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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
3
Buck Jones leads The Fighting Buckaroo in a Fox production showing at the Fox Theatre Friday and Saturday. The action follows his return voyage and journey to an Arizona ranch with the film highlighting vivid adventures and perilous moments.
An advertisement promises high profits for salesmen and salesladies in Mansfield Ohio. It claims a $1.50 gross profit on each $2.00 dealer investment and a $1.00 commission for the salesman, plus an opportunity to earn over $160 a week.
The buckaroo seeks gerrt and a gold mine at Bally Long's ranch owned by Betty Gregory. He faces a confrontation in a luxury hotel with Glenmore Bradshaw and hired thugs while pursuing his goal. After escapes and rescues, he saves the girl's jewels and reaches an Arizona attorney to save the ranch and mine.
Father urges to help a frail child with McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets claiming rapid weight gain and strength in days. Sold as 60 tablets for 60 cents at J E Lemmon's with a 30 day money back guarantee. Sugar coated and child friendly. Flies noted as a modern plague.
Polly and her artist boyfriend attend a ballroom where a beaded necklace breaks revealing a string of beads that may be valuable. A stranger hints the beads could be worth a fortune, testing Polly’s love and Tom’s poverty with a surprising turn as they share a quiet Sunday supper.
Nikola Tesla foresees women as the dominant sex in the near future with men relegated to a subordinate but useful role. He cites the sight of a capable young woman rising to trust and responsibility at a large firm and a drugstore clerk in flamboyant attire as indicators that his view may be credible.
A collection of statues and relics from Ur of the Caldees arrives in America as a featured display in the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The new wing dedicated to Eckley Brinton Coxe Jr marks the opening and honors his support for Egyptology and excavations. The items come from a joint expedition by the University of Pennsylvania Museum and the British Museum.
Mrs. Sarah Drain Denbern, in her seventies, becomes president of the Louisiana Railway and Navigation company, overtaking her husband as head of the road in New Orleans.
Tristan da Cunha, Britain’s loneliest possession, hosts about 140 people nearly double the population two decades ago. The Atlantic island two miles long relies on scarce feed and potato crops after a bad year, with most residents being shipwrecked sailors and wives from St Helena.
Coke dust separated into fineness grades is described as a new abrasive material available as waste in large quantities. It can replace emery when pressed with a binder into usable blocks of suitable size.
A chiropractor muses over a curious phrase about a wisconsin octopus and a violin string metaphor, suggesting a strange, possibly humorous medical observation.
Native peoples of the West Indies used trees rich in saponin as toothbrushes. The sap of these plants produces a soapy cleansing action for cleaning teeth.
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