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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1921
Page
5
A nationwide drive aims to have every building numbered and equipped with a mail receptacle or door slot. Postmasters report carriers will record addresses on routes to ensure accurate delivery and urge owners to install numbered receptacles, noting benefits of quicker, safer service and reduced theft.
Iowa City expects about 15 000 fans for the Iowa Illinois game October 15 at homecoming. Audiences will back the Fighting Hawkeyes who face a proven Illini squad, with coach Howard Jones set to use freshmen as training for the Varsity.
Buck Jones returns to the Fox Theatre this Saturday in the Fox picture To a Finish. The romance of western ranch life features a plot to blast the reputation of honest cattle herds as rustlers. The play promises stirring action and Buck Jones style thrill and daring.
The piece praises the star for superb horsemanship and tough performances under strenuous conditions. Helen Ferguson is named as the leading woman, earning a prominent screen position, while G Raymond Nye portrays the villain in a fitting line of work for him.
George O Smith, a retired farmer from Delwein, sues Atlas Wheel Company of Cleveland for 80000 alleging its agents Roy, Leslie, and La Vere swindled him out of 30600 dollars in stock in May 1920. He claims 274 shares unpaid and seeks damages plus recovery of the stock his son was urged to buy. Roy is serving a seven year penitentiary term for related actions.
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