two thirds of the fair sex showed similar chivalry. Jessie Bartlett Davis interpolated the song in the Bos-tonians opera and it remains a noted piece in the second act. The famous aria Promise Me appears in the Robin Hood production by Ralph Dunbar at the Graham tonight.
A story recalls Little Jean who loved the tiny sister sent from heaven but grew weary as the new arrival cried loudly. Jean was overheard saying the baby’s persistent wailing caused group uproar and that heaven expelled her and the angels laughed.
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