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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1921
Page
8
A collage of local ads and notes includes visits, car services, and消费 promotions. Businesses like White Way Garage Chandler Six Lemmon’s Drug Store and Schulty Motor Car Co advertise oil changes, batteries, tire work, car washing, and auto repairs while residents and guests are mentioned in social notes and travel plans.
Readers of the classic tale may enjoy a heartwarming film adaptation at the Graham Theatre Thursday through Saturday. The production highlights refined photography and a seamless blend of the original story with added human romance, preserving nature’s moods and offering wholesome entertainment.
Dr John A Earl announced his resignation as president of Des Moines university to accept the pastorate of the First Baptist church of St Paul. He has led the college since 1911, helping it grow from Des Moines college on West Ninth Street to the consolidated Des Moines university after the Pel la Ia merger and Highland Park property acquisition.
The Iowa state executive council awarded the contract for automobile plates to F. G. Adams Stamp and Stationery of St. Louis at 19 cents per pair. Total cost for autos and trucks will be 95 000. Other bidders were Western Plating of Minneapolis and Elwood Myers of Springfield Ohio.
The state will need about 500000 license plates next year with 400000 for autos and 100000 for trucks. Adams Company, the same firm that supplied this year’s plates, was awarded the contract today. The 1920 plates cost 22 18 cents per pair.
President Harding may receive a gold invitation to the Imperial Conclave of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in Des Moines June 14 to 16. Imperial Potentate Ellis Garret will deliver the invitation in Washington. Officials plan a flag day fireworks display at the state house grounds and seek Harding's presence in Des Moines.
A boy named Chester struggles to understand his family relations after a confusing sequence of marriages and a remarriage. The narration traces Lloyd’s marriages and divorces, and Chester finally asks what relation Lloyd is to the family now.
Moor’s Holy City Shestuan in Morocco remains unopened to European explorers as its streets stay unseen by outsiders. The enclave is described as the holy ground of the Moors and fiercely protected from foreign intrusion.
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