Conditions Improve Says Banking Report Amid War Notes
A cautious report notes improving credit conditions and a nearing end to violent business disturbances since May 1920. It forecasts visible signs of distress easing as fall business strengthens, while warning localities may face tighter credit due to extreme demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucubrious Blue
Esrove
Russia
Abe
Aissia
Eh Drein
Bienal
New York
United States
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason on Victorian prose
The column contrasts Victorian writers with modern authors noting they avoided explicit sex and lurid detail yet kept tales clear. modern novels depict grim life in slums and dens with coarse language and shocking themes, prompting debate over prudery and truth in literature.
Banking Strength Supports Autumn Credit Outlook
The report highlights a stronger banking position with a higher reserve ratio of 61.6 percent versus 45.9 percent last year and reduced crop-financing strain. It notes a $1.7 billion rise in reserves and a 25 percent increase in money supply measures, while loans at reporting banks remain below four years ago, signaling readiness for lighter autumn credit demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Banks
Borrowed Smiles
A fragmentary report describes a tense scene where a caretaker or householder insists on strict access rules for visitors, followed by a maid announcing a gentleman requesting entry. The piece reads like a Victorian or early 20th century drama with cautious speech and constrained action.
Hats Sell By Flattering Customers In Retail Gossip
A gossip writer notes a hat shop tale where Madam the chapeauist tests six hats on six customers. Statements tailor the fit to each customer’s appearance, from plump to thin to pale, and each hat sale follows a clever line. The anecdote also mentions an insurance agent and a show in London.
Six Hats and Bats Sell Out in Town Topics Note
A Town Topics notice quotes a shopper saying a tall hat adds height and reports the sixth hat sold out. The item list notes all six bats were identical, underscoring a quirky local sale item.
Hospital Unit RB Will Hold Reunion
Fairfield plans for the second reunion of Hospital Unit R commanded in World War War. Col J F Clarke returns from vacation to preside as events unfold at Chautauqua Park on August 13 and 14 with a Saturday program including stunts and a showing of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Former unit members from Iowa Kansas Illinois Indiana expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
J. F. Clarke
Atlantic Coast
Col. Clarke
Chautauqua Park
Park Auditorium
Iowa
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Junction Business Men Will Play Ball
Columbus Junction on July 22 hosts a Friday afternoon charity baseball game at 3 30 pm pitting East Side Main Street against West Side Main Street as the first of four series ending August 5 Proceeds go to the Columbus Junction band concert fund Lineups list East Siders and West Siders with managers and players named for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Main Street
Sinclair Lewis
West Side
Fairgrounds
Columbus Junction Band Concert Fund
West Siders
Clarence Johnson
B. Lewis c
Shipton P
Overholt
Wilkinson
Newnam
J. Pencess
B. Pence If
M. Tucker
FE. Henson
East
Tanlac credited with curing rheumatism prompts praise
Mrs. Mary A. Styers of Omaha reports Tanlac relieved severe rheumatism and indigestion after a year of pain and crutches. She gained twenty pounds, feels young again, and credits the remedy for ending her suffering and restoring appetite and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
Mary A. Styers
Patrick Ave
Omaha
Nebr
Taniae
Altho
Taniac
Advt
KEEP YOUR TEMPER AND SELF-CONTROL LESSONS
A speaker stresses temperance and self control as lifelong training. Courage can be learned quickly on battlefields but keeping temper requires years of intensive practice. The message warns that losing control can lead to irreversible regret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Honest moviegoers in Hornell pay at theater door
Nine nine out of every hundred people in the United States and every body in Hornell are honest says Charles S. Smith, manager of a local moving picture theater. A new policy has no ticket sellers or cashiers in the lobby. All admitted free, then patrons drop 30 vents into a box if they liked the show. A change booth assists with correct amounts. Most patrons pay, only dissatisfied ones omit the box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornell
N. Y
United States
Charles S. Smith
Moving Picture Theater
Smith
Girls Work Their Way Through University at Iowa State
In Iowa City at the State University of Iowa many female students work to fund their education. Adelaide St. Burgé reports about 100 inquiries from subfreshmen seeking jobs for women, with many willing to wash dishes or type, to cover tuition and living costs. Last year 114 of 420 freshmen received work assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Adelaide St. Burgé
Old Gold
Dream of Jubilee Warns of Hidden Harm and Duty
Fragmentary writing warns that dreaming of a jubilee reveals imagined friends plotting harm and predicts you will triumph over duties as an unpleasant end looms. The text reads uncertainly about danger, deceit, and eventual consequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jubilee
Dcu
Aller
Rail timetable fragment with local and express train notes
Schedule from Washington ERoutes describing local and freight trains with numbers 429 449 836 685 88 89 and others. Includes arrival times 7 8 45 a m and 1 00 p m plus Sunday operation statements and agent H W Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden State
Amix
Enanmeimannamn
Washington E
COTUS
Loral Pass
H. W. Russel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evening Journal
ELDER
Shannon
Bruce Cowden
Washington
Laws
Mutual
Rei
Walt Mason
Houston Post
Tirmingham Age-Herald
San
Junction
A. John Droz
J. E. Edgington
M. D
F. & M. Bank Bldg
Westinghouse
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Washington, Iowa
Union
Washington, IA
Mes
S. H. Bateman
D. Blair
J. D. Dayton
Westchester, Iowa
Ty. A. Michels
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
J. Wilson
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Lawyers Opposite Journal Office
Eicher, Livingston & Eicher: Law
Washington, Icw
Chiropractors
M. H. Sartor Mra
M. H. Sartor Sartor & Sartor Chiropractors
Square
Klein Kiothin
Red Washingtoys
B. Watson
Towa
Morrison & Morrison
Morrison Bidg
North Side
Austin Sutherland
Aerives
A.m
Lo. Preight
C. B
J. A. McKay
Lo'west Lim
West Lim
John Park
Washington Lodge
J. Elite Grayson
W. M
Arthur Goodin
Cyrus
R. A
W. C. Bell
H. P
Bethlehem Commandery
Kerr
B. CG
Lavada Kerr
Myrtle Igpeer
Damascus Shrine
Moose Hall
Louise Harwood
Leoa M. Marble
Washington Lodge No
Loyal Order of Moose
I. B. Mitchell
D. C. Russell
Brighton
O. F
J. O. O. F. Hall
Minet
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!