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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1921
Page
8
The article notes chess appeals to mature minds and uses fine woods for boards and pieces, citing ebony and boxwood among the best, with acceptable alternatives like yellow poplar, basswood, walnut, maple, and birch. It adds that checkers are rated slightly lower in scientific points, though Poe praised them as a high form of mental exercise.
Local residents from Ainsworth and surrounding towns visited Washington for shopping and social calls. People include Mrs E W Spessard and daughters. Miss Bertha Welliever. Miss Nellie Woodworth and Miss Flora Green. Miss Wilma Miller. Miss Alice Stephen. and Lawrence and Faye McNeal. Community updates note visits to Keota Davenport Chicago and nearby services such as auto repair and monument shops.
Mable Kupka returned from a visit at the Roy Heeseltine home in Cone. Mr and Mrs W S Kistner of Dante Va spend today in town en route to Keota to visit brother Elbert Shaffer. Mr and Mrs M E Dicken spent the weekend with J M Brockway in Letts. Washington Cleaners offers free delivery and lists a phone number.
Washington shoppers and visitors fill the town weathered by delivery ads. Names include Mrs Geo Simpson Otto and Beatrice from Rockford and Bert Simpson in Wellston. Other items note Miss Anna Milligan speaking in Rock Island and Mrs Mary Beng visiting Columbus Junction. A mix of visits to Keota Crawfordsville Macomb and Ottumwa appear with social notes and business ads.
Missionaries identify a plant in Hawaii known for reedlike stalks and knife edged growth bearing white enamel beads called Job's tears. Locals call the beads Job's tears and use the plant name in early botanical notes.
On November 26, 1882 the New York and Harlem street railway began operating the nation’s first streetcar line. A single horse-drawn car ran from the city wall to Fourteenth Street, about a mile and three-quarters.
A milliner in Ketchikan, Alaska recalls a custom among Alaskan Indians to leave on graves objects beloved in life. A long wreath of flowers from her shop was found on a grave, with each plot built to resemble a tiny house from a distance. At the White House,
The article traces early paper origins with forefathers as cavemen and Chinese readers. It notes Moors introducing paper to Spain in the twelfth century, highlighting ancient use of bark and bamboo for printing materials.
Londoners consume about 560000 gallons of tea daily, reflecting strong demand across the city. The figure highlights tea as a staple beverage influencing markets and daily routine in London.
Describes relief efforts in famine China via barrow deliveries from railheads to interior villages. Miss Alice Read reports thousands of wheelbarrows and relieved crowds, with starving girls atmission compounds, a hungry child’s demand to eat before prayer, false rescues for warm clothing, and families dying beside roadways or along village streets waiting for burials.
The Red Cross starts a road building program to provide employment for men fit for service. Workers are paid in grain, with amounts based on the size of each family.
A historic note describes King Henry V ordering a levy of six goose feathers from each county to equip archers for the anticipated war against France in 1417. The feathers were to serve as arrow fletching for English infantry.
The American Forestry Magazine notes California redwoods thrive in Italian cultivation. A Bologna tree over four feet in diameter, planted about 60 years ago, was cut, with sections shown at the Museum of the Royal Forestry College in Florence.
Nicholas recalls his father paying his two older brothers for church collection and carfare while he is kept at home. He questions why the others always get the nickels, accusing favoritism and unfair treatment.
A London suburb woman told a magistrate her landlord harassed her by daily calls sometimes twice daily asking if her husband is dead. She described the landlord as anxious and intrusive, prompting the case against him.
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