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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1920
Page
2
Market notes show hogs and cattle at higher prices with strong morning demand. Estimated receipts hogs 12000 cattle 12000 and lambs 15000 with Western cattle and Beef steers listed at multiple price bands. Official cash close mixed across corn oats wheat and other grains with varied bid levels and regional quotes.
William Fox presents Rose of Nome starring Gladys Brockwell at the Fox Theatre on Friday. Barbar Le Marr Deely wrote the tale of love and treachery with William Scott as the loyal lover who saves his beloved. Cast includes Gertrude Ryan Lyle Warrenton Herbert Prior Edward Peel Stanton Heck Georgie Woodthorpe and Frank Thorne. Edward J. Le Saint directed the production.
Washington Lodge of Iowa plans a full day visit to Muscatine by a large delegation from Banner lodge Degree of Honor. The program includes Weed park picnic a basket dinner at noon a 5 pm luncheon and an evening of entertainment including a theater party and home visit with details to be set at Tuesday meeting urging large turnout.
Helen visits an aunt’s home full of men and laughs at the sight saying there is a lot of men in this house. The line highlights her humorous reaction to a male-dominated household.
Leo Leazer drove at about forty five to fifty miles an hour and struck the twin bridge railing one mile north of Pocahontas. The railing held the car, which was totally wrecked, likely saving him from fatal injuries. Advertise in the Journal.
Journal's Farm Department lists multiple sales in Iowa towns including Brighton Eldon Noble Washington and more with dates from Sept 16 to Oct 20. It also advises on seed corn handling noting 40 to 50 percent water in early selections and fall pigs fattening guidance using a free choice corn tankage and buttermilk diet.
John Wood presents four ears from Ralph Robertson’s field on the Wood farm near West Chester as typical of 105 acres. Extension expert F. G. Churchill warns farmers to begin selecting corn now for seed and to harvest early by September 25 if frost expectations hold.
The article notes consolidated schools offering self sustaining lunch programs with modest prices. Ventura in Cerro Gordo county served warm lunches for 18 cents or less and ended the year with about $75 added to the treasury after equipment purchases.
More than a thousand public Iowa schools served hot noonday meals in 1919 20, with coverage in 83 of 99 counties. Rural consolidated schools showed 30 percent participation, with expectations that the percentage will rise above fifty percent as lunch proves popular.
The brainy tramp Overland Red and his partner Collie are the focus as Silent Saunders, a feared border sheriff, rounds up Red for his pay. Red, jaded by jail experience, reflects on his past as a former jail boss while a heiress aboard the overland limited appears to toss a rose toward the trio.
The Universal film Overland Red features Carey as the hobo hero whose bond with a rose transforms his life and leads to a poignant finale. Collie, the young sister, takes the rose to heart while Harold Goodwin plays Collie and Vola Hale appears as the rosy girl in a Graham showcase.
An advertisement from Guarantee Veterinary Co of Sioux City Iowa promotes SAL-TONIK a medicated salt and herb block for farm animals. It asserts self dosing by licking the block prevents disease and maintains stock health, urging farmers to keep it before all stock to protect profits.
Advertisement urges readers with pimples and skin eruptions to start S.S.S. today. It claims skin trouble stems from the blood and promises free medical instructions from the Medical Director at 152 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta Georgia.
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