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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1924
Page
8
The Washington area runs a busy bulletin of sales and events. Shoppers learn of silk bargains at the New York store while residents like Mrs. Roy White and Mrs. Gault travel to nearby towns. classes, bake sales, and church messages appear alongside vehicle and battery service promotions and local visits.
Mrs. K. W. Vanderbilt's Derby favorite Sarazen, unbeaten as a two year old, suffered a first defeat as a three year old in the Lynchbrook handicap at Jamaica. Bracadale from the Rancocas stable led to the wire in the six furlong race, finishing ahead, time 1:12.
A railway in India conducted tests of a new concrete railway tie made from two concrete blocks joined by a tie bar. Rails are attached to specially treated wood plugs embedded in the concrete.
A small girl fills a Liberty Bell Bank and asks her father to deposit the pennies into her savings account. The story highlights teaching children to save daily and notes the account grows steadily. The bank offers a Liberty Bell Bank with every new savings account of $1.00 or over to spark saving early.
New York May 2 Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University says he is prepared to press prohibition at the Republican national convention as a district delegate He asserts politicians fear the issue but the public will demand prohibition first in any platform He predicts the 18th amendment will be repealed within five years and calls it a failure
Nation defended his stance during a talk on the wet position before the Missouri Society dinner Tuesday night.
A fragmentary article discusses how birds inherit and learn calls from nest mates and voices they hear, noting that young birds may imitate sounds from rearing surroundings. It moves to Scotland where potatoes faced early opposition with sermons deeming the tuber unfit for Christians and even calling it forbidden fruit linked to Adam’s fall.
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