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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1920
Page
8
In Constantinople the 146 year old Zora Mermed reputed to be the world’s oldest man falls ill with indigestion. He blames his dental plates for his illness noting a history of heavy lifting and repeated denture changes since his youth.
M L Brady of Emmetsburg found guilty of unlawfully selling stock here to two buyers near Larchwood. He claimed the stock was his own and not for the Sioux Falls Stockyards Co. He was indicted for alleged fraud in the sale as well. Queen Eugenie's bier was covered by a small pall on the bier of her son the prince.
The Richland high school eleven defeated Olds high school 153 to 0 in Richland Iowa. The game resembled a track meet with Richland using fakes end runs and passes to overwhelm Olds. Balderson starred returning every punt for a touchdown and Richland gave many players time in the back field. The halftime score was 97 to 0.
Mobile Alabama November 19 Mrs Ellen Carey of Decatur Alabama won 500 damages from the Louisville and Nashville railroad in a Supreme Court decision. The court held the railroad liable for errors by any clock or timepiece shown publicly. Her son had died on a train to Hartselle as the depot clock showed 6 23 and the train departed at 6 30. She sought 3000.
Census bureau data show 109,269 Japanese residents on Hawaii out of 255,512 total, making up 42.7 percent of the island's 1920 population. The Japanese count rose by 29,594 in the past decade, a 37.1 percent increase versus 30.4 percent in 1900-10.
Paris Opera workers walk out to compel management to hire no more than one foreign artist every three months, aiming to protect local talent and reduce foreign recruitment.
local notices report residents visiting relatives and shopping in Wellman and Ottumwa. announcements include auto parts and radiator advice from Jones Auto Co, a Persi a missionary speaking at the Presbyterian church, auctioneer D F Macon, and tire services from Service Vulcanizing Co. other items cover corset price cuts at the New York Store and various sales and specials.
Day and night taxi and baggage service with phone contact. Mrs J Allen of Wayland visits yesterday. Used piano for sale at 150 dollars with easy terms. Dean's closing out Goodyear tires at low prices. Mrs E Augustine travels to Richland then California. Extra specials advertised for tonight at Rothschilds.
A collage of shop listings and social notices reports tire and lighting service offers from Mannhardt Brothers and Bryce Motor. It notes Goodyear tire prices, chicken dinners at Dean's, breaded chops, atlas sales, and assorted visits from residents like Mrs Harvey Jones and Miss Murray of Persia, plus church events and a Ford service ad.
In Salina area on Wednesday CG. 8 Woodford and wife attended a public sale where items included records worth 95.06 free within the phonograph.
Havana reports indicate American visitors find costs there about twice those in top U S cities. High hotel rates from seven dollars daily rising toward fifteen, scarce cash due to a moratorium, and widespread price hikes on clothing, tobacco, and basics push living expenses higher for ordinary travelers.
The Red Cross health center in Washington Co. emphasizes education over treatment teaching healthy living to the public. It augments federal and state efforts, supports physicians and churches, and fosters a future where health, youth development, and moral well being are central to society.
In Volga City area, 56 year old Adam Olinger who twenty years ago lost his left hand in a corn shredder, today lost his right hand in the same manner. He lives near Volga City in Iowa.
The record notes all district text books and personal property of C. E. Hoskinson valued at 560 dollars. It cites district ownership and the principal as property owner in the loss report.
Charles R. Clark of Montezuma Poweshiek county dies at 78. He long presided over the Methodist Sunday school for 52 years while remaining a Baptist in Davenport due to no local church. News of election returns reached Monticello via high school wireless. Leo Locher, then a student at Ames, returned home after serving as a wireless operator aboard a U S destroyer in the English Channel. The high school wireless plant proved practical as Telegrams were mostly from the government naval wireless station near Washington.
A junior high building in Clarinda was destroyed by fire, with $40,000 total loss and $21,000 insurance. Water pressure on the hill hampered firefighting. origin remains a mystery as coal gas heating is unlikely. Janitor and principal were present until 6 p.m. and found everything normal.
Mr and Mrs Harry R Burke have left Ames on the first leg of a long voyage by steamboat down the Mississippi then through the Gulf of Mexico to the Panama Canal and up the Pacific coast to San Francisco and finally Portland. Burke, a newspaper writer, plans to gather material for feature stories during the trip. He is the son of the late Richard Burke who once published newspapers in What Cheer and Oskaloosa and is a nephew of John Burke, then United States treasurer and former North Dakota governor.
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