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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1921
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Amos Durst arrived home last evening from Kansas City where they had spent ten days visiting a niece.
Recurring society notices report Alina Briedley learning of her uncle's death in Chicago. Funeral plans advance as Dr. and Mrs. Cubbits travel to Washington Iowa. A Cedar Rapids man and Havre woman secure a marriage license. Various Iowa residents visit relatives and a local drug ad promotes Mi O Na stomach tablets.
Public notices and social updates list enrollments visits and travels of residents. Jean Hay joins a sorority at the state university, families travel to Keota Des Moines Omaha and Cedar Rapids, sales and services at local shops promote silk hose alarm clocks and jumper dresses, with funeral and banking notices included.
John Seibel of Corona Long Island used a stool to strike his wife Catherine in a Flushing court assault to pressure her vote in the primaries. Magistrate Doyle warned voting is a privilege and Seibel promised to be milder. sentence suspended.
Mrs. D. C. Kilgore travels to her Brighton residence this morning following a visit to her mother Mrs. H. F. Sampson.
Washington prepares for a tough home clash with Wapello as both teams bring similar lineups and a year’s experience. The 1920 meeting mirrored this season with strong defenses and a late push by Wapello’s passing attack, while Washington won 15 to 0 in the first half. A strenuous week of practice leads to a trip to Muscatine next Saturday for what shapes as one of the season’s hardest games.
An Arizona entomologist speculates on the chigger’s usefulness though the creature remains undefined. The piece muses that the chigger exists to give people something to do when they would otherwise be idle.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce, in Paris, dismisses returning to New York soon and says one Paris season beats ten New York seasons. She notes prohibition boosting Paris luxury with cocktails and champagne, making Paris Nice and Monte Carlo busy as Palm Beach wanes.
The article explains sound travels 80 miles per minute and lags behind light. If thunder is heard half a minute after a lightning flash, the lightning discharge is about six and a half miles away.
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