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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1921

Page

8

Local Notes On Residents and Travel In Iowa Town

Miss Madge Stone returns home to Ainsworth after a Texas summer with Mrs. Willard Glaze. Nellie Dodder departs for Iowa City to supervise the Dental Infirmary. Grace Rigdon shops in Washington. Mr and Mrs Friend Haney visit from Ottumwa with son Bobby. D N Haney family to Seattle to visit son and daughter in law, A E B McKeon. Palmer Wilson to Ames for the school year.

Madge Stone Ainsworth Willard Glaze Houston Galveston Texas Nellie Dodder Iowa City Friend Haney Bobby Ottumwa D. N. Haney Seattle Wash A. EB. McKeon Madge Grace Stone Louise Kilgore T. C. Davis

Fatty Arbuckle headlines fill pages as public probes scandal

The article surveys dramatic coverage of Fatty Arbuckle after a scandal. It traces his rise from a Kansas sod house to film fame, notes early nicknames and stage beginnings, and highlights public obsession with his private life, parties, and possible legal outcomes.

Hawthorne Arbuckle Kansas Santa Barbara Mary Gordon Arbuckle Patty Santa Ana Fatty Pied Piper Santa Clara Long Beach Pike Minta Durfee San Francisco Los Angeles Beverly Bayne

Mrs Meek and Clarice Visit Ottumwa This Morning

Local brief notes list Mrs Bertha Meek and daughter Clarice spending the day in Ottumwa. Also mentioned are Rev T F Barker leaving Mt Pleasant conference duties for Grand View, and several quick city calls by Glen Davis and J F Romine.

Bertha Meek Miss Clarice Ottumwa T. F. Barker Grand View Mt. Pleasant

Apples spoiled as harvest fails prompt cider output notes

Ainsworth Clipper reports apples rotting in fields while Sam Warren operates a cider mill on Tuesdays and Fridays producing 200 to 400 gallons daily. The piece mentions anticipation of cooler weather and hot water bottles with a two year guarantor for home use.

Sam Warren

Fox Studio Director Praises Miss Rappe Reflects on Her Life

Fox Studio director praises Miss Rappe as a great big good natured girl who died in San Francisco. The article notes her death and contrasts her kindly image with the scandal surrounding Bertillon records and a rogues gallery photo of Adbuckle. The piece ends with a cautioned reflection on the saying The bigger they are the harder they fall.

Fox Miss Rappe San Francisco al Herman Fox Studio Berttllon Adbuckle Hawthorne

First Woman Foreman Heads Linn County Grand Jury Report

Linn County Iowa will issue a historic grand jury report as Mrs Gertrude Anderson serves as foreman and reports to her husband Judge F L Anderson The unusual case involves a high court couple with the report delayed by numerous charges of intoxicated driving and the Lowdon case in Tipton.

Cedar Rapids Linn County Grand Jury Iowa Gertrude Anderson F. L. Anderson Anderson Lowdon Tipton John T. Moffit Andersons

Registered Nurse District Meeting in Ottumwa

District No. 2 of the Iowa Registered Nurses association will meet in Ottumwa on Saturday Sept 24 with a public session. Miss Harriet E Wittum Northwestern University extension staff will speak on Woman Nurse and Citizen. Membership spans Ottumwa Washington Keokuk Burlington Fairfield Mount Pleasant Centerville and Oskaloosa.

Ottumwa Iowa Registered Nurses Association Harriet E. Wittum Extension Department Northwesternniversity Washington Keokuk Burington Fairfield Mount Pleasant Centerville Oskaloosa Amy Beers Margret Henke Madge Baldwin This City

Lou and the World Laughs with You Clause

A brief comic quip appears in the Boston Transprint noting that laughter from Lou or the world at large may prompt concern if not shared.

Lou Boston

Iowa Leads Nation in School Health Across State

Des Moines reports Iowa again tops the nation in school child health based on percentages of enrollment meeting health standards. The National Tuberculosis Association honors include 6 prize schools such as rural Sumner Diamond Lake Montgomery Des Moines Rockwell Webster Oskaloosa Amos Hiatt and 104 second prizes distributed to Des Moines Cherokee Pocahontas Waterloo Mason City Rockwell Waverly Bancroft Pierson Roland Audubon Newton Sargents Bluff and others.

Towa Naonal Tuberculosis Association Iowa Rural Sumner Diamond Lake Montgomery Des Moines Rockwell Webster Oskaloosa Amos Hiatt Cherokee Pocahontas Papochias Waterloo Mason City Waverly Bancroft Pierson Roland Audubon Newton Sargents Bluff

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