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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
8
Mrs Robert Carlson and Mrs you went to West Chester is friend Mrs 8S K Stat S who is seriously ill shares word about limited Hamilton watches for men.
Mrs Ernest Jacobs from East Pleasant Plain reports Water Drills payable at West Side Drug Store until March 16 last quarter of the city fiscal year urged prompt payment. Mr and Mrs R J Cherry visited Keota due to the illness of Mrs Cherry's sister Mrs Win Vincent. Popular music shipment received at Westphal's West Side Jeweler Martino Recital Co Tuesday evening H S Auditorium
Longtime Stewart Grocery West Side worker Huck Dougall resigns and moves to Curt Wells farm west of town Tintolae to work on floors and woodwork using a varnish stain. Quart size varnish sells for £1.10, available in half pints to gallons.
Keota residents visit and local shoppers report Water bills due by March 10 and notices for auctions and sales Draying services listed and several trades and goods advertised including drain tile linen and crepe de chine Fabrics and hats. Vocational agriculture supervisor visits the high school and lecture tickets offered for March 8 events.
The item lists a Fairfield couple welcoming a seven and a half pound girl in Harlan Iowa reviews, and travels of Mrs Knupp formerly Miss Bridges. It includes various local ads and notices about products services and a Des Moines investigation into Mrs Rowley a long time madam with instruments letters and multiple clients tied to a larger city morality probe.
A report recounts a near miss when a man named John Jones attempted to catch a moving train. A brakeman closed the vestibule door as the train began to move, and a friend on the platform exclaimed that John did not run fast enough.
The piece notes Crooked Usage in Chelsea as among London’s odd street names and links quaint typography to ancient land divisions. It suggests straight grassy strips between fields were called usages and that a crooked cartway may have given rise to the name.
The article describes the wild geese of Europe as mysterious birds whose nesting grounds lie in the far north including Spitzbergen and Kolguer. It notes they visit British Isles only as visitors, driven south by early winter, flying swiftly on the north wind to milder winter quarters elsewhere.
A reflective piece cautions against overconfidence in claimed knowledge, noting how many people accept others' expertise without question. It hints at social dynamics where confidence can mislead, underscoring humility in conversation and expertise.
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