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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
4
The piece estimates about 9 million women will vote in November, basing figures on Maine’s 80,000 women voters or 32 percent of eligible women. It argues organized women could shift outcomes, but notes men could similarly influence results, warning Republicans not to become careless as no outcome is certain.
Cedar Falls Iowa September 238 President H H Seerley of Iowa State Teachers College denounces the Carnegie Foundation education al survey of Missouri as a discredit to American scholarship. He blasts the report as arraigning public teacher training efforts nationwide on conjectures rather than facts and resents overlordship.
ABE MARTIN notes that amnesia is common yet folks return home. Gabe Craw drove twenty miles per gallon on the trip from Terre Haute and received a six month sentence after being pinched.
Rural whimsy on driving safety contrasts careful habits with daily danger. A narrator who marshals laws and signals fears inevitable injury or death, noting the fragile line between caution and disaster as others speed unscathed.
The document contends foundations overstep by criticizing state normal schools. It argues these schools are creations of the American people, not wealthy foundations, and warns that meddling could prompt greater state funding and expanded normal school services. The piece emphasizes public support and perceived efficiency of the schools.
Organized in December 1917 to combat pro Germanism and promote Americanism the vigilance corps operated with an average member cost of about 20 cents a year. Funds were secured through a two dollar membership fee of which each member received back one dollar and thirty seven cents about 70 percent.
Western star Harry Carey headlines the Universal feature Blue Streak McCoy directed by Reeves Eason. The plot follows Job Rang ers entangled with mining operator Howard Marlowe and a conniving official Otis. Otis schemes to steal Marlowe's gold and his wife, but Job uncovers and thwarts the plan.
A plan from Bennington township Black Hawk county seeks to form a large consolidated rural school district. If approved, the district would be the second largest in Iowa and include sixteen rural schools, spanning Bennington Mount Vernon East Waterloo and Maxfield townships totaling sixty one sections. An election will be called after presenting the petition to county superintendent H C Moeller.
Ford Motor Company announces immediate price reductions on cars trucks and tractors at Detroit ships F O B. in response to the war ending and to clear a stockpile of high cost material while preserving buying power and briefly incurring losses to resume normal prewar business. Henry Ford calls for true postwar values and urges customers to place orders now with Ford efficiency in service.
Doctors favor Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil a tasteless form of the old laxative making it easy for children to take. The product from Spencer Kellogg & Sons is the same strength and purity as traditional castor oil with only the taste removed. Available at burghists in 35c and 65c sizes.
The Cedar Falls vigilance corps of the American Defense Society dissolves after nearly three years of work and returns about 70 percent of all collected funds to contributors pro rata. The executive council voted to disburse the on hand funds, noting the record for financial conservation.
The plot centers on revenge as Marlowe faces a debt to Job in a Ranger showdown. No wealth or niece is requested. the reward remains unspecified. Carey stars with a supporting cast including Ray Ripley Charles Le Moyne Lila Leslie Ruth Golden Ruth Royce Charles Arling and Breezy Eason.
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