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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1926
Page
2
Hollywood star Dorothy Mackall credits daily swimming for her health during the filming of Rawson's Folly. She plays the leading role opposite Richard Barthelmes and swam daily in the Netlan jet’s outdoor pool in Los Angeles.
A Mansfield Ohio advertisement by Geo L Lane proposes a money making opportunity for salesmen and salesladies. It claims a $1 profit per dealer contacted and $1.50 profit on a $2 investment with potential to earn over $100 weekly.
The piece notes blooming pansies and fuchsias in the Neilan studio pool area, with ferns and ivy, calling it the prettiest swimming pool in Hollywood. Miss Mackall advocates diving as the best water sport for slimming, urging women to try it. The Fox Theatre shows Rawson's Folly, an adaptation of Richard Harding Davis, from First National.
Doris Keaven and Milton Sills, famed on screen for many romances, plan a real life marriage on Oct 2. Sills is building a home for his bride on a 60 acre estate near Los Angeles.
About 35 000 people in Great Britain paid taxes for bearing armorial devices on their cars and carriages. The levy covered heraldic markings and related insignia, reflecting social status as the practice drew public attention and regulatory scrutiny.
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union piece explains Pasteur's early bacteriology work and the ongoing battle between germs and the germs that attack them. It notes phages that destroy plague and cholera organisms, mentioning Hankin and Dr. Heretic, and suggests man has an invisible friend against invisible enemies.
June Aiken starts a home nursery for children from 2 months to five years after feeling blue about family finances. She charges twenty five cents per child for the afternoon and expands as demand grows, aided by her mother. A chance meeting with Bob Stoner leads to caring for his sister's twins, signaling a new life together while remaining devoted to the children.
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