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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
8
Rothschilds sells reg ulation style middies with emblems at five and seven fifty. Cratl's advertises all wool dresses up to forty one eighty six. Lytle Bros. promotes suit sets and fancy jackets. Blooming ton Moore family to visit from Indiana. Lemmon's Pharmacy touts Parisian Sage for dandruff relief.
A jumble of classified blurbs notes Brown's Tire Shop selling vacuum cup tires, Rothschilds catalogs with dresses and purses, RexDean dining room claims, farm and jewelry notices, lens and repair services, and travel reports about Mr and Mrs Ed Mikseh's trip from Mexico to Des Moines. The page mixes sales, personal updates, and small business promotions with local announcements.
Local shoppers are urged to view Rothechilds fall suits coats and dresses before purchase. Notices mention ongoing blanket sale at Crail's with five more selling days and a one ton wagon scale for sale by Pauls Lumber Company.
A notice lists city properties at reasonable prices. Local names include W H Spera and F M Bank Bldg. The Ellerbrook family plans a Fremont Nebr trip, visiting relatives in Atlantic. George McDaniel and family head for Mason City and Clear Lake on a ten day car tour. The New York Store reports 2808 yards of torchon lace from Germany on sale at several low prices.
Nyal Indigestion tablets offer relief for sour stomach with a 650 per box price.
In Imperial valley California a second storm of the year brought several hours of rain and a high wind that toppled a Southern Sierra Power line at Niland. Calipatria saw a small cloudburst shatter a window while the region suffered power outages until an auxiliary plant resumed service.
The Iowa crop bulletin notes corn progress through the week ending Aug 23 with a bumper crop unlikely. Early fields show dented ears and frost safety by Sept 1, though the bulk needs normal weather to Sept 10. Silage cutting has begun and will spread statewide in about a week.
In Sioux City Aug 25 the cocker spaniel Jollo living at The Antler becomes inseparable from Jimmy Crow a rescued baby crow now grown clumsy but devoted. Jimmy bosses playtime rides Jollo and even greets visitors with a crowish hello as neighbors observe an unusually unique friendship between man’s best friend and a clever bird.
At Scott's Landing near Clinton twelve campers fell into a deep hole when a sand bar collapsed. Galen LeMar of Davenport drowned. Miss Gussie Brauer of Clinton was rescued after a third submersion. LeMar, 27, married and a World War I veteran, could not swim.
John H. Crow a wealthy farmer seeks annulment of his Cedar Rapids marriage to Mrs. Glenna Graves or a divorce after one day of wedlock. He alleges fraud claiming his bride never intended to be wife and returned to Ohio after a brief stay, noting prior marriage and disputes over upstart finances and furnishings.
At Chantillon near Paris, M Pouraisaud set a world slow smoking record with a pipe lasting fifty eight minutes two point five seconds. M Monastergki earned a speed record by finishing a senator cigar in three minutes one point two fifth seconds. Spectators mostly slept through the slow smoking event as France challenges the world in a smoky display.
A five year old boy asks how God knows he has been naughty after being told God does not love disobedient children. His mother explains that God sees everything. He then jokes that he must keep God busy to avoid His scrutiny.
London reports 42,767,530 residents for England Wales and Scotland up from 40,831,896 in 1911. Greater London reaches 7,476,168 with a 31 percent gain. England totals 35,678,530, Wales 2,206,712, Scotland 4,822,288, while the gender split is 20,430,623 males and 29,226,907 females, up by 676,176 and 1,259,958 respectively.
The government of Italy has started producing cigars priced at two cents. The move aims to control tobacco markets and supply cheap cigars to citizens, signaling a rare state venture into consumer goods.
A 1919 era piece reports anarchist, bolshevist and other foreign groups plan a September convention likely in New York or New Jersey. It notes Russians and Jews predominate in New York, Italian groups in Boston and Philadelphia, and describes plans to destroy capital and the federal government via sabotage, strikes and internal infiltration of labor unions.
The bride sobs Oh mother I am unhappy I baked a cake for Harry and he threw it at me The bride describes the incident as a brutal act and fears for her safety in a domestic dispute setting with Harry as the alleged assailant.
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