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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1921

Page

8

Comet Tails and The Sun’s Light Pressure

The article discusses the nature of comets tails and notes the leading theory that tails form from particles ejected by the comet itself due to sunlight pressure. It mentions tails grow larger as comets approach the sun and that this remains a subject of debate in astronomy.

Local Stock Market and Social Notices From Kansas City

LE V Miller bought a double deck load of lambs through Lee Live Stock Commission Co at the Kansas City Stock Yards. Worley of 506 Blue had a red taxi call. Mr and Mrs Fred Justus arrived from Minneapolis after their wedding and plan a delayed honeymoon visiting relatives before returning to Minneapolis. D F Macon, auctioneer in Washington Iowa, advertises 74 cod 1 yr tires and Studebaker Garage promotions. Mrs George Dowell traveled to Ottumwa for a morning train. Mrs A A Rynearson and children Dorothy and Glenn visit relatives in Unionville Moravia before Ohio trip. Mrs Joe McClure and daughter Janet left for Toledo after visiting relatives.

Kansas City LE. V. Miller Lee Live Stock Commission Co Fred Justus Minneapolis Henry Wiezman A. A. Rynearson Dorothy and Glenn Dallas Tex Walter Brown Unionville A. M. Smith Moravia A. G. Smith Ohio Joe McClure Janet Toledo Julia Cavender Priscilla Junkin

Local notes mix of visits and ads in area town

Town chatter covers visitors from Des Moines Chicago and Rock Springs plus trips to Ames Danbury and Harper. Local ads promote tires Dean's dining and a bake sale while paying water rent and noting recent births and hospital visits.

McNamara's Piano Tuner In Town

Mr Elis Newton the piano tuner is in town contact McNamara's for orders. Residence sale set for 626 East Jefferson Street on Saturday at 2 30 PM.

New York Elis Newton McNamara East Jefferson Street

Polynesians Not Dying Out Reinforced by Alien Blood

Contrary to belief, the Polynesian race is not dwindling but being reinvigorated by alien blood. Offspring of mixed marriages take wives from the full-blooded Hawaiian strain, helping preserve the Hawaiian blue blood's identity.

Not a Chance Stolen Goods Reported in Town

A stranger tells a police officer his grip overcoat and umbrella were taken before arrival in town. He warns of a reckoning as Cabinel’s gloom is noted in Lackawanna Journal.

Big Rapids Michigan Pioneer Chas. J. Winter Charley Winter Holira

Census of Brain Cells

The article explains human brain nerve cells numbering around two hundred billion with intricate ramifying roots that connect to each other. It describes branches extending to distant portions of the body's physical structure.

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