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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
5
Rates for display ads are 20 cents per column inch with 5 cents extra for composition and position guarantees. Locals classifieds cost 5 cents per line, reading matter 10 cents per line. Obituary poetry and resolutions price 5 cents per line, with guards of thanks also at 5 cents per line.
The paper announces higher advertising and job work rates starting January with a planned price hold on subscriptions for one more month. Escalating costs including newsprint from $52 to $260 per ton, ink, wages, fuel, taxes, and freight drive the modest 2 dollar annual subscription to a possible future rise.
The Fort Wayne News notes Woodrow Wilson on May 6 1914 in Washington warned that America should lead its own life and reject alliances with any nation, denying praise of the league of nations by citing a self reliant stance. The piece cites a fiery quote blaming others while attributing the remarks to Wilson.
Senator Thomas of Colorado asserts that the number of men who struck during the war exceeded those who defended the country by several hundred thousand. While millions fought in France, millions more at home upheld essential industries and the government, raising the question who won the war.
An editorial condemns idle gossip in neighborhoods as a harmful habit. It argues religion and education fail to curb it and labels gossips as shallow and truthless. The piece urges readers to turn away, seek life’s realities, and not believe rumors.
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance covered about 40 million dollars of life insurance for more than 4,500,000 service men and women, a scale larger than many private insurers. Roughly 1.2 percent of active wartime service personnel held such coverage, with an average policy value around 8,700 dollars. Premiums were collected by monthly deductions from pay during service.
Col Cholmeley Jones explains many veterans have lost addresses and fail to pay premiums. He notes Treasury handles payments via The Treasurer of the United States and urges patience as men reestablish postwar lives. Reinstatement requires two premiums and a health statement.
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