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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1920
Page
5
A 1926 McClure Syndicate tale by Mary Isabel Boynton appears in ORCC collections. The piece previews the fairy godsons as charming, mischievous figures in a light, moral tone typical of the era.
Jane Judson, aged seventy, loses her home after mortgage arrears and moves to Dixville Old Ladies' home. Her neighborly aid funds admission, but she longs for her past life and revisits memories of a lost family. Timmie Duanne, once a troubled youth helped by Jane, arrives wealthy after striking oil and buys back the house, reuniting them with warmth and gratitude.
A humming bird when stripped of its feathers is described as no larger than a bumble bee, highlighting its tiny size.
The report shows Galveston Texas ranked second among U S ports by export value for the fiscal year ending June with exports totaling 598 239 227 dollars nearly double 1919 and three times 1918 New York led with over 3 38 billion in exports while New Orleans and Philadelphia followed Galveston with significant gains across several ports including Boston Norfolk Newport News Baltimore Savannah and others reflecting a broad upswing in national exports.
One of the largest private tiling jobs in Iowa is underway on the Ellis farm in Rock Grove township. About thirty miles of tiling is being laid with a ditching machine and three trucks under Winn G. Hart. Laterals run 100 feet apart to a drainage ditch, land thirteen miles from the tile plant at Rockford, with gato trucks hauling tile to overcome railcar shortages. Hart reports tiling pays back in one to two years through increased crops.
The nominal horsepower is given by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce formula. It equals the square of the cylinder diameter times the number of cylinders divided by two and a half.
Cedar Rapids reports the Iowa American Legion ends a fiery session with Hanford MacNider named state commander. Spirit Lake chosen 1921 convention site. adjutant to be elected on the floor and salaried by executive committee up to 3600 dollars. Retains Des Moines HQ and funds rail fares for Cleveland delegates.
Districts 9 and 10 include Harry Clark Audu Bon Eugene Halling and John F Dalton Jr Monson Eugene E Baudinot Webb ster City. District 11 features J B Russell Sac City Ben Hall Cherokee. A teaching note explains testing current type by approaching a magnet to an incandescent lamp filaments which move if alternating current and stay steady if continuous.
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