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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1921
Page
8
The emotional forte of Alice Lake elevates her among top screen stars. At twenty two she is a new darling, formerly a Brooklyn Erasmus Hall student and daughter of a prosperous merchant. Her medium height, slender figure, hazel eyes, and brown hair are noted features.
An instructional piece by Mary Marshall Duffee on proper ways to eat fruit at dinner. It prescribes handling oranges bananas pears and grapes with knives forks and careful peeling, favoring whole fruit and California oranges for dining one right method over common splits or slices.
The Lyons Kansas report notes jackrabbits reach about 45 miles per hour on muddy country lanes and may move faster, with claims of a human observing a rabbit covering a mile in roughly ten minutes. A woman’s slower movement is mentioned in passing, reflecting conjecture rather than data.
A long damaged wire reports coal reserves near 75 million tons with 40 percent in storage, plus cautious production and shipments below year prior. It notes ample household stocks, strong dealer supply, and ongoing industrial slowdown due to economic pressure while predicting modest demand growth and eventual recovery.
A disjointed report notes a sermon topic tied to whiskey and a bottle’s contents said to contain a lethal poison. It mentions Dr Maschiman selecting a man, with unclear details about an incident occurring the previous night and the response to drinking.
A fragmentary account describes an incident involving Dr. Masehman, a minister, and three women aiding a citizen to a court horse. The scene shifts to a Holstein-Frieman association event featuring cattle from Warren County and a plan for monthly Grange Hall meetings as a membership drive. It also reports Homer A McClellan suffering a compound leg fracture in a Friday football game between Newton and Hackettstown.
A flat snowfall was reported Sunday at Mt Pocono and in the Adirondacks where depths reached three inches. In June six inches of the weather story described as beautiful fell. A game warden in the state died Saturday night when his car overturned after he became confused by a new windshield.
An eight piece orchestra singer and speaker entertain Saturday afternoon October 15th at two three and four oclock on the rug department’s opening day. No sales that day but a display of new Fall furniture and rugs with Anniversary Sale prices marked for the week October 17 to 22. Ford Store marks unusually low prices, offers Victrolas and Victor records, band music sacred songs comic and jazz plus entertainment to draw customers from far away.
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