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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1920
Page
5
Tokyo reports grim outlook with many firms near collapse including Matsuda Trading Co. Government aid fails to curb the downturn as import stocks sit idle in Kobe and Yokohama. Analysts warn more bank failures loom while farmers seek a cooperative grain marketing plan to stabilize prices.
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation votes to appropriate $10,000 to support the seventeen farmers marketing plan led by William Eckhardt of Illinois. The plan aims to raise a working fund of $509,000 through assessments from state federations and related farm organizations, with Iowa and Illinois proposed at $100,000 each and others scaled to resources.
The text suggests the street name Crooked Usege in London may derive from uence a term for strips of common land or paths between private plots. It proposes Crooked Usege was likely one such path and thus gave its name.
Detroit reports bonus payments exceeding 7.6 million dollars for Ford Motor Company employees with distribution to begin January 1. Edsel B. Ford also notes an extra 3 percent for six months ending December 31 on investment certificates, in addition to a guaranteed 6 percent.
Viola Dana leads the photodrama Blackmail a Metro special from The Saturday Evening Post story by Lucia Chamberlain detailing a crook band's scheme to coerce a wealthy suitor into marriage. Supporting cast includes Wyndham Standing Lydia Knott Jack Roi and Fred Kelsey with Dallas M Fitzgerald directing. Fatty Arbuckle comedy His Wedding Night is shown as a special added attraction.
A vintage watch is described as yielding 482000 tropud per day against the fork or T57089,000 brows per year, equating to £152,000,000 in twenty years, the typical period a watch is guaranteed to keep good time.
A fragment from the Houston Chronicle notes public reaction to competing candidates. It suggests a humorous contrast as voters claim one is a strong patriot while the other is unloved, calling for clarity in political judgment.
Ole Hanson former Seattle mayor recounted a street brawl in Liverpool after denouncing a soapbox orator who attacked the United States. He joined a counter crowd and fought back, saying he was hit several times but sustained no serious injuries.
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