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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1924

Page

7

Kentucky Seeks Race Patronage at New Raceland Track

Cincinnati report details Raceland Kentucky’s new race track on a knoll by the Ohio River with a mile loop and wide 100 foot track. Officials tout its beauty and seating to view races, and local Maple Grove school board members Joe Neiedly John Marek and Melach Marek were in the city to protect school interests.

Cincinnati Raceland Kentucky Joe Neiedly John Marek Melach Marek Te School Board Maple Grove

Radio Program Listings From Many Cities

Daily radio schedules list talk music and concerts across multiple stations from WSB to WRC. Entries include times and program types such as concerts orchestras talks news and educational segments across Chicago New York Cincinnati Los Angeles and more.

KYW Chicago WQS WLW Cincinnati WJAX Cleveland WFAA Dallas News WOC Davenport WDAF Kansas City Star School of the Air KFI Los Angeles KHJ Los Angeles Whas Courier Journal Louisville Times WGI Medford WMC Memphis Ckac Montreal WOR Newark WJY New York WHN WEAF WJZ KGO Oakland WDAW WES Philadelphia Wdar Philadelphia Kdka Pittsburgh KPO San Francisco WGY Schenectady WBZ Springfield WRC Washington

The Story of Eli

In Malmesbury two cottages known as the Eli Lowell cottages tell of Eli Lowell a prosprous shipbuilder and his young wife Amy. Amy runs away with Sprockett and Eli haunting them as a ghostly presence across towns and seas. Amy dies and Sprockett loses his mind while Eli lingers brooding by his fire before dying with a whispered refrain I will.

Malmeebury Eli Lowell el Lowell New England Bal Sprockett Eila Foreman Malmesbury Eli Sprocket Sprocckett Amy Florida Louisiana

Barrel organ warms parish life at Trottiscliffe church

In a small parish church at Trottiscliffe near Wortham a barrel organ is regularly used for services and weddings. It can play 60 hymn tunes and the sexton turns the handle during performances.

Wortham England Trottiscliffe

World's Largest Telescope at Mount Wilson Cal

The world's largest telescope sits on Mount Wilson California. It is a reflecting telescope with a 100 inch diameter mirror and a maximum magnifying power of 10 000 diameters. The Moon would appear as if brought within 25 miles. Its lens was manufactured at the Ghoseworks in Saint Sobaln France.

Mount Wilson Cal St Sobaln France

Massive granite deposit near Salt Lake Temple site

A vast granite deposit was found in the Cottonwood canyons of the Wasatch mountains about twenty miles from the Morgan temple site at Salt Lake City. Krup tons and enormous boulders were removed with hand tools and moved by oxen until rail service existed. Four yokes of oxen labored for each block, with trips taking three to four days.

Cottonwood Wasatch Mountains Salt Lake City

Russia Restores Railway Class System

Moscow reports the reintroduction of first and second class sleeping cars on state railways, ending the 1917 Bolshevik abolition. Fare differentiation is expected to follow as the system returns to pre revolution standards.

Russia Moscow

Fame’s hollow reward and unseen praise

A fragment reflecting on fame as a fickle, intangible reward. The quote by Bulwer Lytton argues reputation is not palpable since praise is heard behind our backs while scarce to our faces, questioning its value.

Bulwer Lytton

Didn't Make a Hit 3 Memory of a Teasing Family Moment

A fragment from the Chicago Journal recalls a playful moment where a speaker hears parents tease an older brother about marriage. A lighthearted remark about marriage leads to a girl fleeing to tell her mother, and the speaker chooses not to repeat the exchange.

Leonid Chicago Journal

Tom Sims On Fashion And Modern Inventions

Tom Sims comments on pockets in trousers and the woes of buying new suits as men age. He riffs on everyday items like bacon and printing presses, joking about universal troubles and common habits. He notes oddities such as two identical ties and cats crossing auto paths.

Coolidge to Vacation in Vermont Quiet on News

The piece notes President Coolidge will take a 10 day break in Plymouth Vermont and aims to keep news minimal. It also reports Davis’s campaign appoints Jack Nevin of Charenton Virginia as personal publicity representative to ensure daily Davis news during the absence.

Ashington Plymouth President Coolidge Cat Charley Michael Philadelphia North American Coolidge Lthough Coolidge Vermont Davis Jack” Nevin Charendon Nevin NewVa Association Bryan Jack

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