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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1921
Page
8
Mr Mra M L Fesdick and Vintle daur Janet return to New York after a stay here. The Fesdick Electrical Shop has moved to the Mottreem on North Marion avenue.
Local items report visits and moves among Cedar Pals families and neighbors. Mrs Frank Duvall and son return from Ainsworth. Chas McGuire and daughter Charlotte back from Manilla. Ida Cavender visits Omaha. J C McKay to Davenport for illness. J B Lupton moves. water bills due by March 10. Mary Virginia Steck improving in Los Angeles. Chandler car talk and five Edison models showcased by Blephen Jewelry.
The W. A. women report over 20 dollars raised at a bake sale held last Saturday at the courthouse. They plan more sales soon and aim to keep prices low so all can enjoy home baked goods at reasonable costs.
The note points to two Bible verses where the word soap appears Jeremiah 2 22 and Malachi 3 2. It cites a 17th-century spelling variant and words like refiner's fire and fuller’s soap as proof of early language usage.
Clarence at the Graham drew a small audience but high praise for Booth Tarkington’s comedy. The ex-soldier scientist and governess romance anchors a look at young love, with sharp humor from a skilled company who delivered a polished performance.
Washington high school will host Muscatine high school in a debate Thursday at 7:30 PM in the auditorium. The affirmative team includes Richard McCleery James Work and Jeanette Rothschild facing Muscatine, while Washingtons negative team goes to Muscatine. The issue mirrors the Ottumwa debate about immigration laws with a nominal admission fee.
Wanda Neiswanger a University of Illinois junior secretary lists activities including W A A sophomore basketball doll show committee Y W C A Choral society Classical club and Dramatic club vice president, based on a Daily Iowan clipping. She holds credits 801-3 and scholastic average A with address 907 South Wright Champaign Illinois.
Sum Len, a local laundry businessman for several years, leaves tonight for Oska loosa to enter Penn college in the preparatory department. He recently sold his business and seeks education to further his usefulness.
Small foreign bodies not embedded in the eyeball can be removed by entering a dark room and quickly turning on a light. A strong light causes a violent reaction that washes the particle to the corner of the eye, where it can be lifted out with a clean handkerchief.
The United States loses an average of 95 tons of soil pebbles and rock to the ocean each year per square mile, per the U.S. Geological Survey. This loss is notable when considering the United States surface area of 3,088,500 square miles.
Copenhagen March 2 Finland claims zero unemployment through wartime trade policy cited by M Viljanes chief of the Trade and Industry department visiting Copenhagen He attributes Finland's situation to import prohibition boosting industrial output and notes plans to ease embargo while transhipping goods to Russia and establishing a Mange free port.
Four year old Jack watches his grandmother read and notices she wears her glasses only when necessary. He quips that Grandma is saving her glasses from wear by not using them constantly.
Amsterdam professor J R Katz reports bread stays fresh under 140 degrees Fahrenheit for 48 hours. When cooled to 122 degrees, bread begins to grow stale, showing temperature controls staling rate.
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