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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1926
Page
3
A local notice seeks a man aged 35 to 45 with driving means to join Oelwein Chemical Company of Oelwein Iowa as direct factory representative with exclusive territory. No investment, home every night, car required, farming experience preferred. strong income potential and enviable position awaits the chosen applicant.
A short advisory note warns readers to act fast to avoid missing a forthcoming chance. It emphasizes urgency and timely decision making from the audience.
William S. Hart, star of the new United Artists release Tumbleweeds at the Fox theatre, is portrayed as a studious man with a passion for horses dogs and books. The piece notes his Dakota and Minnesota upbringing his kindness to animals and his high minded cowboy persona in a thrilling drama.
Dublin vicinity reports strong turnout at a Washington festival with local residents such as Lee Sanders and the Engles and Robertson families. Several residents are mentioned including Homer Holie departing for Missouri for work and a diphtheria outbreak school closure at Dutch Creek Center.
Mail boxes on wheels mounted on trams toward the general post office cut collection time. At the tram halt in front of the post office the boxes are emptied and jetters rush to sorting rooms, saving several hours in daily mail collection.
Paris reports limited acceptance of coeducation in France as boys and girls may study together in certain secondary schools. The move ends years of debate with anti coeducation factions still influential in parts of the system.
The passage notes that girls may be admitted to all classes if a trial system succeeds, with private coeducational schools existing in France but not proving highly successful. It also mentions that both men and women are admitted to many universities.
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