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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
4
Walt Mason pods a playful ode praising Jack Dempsey as a fearless champ ready for any challenger. The poem blends boxing bravado with a hope that prize fighting may someday fade, while affirming Dempsey as a grand spectacle in the ring.
Glenn F. Rouse of Washington directs the mathematics classes of Prof Frederick McGaw during the World Sunday School Convention in Tokio Japan. Rouse, a Cornell graduate with highest honors, will pursue further study in mathematics and physics at Mt. Vernon.
Des Moines Capital reports Governor Cox, the Democratic presidential nominee, accused the Republican campaign fund of wrongdoing in Pittsburgh and Evansville, Indiana, promising evidence that did not materialize. The piece labels Cox as a wet nominee and cites Colonel Bryan condemning Cox and linking liquor interests to anarchism.
Robbers blew the Farmers' and Merchants' Savings Bank at Lone Tree at 2 am and escaped with 5,000 dollars in cash and safety deposit boxes containing registered Liberty bonds. The side wall of the vault was blown out but the currency vault remained secure. Lone Tree lies 16 miles southeast of Iowa City.
Quebec reports a new forestry drive to supply newsprint. The province aims to plant two trees for every tree harvested, with six hydro airplanes patrolling vast timberlands. Three million pine and spruce trees were planted this year as seven lumbermen associations organize for timber development.
In Ottumwa on September 16 the Shriners say defeat at Portld Supreme Council did not dampen hopes. The Southern Iowa Shrine club has become Hazah Shrine club with a new camel corps and officers, aiming for an Atlanti city temple in 1921.
Charles Kolosick of Maple Grove died at his home Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock aged 67. Born in Bohemia he came to America as a child with his parents. After their deaths the homestead settled in 1853 passed to him, with adjoining land expanding to over 300 acres where he built fine houses.
During Charles Kolosick's lifetime his business dealings were flawless and profitable. He was described as honest and neighborly. He left six children Joseph Teena Prybel Mary Prybel Anna Roscoe and Melack. His wife Mary Horak survives after a 45 year marriage.
Published by the secretary of state the notice announces a joint resolution proposing to repeal Section One of Article Two and enact a substitute relating to the right of suffrage as part of an Iowa constitutional amendment. The document outlines the General Assembly's action and the proposed replacement section for Iowa’s constitution.
The document records an Iowa Senate Joint Resolution No. 7 from the Thirty-eighth General Assembly approving voting eligibility age to twenty one and residency rules. It directs publication three months before the next general assembly election and was certified as a true copy by Secretary of State W. G. Ramsay at Des Moines on July 7, 1920.
A 19th century advertisement touts ALLS CATARRH MEDICINE a tonic and blood purifier from F Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It claims to cure catarrh by combining potent ingredients and offers testimonials free with a 76 cent price.
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