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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1921
Page
2
Estimated receipts for hogs 26 095 cattle 8009. beef and pork values show steady to higher trade. Cattle demand strong with top 85 dollars. sheep receipts 10 000 and lamb prices 9.75 to 12.25. Official yesterday totals include hogs 27 962 cattle 10 245 sheep 12 698 calves 4 824.
A discussion on the rising prominence of women’s efficiency in modern society focuses on fitness, daily baths, fresh air exercise, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as support at the onset of female weakness.
Mary Pickford describes the French actress Madame Rose Diane as explosively expressive during a Graham set production for United Artists. Pickford recalls rains of steam and a long tirade in French that unsettled the crew as the water boiler overreacted and threatened injury.
Iowa harvest outlook shows winter wheat at 422000 acres to be harvested with 95 percent condition on May 1 and 9411000 bushels forecast, rye down 8 percent, hay up 3 percent with 93 percent condition. Separate notes cover a senior class play with cast lists, choir, orchestra, and upcoming commencement events at Crawfordsville. The article also notes field meet results and social visits in Washington and nearby towns.
Ford Motor Company reports output at Detroit near 4000 vehicles per day by May and an April 1921 surplus over 1920. By May 12 production reached 4092, with 43000 workers at the Detroit plant, six days weekly and three shifts. Henry Ford says the company is never in better condition.
A large crowd gathered at the Crawfordsville Opera House last night to witness the senior play "Mary's Millions." Audience members offered varied comments on the production and performances.
In France arrived at Wayland yesterday and if we mistake not the funeral will be held there this afternoon. Earl was well known here as he made his home here for a time.
A Metro release screened at the Fox Theatre on Saturday features Jewel Carmen in The Silver Lining a life inspired drama. Roland West wrote and directed it with firsthand experience of many incidents. Leslie Austen Coit Albertson Virginia Valli and Julia Swayne head a Broadway caliber supporting cast.
The article lists dancers Gordon J Herbert Frank Edwards Davis Marie Coverdale Gladden James Theodore Babock Charles Wellesley Henry Sediey Jule Powers Arthur Donaldson Paul Everton and Carl Hyson Dorothy Dickson as internationally famous. It notes The Silver Lining was scenarized by D J Buchanan and Charles H Smith and photographed by Edward Wynard and Frank Zucker.
Frank Leeper sold a young horse to a Washington buyer recently. Otto Schiebel and family visited their son Roy. Ada Abbey and Ed Miller visited Rubio with Della Laura and Alma Vacha. Frank Melinsky attended Josphine Crish’s funeral in Pleasant Plain. Fred Longer drives a new Ford touring car. Ed Miller and Will Longer sold cars to Frank Snider. Frank McKay family visited Charley McKay home. Bessie Longer of Iowa City visited relatives. Fred Riley works for Grant Hameton. Newspapers in China sell two to three times over, with prior day issues redistributed to the lower class.
Herbert P. Crane, son of a wealthy manufacturer, was sentenced to one to twenty years in the penitentiary after a jury found him guilty of attempting to attack a 2-year-old girl. Judge Thompson overruled a motion for a new trial.
Pieces describe redistribution to villages and country districts where goods are sold at a fraction of original cost. The text implies a system of repackaging and reallocation to areas beyond the initial sale points.
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