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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
8
An advertisement from Titus & Investment Company promotes quick loans on lowa ms with 6 percent interest and notes ranging from 500 to 10000. It claims personalized officer review and guarantees, urging readers to invest despite decades of unrealized gains and losses in wildcat schemes.
An old advertisement shows a range of personal care items including hair styling products, massaging and grooming aids, and cosmetics. It mentions Marinet and Pranco American powders and creams and lists a contact as M. W. Karman with phone number 258 Dhue.
Local items show Lydia fiellam a chiropractor near Lemley's Grocery with contact 589. Raleigh Optenburg returns home from Davenport after a week at St Luke's hospital and plans another two weeks stay.
An advertisement promotes Dr Prescott's Gem described as a tør e cure for frost bites chilblains eczema and all skin diseases located at 1108 East Main Street with telephone 344 Blue. The notice is dated January 20824.
Wisconsin health officers report an influenza like illness spreading in the state not pneumonia. Telegrams instructed officers to report placard and isolate all cases. The disease is described as serious and virulent and rules for reporting are to be enforced nationwide.
A blaze at an Atlantic Refining warehouse in Pittsburgh on January 24 destroyed hundreds of oil barrels and the two block building. The early estimate put property loss at about 500000 dollars.
Belgrade announces that women managing property in their own right will be allowed to vote in the first national election next month. The cabinet statement outlines inclusion for this group amid broader suffrage changes in Jugo-Slavia.
A fragment notes that Yuri and one of the few lands in Whitefat remains unused for fighting or industrial purposes, hinting at its peaceful potential amid broader conflicts and development.
Washington high school basketball lost at Mt Pleasant 15 to 16 with two regulars absent. Duke and Swift led Washington, then the team traveled to Burlington to face that high school. Burlington had defeated Fairfield 25 to 15 at Burlington earlier. Muscatine beat Ottumwa 38 to 25.
The Rev. W. N. Lamance begins the evangelistic campaign with an 11 o clock sermon at the Methodist church. Sunday school at 9 20 with Junior choir orchestra and organ. Public worship continues at 11 with senior choir and anthems. Evening mass meeting at 7 features the Mannhadt orchestra and various solos.
Two British physicians traced six persistent diphtheria carriers to organisms deeply implanted in the tonsils. Local treatment failed. tonsil removal yielded a complete cure, freeing victims from distress and danger of the disease.
A fragmented account describes usage of combs by the Greeks Kayption and Roman women to lift and hold hair. It notes lake-dwelling Swiss people and other ancient groups using wooden woolen horn ivory and bone combs. References appear garbled and non-specific.
A garbled excerpt mentions The Difference and science about star names and distances, parasites of the sea, and topics linking nature, religion, and the elemental universe. It reads as an authorial or catalog-like stream with unclear context.
Jumbles of classifieds and society notes list calls to visit relatives and travel to towns like Aledo Fairfield Keota and Centerville. Local updates mention new births, illnesses and hospital visits plus brief business and travel items.
Nanette trudges home from work to a lodging house where a rent hike of 50 cents pushes her near poverty. She laments her dwindling prospects and questions how to survive as prices soar, while she and John dream of a simple home and a shared future.
A fragment shows two lovers Strewn by light conversation and a kiss as they plan to start anew. She teases with comfort and meals while he accepts a warm embrace signaling a hopeful, intimate moment amid uncertain times.
A boy named John visits his country grandmother who notices his few clean clothes. She advises him to write to his mother for a fresh supply. He complies and returns with the note requesting a reinforcement of clean clothes.
A short reflection notes that men differ in their innate hope. Quincey described Coldemith as having a hearty temperament and knack of hoping while Burne Jones admitted he lacks much hopefulness. The piece references Goldsmiths aiding Burne-Jones.
Essay-like reflection urges young people to value hard work today to shape a golden tomorrow. It cautions the future mirrors the present and stresses effort as the path to lasting promise.
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