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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
4
The Washington Improvement League plans a spring clean-up to remove clutter and improve yards streets and alleys. The drive seeks active cooperation from local organizations and every resident to boost health and property values.
The Department of Agriculture urges higher onion consumption due to an unusually large crop. Report notes uncertainty after a freeze damaged fruit, with some saying total loss and others only slight injury. Officials expect clarity before the canning season and jars go on sale.
The verse urges training the mind to dwell on pleasant scenes and art, arguing thoughts shape life. It contrasts dark fears with bright ones, noting positivity can ease illness and pain and that life, though harsh, can be seen as wide as wool.
Des Moines reports a long record of capital punishment in Iowa from 1877 to 1919. The article recounts Weeks and Cross facing death for murder, Cross slated for Saturday after pleading guilty, while Junkins’ 1919 Ottumwa case is detailed with witness accounts, mercy pleas, and no women allowed at the execution.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. promises one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh that Hall’s Catarrh Medicine cannot cure. The affidavit sworn December 6, 1888 before Notary Public A sen W. Gleason, Toledo Ohio. Public notices and testimonials from the firm promote internal use and blood-based action.
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