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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1921

Page

5

Iowa Legislature Eyes April Adjournment and Major Bills

The 39th General Assembly in Action notes probable April 8 adjournment with extra sessions debated for code revision. Big measures include about 16 million in appropriations, district judges’ salaries defeated, and Bradley’s double election board bill advancing. Other items cover farm bureau membership, state fair board selection, school relief fund via tax, and highway commission oversight.

House Senate Bradley Blake Farm Bureau McCullough State Fair Board Des Moines Iowa Olson Highway Commission Highway Commissions William Larrabee Clermont Cement Trust Pittsburgh Weaver Polk Federal Trade Commission Western Steel West American Farm Bureau Federation Steel Trust Smith Newverry

Go And Get It Frames Newspaper Life On Screen

Wesley Barry stars as a Harbor City Gazette copy boy in Marshall Neilan’s Go And Get It at the Fox Theatre, a First National thriller showing Wednesday. Agnes Ayers and Pat O Malley also appear as the plant’s daily life is dramatized from composing room to publisher’s office.

Wesley Barry Dinty Harbor City Marshall Neilan Fox Theatre Agnes Ayers Pat O'Malley Marshal Neilan Associated First National Pictures

Traditional Wedding Hour in England Earliest Ceremonies

The text notes a traditional and fashionable wedding hour in England, stating it became customary to hold the ceremony after mid-day. It explains that taking holy communion as the couple’s first joint act was practiced but not permitted before noon.

England

Population loss and urban gains in Iowa counties

Iowa's 1920 population reached 2,404,021, with 46 counties total gaining 263,437 and 53 counties losing 91,269, yielding a net gain of 172,168. Five urban counties account for most gains while Mahaska and Keokuk show the largest losses, linked to coal mining decline, marking a twenty year drop in the First district.

Iowa Mahaska Keokuk Yao Buren Jefferson Deceuser Washington Avastepee Aed Lee Testet Bisesavte Appanoose Monroe Firet

Time to Face the Facts About Mayr’s Remedy

A reader recounts years of medical treatment for indigestion and related ailments before using Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. The ad claims the simple preparation clears catarrhal mucus and reduces inflammation of stomach liver and intestines and insists one dose convinces with a money back guarantee from Lemmon’s Pharmacy.

Mayr Lemmon

Best Boy Judge of Stock Judging Contest Placed Widely

Results from a stock judging contest show six in corn and stall grains and six in live stock for the Best Boy Judge of Stock. Joseph Duen of Roland took third with 81.67, Samuel King of Fairfield fourth at 81.62, and Dale Holmes of Hudson fifth at 81.31. Indianola’s Work did not place in the top five. Grain judging teams ranked 25 entries with C. S. Dorchester directing the event from Iowa State College. Live stock judging lists 28 teams led by Indianola and Webster City, with Hudson, Fairfield, Roland, and Okoboji among the higher finishers.

Wapello Kossuth Johnson Buena Vista Indianola Iowa Plymouth Ames Kenneth Work Palo Alto Floyd Leeree Loving Hancock Jasper Peer Franklin Smith-Hughes Muscatine Marion — Ee Grundy Ee Jay Hardin Trent Orange Township Work Joseph Duen Roland Samuel King Fairfield Dale Holmes Hudson Dorchester Iowa State College Denison Missouri Valley Mapleton Webster City Lamont Newton Beebetown Toledo Runnels New Hartford Oko+boji Huron West Liberty Sloan Glidden Shipley Tipton Boxholm Sioux Rapids Humboldt Wee Shearer North Grant Kelley Manning Jordan Missouri Valley Shenandoah Strawberry Point Okoboji le Roy

Polish Melodies Show Chopin as National Composer

The oles remain free from eastern influence and their melodic inventions are often delicate yet sometimes strained. Their tones are swaying and richly embellished, with difficult intervals suited to instrument rather than voice. The result is sad yet deeply interesting, underscoring Chopin as a thoroughly national composer.

Chopin

The Writer and the Reader Ontaritian Note

A compact quotation on writing and comprehension urges care so readers may understand whether they wish to, or not, highlighting the duty to ensure understanding regardless of reader will.

Ontaritian

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