Apple a Day Keeps Doctor Away This Fall
The apple crop looks ample for two apples a day and local doctors may see fewer patients. The Journal’s market page each Thursday offers a guide to groceries and bakery items with prices and stock information.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
4
The apple crop looks ample for two apples a day and local doctors may see fewer patients. The Journal’s market page each Thursday offers a guide to groceries and bakery items with prices and stock information.
A reconstructed ticket listing statewide and local races headed by President Warren G. Harding and Vice President Calvin Coolidge. It names candidates for Governor Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Attorney General Railroad Commissioner Supreme Court judges and congressional and state legislative seats with each candidate’s county or locality.
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate Claude Herring distances himself from a “state house” scandal image while attacking Kendall as a poor businessman not a politician. The Muscatine Journal notes Republican hopes rely on distancing Moore from prior corruption charges and defending Kendall from alleged banking ties and Harding associations.
Massachusetts report notes labor market gains with workers wielding wage power yet warns of excess. Icons of wealth fade as janitors and workers regain sense, while employers beg for cooperation. The poem rails against ostentation and foresees calmer times as wages stabilize and jobs are safeguarded.
Clerk of District Court J. D. Glasgow and Recorder Belle Rice are named for Washington. County Attorney T. A. Michels also listed. Coroner George W. Hay and Board of Supervisors members A. J. Morgan Clay township and J. W. Parrow Oregon township with terms starting 1921 and 1922 respectively. Vacancy fills include J. W. Parrow Oregon township. Hospital Board member Marsh W. Bailey Washington and George W. Reed Jackson township are named as well.
Alex Miller formerly editor of the Washington Democrat delivered humorous remarks in Iowa City among 8 U. S. readers, drawing joy and attention. The Hawkeye Mark Twain remains bright in local memory as he touched on world peace and ongoing wars in many places.
Avoca Iowa October 21 Hon N E B Kendall Republican candidate for governor denounces corruption in Des Moines tied to the Associated Packing Company probe and other concerns. He pledges a clean economical administration and vows to purge public office from personal profit ties, promising fearless housecleaning if elected.
M F Dixon of Webster City died in a hospital near Ames from back and neck injuries after his car rolled into a ditch five miles south of Ames on Sunday. R T Harvey, Webster City proprietor of the Wilson house, was burned on the face and left arm. They were en route to Des Moines when passing a car forced them into a ditch. Dixon was pinned under the seat and died. Harvey was thrown clear and helped lift him.
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