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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
8
An editorial fragment estimates that without war or epidemics the world’s population would trace to a single couple about 1,782 years earlier, yielding 1.51 billion people. It reflects on historical population growth under peaceful conditions.
Four Iowans died in drownings Sunday in Cedar Falls and Oskaloosa and a student in Lamon. Marie Vieter and Philip Land died as Land tried to rescue Marie Vieter. Albert Roonstra drowned while swimming in Skank river at Oskaloosa. Orley Reenan, Graceland student, drowned in Grand river at Lamon.
A mix of ads and brief notices: folding berry boxes by A Waldschmidt, taxi service purchase by Stuart hotel proprietor, phone call numbers, Mrs George Dowell attending an Ainsworth program, monument showroom by B M V Rock of Ages, Mrs Sarah Crawford and daughter visiting, Cedar Rapids visitor Will Chilcete on business, Ever Sharp quality service jewelry by Stephen, Miss Laurie Doolittl heading to Kirksville with floral orders, and McNamara Undertaking Co. plus a geology note on faulting and earthquakes.
Miss Maud Neal of Davenport visits Kinross to see friends. Mrs. J. J. Bailey returns from Davenport after visiting daughter Mrs. A. G. Wilcox. Mrs. C. H. Hitchcock travels to Davenport to visit sister Ida Hearn. Mrs. Tom Chilcote and Ed Spahr visit in Fairfield. Tevines and Mrs. Rodney Davis go to Ainsworth to visit guardians. Burgmeister near beer ads echo local hot day promotions.
Mrs. G V Carlson and Patricia Jean leave for Minneapolis. Irene Pierce visits briefly. A bed room fan offered at 11.25 and Champion X spark plugs sold weekly at 60 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eyestone visit. Eyestone to head Ossian schools next year. Various residents travel, work changes noted. local adverts urge savings accounts and tire services. Parisian Sage hair product advertised with dealer Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Des Moines police investigate a mysterious assault on Miss Edna Lee found unconscious at the Arlington hotel. She suffered a fractured skull and multiple facial and body cuts and is hospitalized in critical condition at Mercy Hospital.
Norma Talmadge Harrison Ford and others will visit Towanda Centerville to shoot scenes for a major studio film. Filming will occur at the Picachey and Harbold hog farm touted as one of the largest in the United States.
A humorous caption notes a duck remarking on a rooster that crowing led to a statue placed on a barn, reflecting a quaint rural display and local wit.
Davenport May 2 The judge issued a memorandum to a petition by the National Cane Co-operative Association bankruptcy filing. He ordered the Union Co-operative Association receiver to hold sale proceeds and uncollected accounts for creditors, who are deemed to have prior rights to bankruptcy claims. The receiver must report any value beyond creditor needs to aid in collecting outstanding accounts.
The Dorchester and Moreton-in-the Marsh displays feature surviving trial chairs. The Judge's chair in Dorchester, a substantial piece used by Jeffreys at the 1688 Monmouth rebellion assize, and Charlies I's chair and footstool at Moreton-in-the-Marsh, are shown in glass cases.
In Venice high heels appeared as a mark of rank with ornate decoration. The tallest heels signified status, and women wore them to signal their noble position.
A nostalgic note highlights the Sterno stove as handy in hot weather for quick cooking and heating water. Available from bode for as low as 3.00 dollars, emphasizing portable canned heat as the preferred option.
A new form of lamp designed for England maintains a long horizontal shape, ideal for overhead lighting in film studios or for photo printing.
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