Remarkable Air Service Hero Visits Washington
Lieutenant R H Scott of Oklahoma City visiting relatives in Washington tells of his war ordeal after a 1919 discharge. He describes a crash over enemy lines, his injuries including fourteen bullet wounds, and recovery aided by government care. He plans to work as an automobile mechanic once healed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Scott
Oklahoma City
Jack Knauss
Charles Brown
Scott
Ella Knauss
Marion O'Loughin
O'Loughlin
Messrs
Knauss
Air Service
Sth
George Thompson
Thompson
Lieut
Washington
Dustin Farnum Opens at Fox in Strange Idols
The Fox Theatre announces Dustin Farnum returns as a Fox star in Strange Idols directed by Bernard Durning. The photoplay follows a Northwest lumberman and a Broadway dancer in an ill fated romance ending in reunion with Doris Pawn as Farnum's leading lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Theatre
Dustin Farnum
Fox
Jules Furthman
Northwest
New York
Doris Pawn
Farnum
Bernard Durning
Theatre
Earliest Cricket Mentions and Monk Bowling Picture
The text cites John Derrick writing in 1505 about playing cricket and notes a Bodleian Library illustration from about 1300 showing a monk bowling to another. The juxtaposes early literary reference with an earlier visual depiction of the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Derrick
His Fellowes
Bodleian Library
Oxford
Washington Iowa adopts railroad crossing signal gates ordinance
Ordinance 147 requires Chicago Rock Island & Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul railroads to install movable gates at major North Avenue crossings in Washington Iowa. Gates must be operated daily with specified hours, with flagmen as fallback, and take effect after publication in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railroad
North Marion Avenue
North
Iowa Avenue
North Second Avenue
North Fourth Avenue
Washington
Iowa
Marion Avenue
Second Avenue
Fourth Avenue
City of
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
North Iowa Avenue
A. N. Alberson
Bent whalebones straightened by boiling water and ironing
Bent whalebones can be straightened by soaking them in boiling water for a few minutes and then ironing them.
Ordinance Establishing Street Grades for Washington Iowa
The city of Washington Iowa adopts grades for West Main Street North Marion Ave and East Seventh Street with specified curb top elevations in feet. The ordinance lists multiple grade points including intersections with Sixth and Seventh Streets and West Main angle curves, repeals conflicting grades, and takes effect after passage and publication on June 19, 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main Street
6Th Street
Ave. B
Ave. F
Marion Avenue
6Th St
7Th Street
Seventh Street
6Th Avenue
7Th Avenue
Wise Women A Famous Medical Man In Ancient Times
A renowned physician of antiquity claims his writings are only a compilation of knowledge gathered by careful observation and practice. He describes his works as a store of practical remedies and medical lessons collected over years of study.
Wise Women and the Healing Power of Plants
The text highlights that women historically possessed knowledge of medicinal plants and herbs. It notes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, developed by a woman, as valued by women for treating common female troubles using root and herb remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia BE. Pinkham
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New
Cricket
Sherwin-Williams
Bruns Seed Store
West Side Square
Attest
S. J. Kellogg
Chandler
Bevins Motor Co
THE
Chandler Motor Car CO
Price F. O. B
Margaent
Marquette Company
Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co
Marquette Building
Chicago
Local Distributors
John Shields & Sons
USCO
United States
U. S
Washington, Lowa
United States @ Rubber Company
Ordeal and
Wayland, Lowa
T. W. Schlatter
Winfield, Lowa
Peck
Ainsworth, Lowa
Eden Brothers
Olds, Iowa
Pollock Brothers
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