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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
8
A dubious advertisement claims millions are lost in wildcat stock while promoting Titus & Investment Co offering first mortgage loans in Iowa. It promises fixed six percent interest, notes of various amounts, and personal farm title checks by an officer before approval at 11 213 Iowa Avenue Muscatine.
An old stand at Dean's premises lists shampooing massaging hair dressing manicuring and switch weaving services. A full line of Marinect and Franco American powders and creams is advertised. Contact M. W. Karman at phone 264 Blue.
Local notices show a mix of ads and small items. A Red Cross fund from the local painters union totals 16 memberships. A nine day clearance sale offers men and boys suits coats mackinaws and furnishings. An income tax service advertises appointments over Lytle's Store in Washington Iowa.
Shopper notices reveal tax service and income tax returns offered by Homer R. Murray with office over Lytle's Grocery. Local auctioneer D F Macon promotes sales and a big horse sale is announced at City Meed Yard. Birth announced for Walter Lodders' daughter in Smuggler Colorado and Bolshevik movement discussion slated at the high school auditorium.
Will Kichelberger becomes high school engineer replacing Peter Optenburg who left for a post at the American Pearl Button factory. Warren McAvoy serves as janitor at the Heights school while Eichelberger remains a building handyman. Girls Literary Club forms with officers to be elected later. Nature Study Club directed by Miss Ruth M Neeley will study birds and flowers with an election next week. Miss Ruth Young substitutes for Principal J R Allen at the junior high and Miss Edna Dolist attends to illness with Mrs Dan Bevans covering kindergarten.
Notice asks K of BP members to gather at the hall at 1 30 Saturday January 24 to attend the Rh Wells funeral. ARTHUR THERION C C signs as contact.
The studio of Prof T C Davis hosted a pupil recital with a large audience. About one third of the participants performed and the program showcased varied levels of progress by students including Earl and Thelma Davis from Ainsworth.
A readable recital program lists student performers and pieces inclining Liszt dance Nr. Rustlyne by William Mason and Marjorie Williamson. Works by Capriew, Chalmers, Gibeon, and Kern appear alongside piano duets by Marion McLaughlin and Henry Wells and violin solos.
Coach Whitford takes the high school team to Mt Pleasant to face Mt Pheasant in the Southeastern Iowa league. Rice Lemley and Brown miss the trip due to illness. only Davis and Duke are regulars. The squad also includes Swift Kelsey Maxwell Putnam and Freshwaters with scores expected by wireless after the games.
The article warns that while enthusiasm aids success it must be steady and not burst forth like geysers. It cautions that initial energy can wane and urges sustaining effort through completion.
Historians credit Arab scholars for advancing science and agriculture from the eleventh century onward. They note early achievements in medicine, chemistry, climate knowledge, and plant cultivation shaping later European progress.
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