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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1924
Page
7
Ellen confronts the fallout from a brutal quarrel with Gibbs over Lillian. The old man admits striking Ellen’s friend and vows to mend relations while Ellen consoles him and plans a fresh start. Lizzie shares the sordid truth of the household, highlighting moral judgments and social exile.
Ellen awakes to Gibbs's pale, agitated state and urgent plan to leave the Villino dell Orto at dawn. He frets over the once-shared reconciliation, insisting they move to a small apartment as Ellen reassures him and prepares for sleep after a sleepless night.
Ellen wakes as Gibbet grows irritated and plans to drive away with Tommy and Lizzie to an apartment near Gibbs studio. Ellen begs patience and prepares a hasty breakfast break while Florence notes Josselyn’s quiet, early study in the house.
Berlin scholars report deciphering Babylonian music dating to about 800 B C. The tablet from Assur shows a 22 string harp with octaves and chords. Dr Kurt Sachs linked undeciphered cuneiform to a polyphonic system after testing rhythm in the first column.
Paris reports former European heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier will retire after his upcoming bout with Gene Tunney. Manager Descamps announced the decision.
Georges Carpentier returned to France to fight a garage attendant under Marquis of Queensberry rules mixed with catch as catch can wrestling. The attendant refused to move the car upstairs, provoking Carpentier to strike with a right that missed as the garage man dodged and grappled, ending with an oily floor collision.
In Ely Nevada an University of Nevada expedition led by Governor J C Serugham excavates near Lehman Caves uncovering Aztec glyphs and pottery that push northern ancient pottery horizons 300 miles. Drs Schappelle Frandsen and six assistants sift debris while water flows 90 feet underground and five skeletons lie in a burial cave amid age wear.
London engineers finish raising the German destroyer V70 sunk at Scapa Flow in 1919. After a year of failed attempts they used heavy cables and a floating dock to lift the ship, now to be dismantled for scrap. Other scuttled vessels may follow, with completion expected over three to four years.
In Webster City on September 16 a woman named Mrs Cornell of Buckeye died when an auto skidded off an embankment near Williams. Her neck was broken. Her husband and Mr and Mrs Balley escaped serious injury as other occupants were unharmed.
Riga reports multiple language courses in its schools as Latvia strengthens its cultural progress. English French German Italian Russian and Latvian are now taught in local educational institutions.
Mrs Gus Vocen of Pelouze Street Detroit testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved severe back pains nervous symptoms and sleepless nights after years of suffering. She says an operation was once advised but the remedy now empowers her to work and improves her appetite. The letter cites fifty years of service behind the product.
Preparations are underway for the thirty fourth annual meeting of the Library Association of Iowa in Boone October 1 to 3. The program features national speakers, round table discussions, and tributes to Miss Rena Erickson with the dedication of a library wing.
Salt Lake City reports Professor Earl Douglas of the Carnegie Institute unearthed the second largest dinosaur remains in the Jensen Utah fossil field. The skeleton weighs between five and six tons with leg bones measuring 12 to 13 feet in length.
More than 1,000 gallons of alcohol shipped from New Orleans and suspected for bootlegging were seized by deputy sheriffs in the Wa bash yards yesterday. The value is about $10,000. It marks the second such seizure in Des Moines within a year.
In Dusseldorf, Germany, the city lists more than 10,000 people seeking housing while over the last three months only 461 apartments were made available by the municipality.
Sept 15 establishes the first factory in a chain to extract sugar from Scotch grown beets, located north of Nottingham. The project spans Kent to Nottingham and into Perthshire where sugar beet growing expanded after the war, with more plants planned as developments continue.
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