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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1921

Page

4

Summer reading list at Chilcote Library showcases fiction

The Chilcote Library reports fiction dominates summer reading with 82 percent of titles read in July. Notable titles include Buckrose Back to God country, Grey The Lone Star Ranger, Wharton The Age of Innocence, and Muhlbach Marie Antoinette and her son. The United States Chamber of Commerce notes a shift from houses to apartments as 70 percent of new homes are apartments or multi family dwellings. Use the want ads.

Chilcote Lic Chilcote Library J. E. Buckrose J. Curwood Z. Grey Denny Scattergood Baines Verena Anabe Midst Lyle Muhlbach Marie Antoinette Napoleon Queen Prusia Blecher Louise Prussia M. C. Oemler R Onlons Sweet Stranger Bb. H. Tor Sister Sue H Alaska United States Chamber of Commerce

Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason and the Peanut Crusade

Satirical verse laments peanuts as a menace to society and education. A self styled campaign urges readers to fund a crusade by sending money to ban shelling and selling peanuts, promising results when donors contribute.

Walt Mason

Champion Hitters and Pennants in Baseball History

A look at how champion hitters like Rogers Hornsby influenced pennant races. The article notes teams with top sluggers often lag in other areas, citing both National and American League trends and specific teams' historic outcomes.

Feaven Rickey St. Louis Cardinals Rickey Rogers Hornsby Hornsby National League Vas Arras Chan SAAC

Dream of Talking Exposes Plans Warns About Neighbors

A morning dream warns that excessive talking may reveal malicious schemes and suggests caution around neighbors. The fragment advises restraint when conversing to avoid attracting trouble.

Internal revenue drives reveal over 1500 Iowa sales tax delinquents

Dubuque reports that Iowa revenue officials, with more than fifty deputies across eight crews, have identified over 1500 delinquent sales tax accounts. The drive aims to root out violations, with strict actions for willful evaders and assurances of no mercy.

Dubuque Iowa Clef Field Presly R. Baldridge Interal Revenue Department Iown Baldridge Internal Revenue Office

Secretary Wallace to attend Cedar Rapids banquet during visit

Secretary of Agriculture Henry C Wallace will visit Cedar Rapids to attend his son John B Wallace’s wedding to Margaret Powell. A luncheon at the Rotary club will honor him, with Lions Kiwanis Gyro clubs and city officials invited. An address is expected and a tour of cereal mills and city driving plan.

Cedar Rapids Iowa Henry Co. Wallace Seceretary of Agriculture John B. Wallace Margaret Powell William P. Powell Rotary Club Wallace Lions Kiwanis

To Remove Varnish From Floors In Quick Method

The note describes removing old varnish from floors using heat to soften and lift the finish. It mentions warming the varnish with a tool and scraping, aiming to renew the surface efficiently.

Notice of District Court Case in Riverside Real Estate

In Washington County Iowa the District Court hears a quiet title action filed by the unidentified plaintiff against numerous defendants and unknown claimants over the east thirty seven feet of the west eighty feet of lots Fifteen through Eighteen in Block Nineteen Riverside Original Plat seeking to quiet and confirm fee simple title and bar all adverse claims with a deadline to answer by noon of the second day of the next term starting September 1921 at the Washington County Court House. Local railroad schedules and agent information follow.

Alvah B. Rose Alvah Buckingham Rose Margaret Ann Rose Alvah Fuckenheam Rose John A Stewart J. A. Stewart Margaretta Stewart John Abraham Stewart Nathaniel McClure Amanda M. McClure Charles B. McClure Henry C. McClure William Edgar McClure William KB. McClure A. M. McClure William J. Steadman Marys M. Steadman Wm. J. Stead Mary M. Schnobelen Louis Knebel Walbuarga Knebel Catharine Davidson A. Fesler Washington County Iowa R. Dewey Clerk Amanda M. Kingman Farmers Loan and Trust Company City of New York Burlington, Cedar Rapids& Minnesota Railway Co Farmers Loan Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company N. Schnobelen Mary E. Fesler Peter Harnett Elizabeth Sims T. L. Sirs Margret Wood C. D. Wood Margret Woods C. D. Woods Wm. Tener J. W. Tener Bertha Tener Catharine Schell Catherine Schell Towit Riverside Towa District Court of District Court Washington Wilson & Wilson

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