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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1923

Page

8

Dance tonight at Lyons Open Air hall with Deans Orchestra

Local note says music by Deans Orchestra of Oskaloosa for tonight's dance at Lyons Open Air hall. Also mentions various local social updates including visits and travel reports. Royal Ann cherries showcased by Walter Brown residence. Putnam's advertises sale on small women dresses with over 100 items.

Lyons Open Air Halle Deans Orchesa Oskaloosa Walter Brown Putnam's Lyons Open Air Hall Deans Orchesta

Local shoppers and visitors note in Washington Iowa

West Chester caller T H Knotts and auctioneer D F Macon were in town. Matt Smith and son Walter toured for business. Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes sponges, chamois, vacuum bottle, cold drinks, Parisian Sage hair care, and glove silk hose sales. Cairo-area visits include Johnnie Patterson family trip to Crawfordsville and Mrs Mary Young visiting Havre.

Local Notes on Visitors and Adverts in Keokuk Area

Arch Best Oxfords and other local business mentions share space with visits by Mrs. L Walsh of Chicago and Harold Putnam in Tennessee. Ray Roth of Wayland calls on business, Otto Sheetz of Keota and Lloyd Foster noted. Ads highlight undergarments at Putnam & Sons and Mi O Na stomach tablets at Lemmon’s Pharmacy.

L. Walsh Chicago Otto Sheetz of Keota Lemmon’s

Radium Treasury Hidden Above Broadway Skyscraper

A New York Times feature reveals a top eight floor radium reservoir on a high Broadway building at Fifty-seventh Street facing Central Park. The facility houses the world’s largest isolated supply, guarded and used for medical emanation under strict control by physicists and scientists to aid physicians and hospitals.

New York Broadway Fifty-seventh Street Central Park United States Treasury Fifty-ninth Street Columbus Circle Stanaara United States Belgian Congo New York Times

Ideal Furnace Advertisement and Local Notices

The Ideal Furnace is not a scrap iron furnace and is built from all new iron. Wilson Heating Co. Arthur Bjork and Mitthel fonder, both of Washington, secured a marriage license yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Omer Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Zimmerman returned from a brief visit to Des Moines. Mrs. George Brown, formerly of the city, visits Mrs. E. N. Wright before heading to California to live with her youngest daughter.

Kathryn Nadine Zimmerman Dallas EK. Zimmerman Iowa Children’s Home Society of Des Moines Mrs. Zimmerman Wilson Heating CO Arthur Bjork Mitthel Fonder Washington Omer Jones Dallas Zimmerman George Brown City E. N. Wright Brown California

Salvage Expected Of $5 Million Gold From Egypt Liner

After nearly a month of salvage work, the wreck of the Peninsula and Orient liner Egypt, sunk near Ushant in 1922, is believed located. The bullion aboard is said to total about $5,000,000, with British engineers and salvage experts now undertaking recovery efforts.

London Egypt Ushant

Bananas Rare in Berlin Attract Crowds on Potsdamer Street

Bananas have been scarce in Germany for two years and a Berlin fruit seller drew crowds by displaying two full bunches on Potsdamer Street. The fruit sold for 56 000 marks per bunch, about six cents at the then exchange rate. Littl and Pratt unloaded another car of Ideal Furnaces for us today. Come in and look them over. Wilson Heating Co

Henri Becquerel Curie Kuppelwelser Vienna Radium Institute Academy of Sciences of Austria Department of Physics University of Vienna Paris Mme, Cure Sorbonne University of Paris Radium Pantheon Mane. Carie Mme. Curie Berlin Germany Potsdamer Street Littl and Pratt Wilson Heating CO

Break Away. The Fault Is to Cleave to a Fault

A compact reflection on character quoting Confucius. The line suggests the paradox of breaking free yet clinging to a flaw, inviting meditation on personal discipline, self control, and the pull of habitual errors. The aphorism stands as a concise moral prompt.

Confucius

Young Farmers to Get Scholarships Iowa winners named

Des Moines July 10 The Associated Press reports scholarships totaling 600 will be awarded to Iowa boy and girl farmers from the corn and livestock judging contests at the State Fair. Values range from 25 to 175 with a silver loving cup for the top point getter. Contestants must be 21 or younger and judge two rings of horses cattle and swine plus two corn varieties. Special prizes totaling 305 are offered in team judging contests with teams of three plus one alternate, one team per county.

Associated Press Des Moines Iowa Iowa State Fair Secretary of Agriculture A. R. Corey Iowa State College Fach

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Betty Compson Bert Lytell Paramount Picture FOX Theatre Nee Sees Ens Charles Hinkle Baby of Winfield Ralph Pratt Lemmon’s Pharmacy Mr. T. L. Holland St. Louis Mrs. Charles Hay Local R. c. Ferguson Manitou Colorado Estes Park Putname Homer Stephens Betty Osakis, Minn T. H. Knotts of West Chester D. F. Macon Matt Smith Smith Emporium Walter Johnnie Patterson Crawfordsville Mary Young Havre M.s. Wes Meyer C. E. Plumly Mt. Pleasant Silvan Plumly Dorothy Marie Madden Lemmon's Soda Fountain Eod Rose Goeldner Oleta Stewart Lemmon’'s Pharmacy Kernice Lois Ross Davenport Arch Oxfords Wilson's Harold and John Putnam Tennessee Ray Roth Wayland Ladiece Atchisons Ott Lloyd Foster George F. Wright A. E. Putnam & Sons Glen Mina Doner Margaret Houghtaling Charles King Muscatine M. L. Rippey E. V. Simons Wilson's Shoe Store R. H. Malin Columbus Junction E. O. Newell Samuel Brownlee Fisher Parsons Kansas Elizabeth Fisher American Society of Civil Engineers A. BE. Putnam & Sons A. E. Rankin Hampton Lander Wyo Dorothy Alice Mae George Brinton 8. J. Lewis W. W. Law Fort Morgan Colo Mary E. Fisher Gee RB. French J. W. Patton Lewis Los Angeles Cal General Women’s Missionary Convention The United Presbyterian Church Keokuk Presbytery Kither Lowa City Curtis & Ross Pennsylvania John Shields & Sons J. M. Finney Frank L. Wilson Willver Fort Dodge Shoe Dealers McElhinney Drug Co Radium Treasury Palm Beach C. M. & F. Clothing Co Washington Cleaners Florence Ers McNamara Blaine Holmes Service Holmes
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