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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1921
Page
7
Local items recount daily visits, family news, school events, and social calls across Keota and surrounding towns. A feature explains the Tabor & Northern railway's 1889 construction, municipal ownership, and current status amid regional transport debates.
Rev. J. F. Barnett Fred Orris R. C. McCleary and R. E. Davis visited Washington yesterday Cecil Lease of Ft Madison visited here with his parents Dr and Mrs N J Lease
Citizens of Tabor Iowa took over the Tabor and Northern railway after 21 years of private control forming a stock company last fall. They report satisfaction after half a year of community ownership and note private return last year near 600 dollars with gross revenue about 30000 dollars while the owner argued limited margins blocked improvements.
In Chicago Ralph Van Vechten of Continental and Commercial Bank notes the supreme court uphold of the federal farm loan act unlocks a large bond market. Twenty eight joint stock land banks plan to offer 20 million dollars, with 30 million later, restarting loan programs after a year’s suspension as farmers face foreclosure and banks adjust to new liquidity.
George Walsh stars in Dynamite Allen a Fox production written by Thomas F Fallon. The Pennsylvania mining inspired tale follows Walsh as a son proving his father innocent amid perilous ordeals including a flooded mine and a burning home. Supporting cast features Edna Murphy Dorothy Allen Byron Douglas and J Thornton Baston. Dell Henderson directs.
Miss Alice Jackson, a waitress, learned the meaning of a stick-up sandwich from two men who ordered coffee pie and the phrase. After she went to the kitchen, they left with the customers and $50 from the register, prompting an investigation.
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