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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1922
Page
4
A writer defends France noting it suffered heavier WWI losses than the United States sent men. The piece argues France will not surrender a point without future protection and recalls historic enmity with Germany. It urges mutual consideration as the basis for future security.
Editorial notes that Harding presented treaties to the Senate with little excitement after preliminary Four Power Pact tests showed the opposition outnumbered and overwhelmed.
ABE MARTIN comments on marrying for money multiple times and then incurring debt as a moral failing. Tilford Moots asks about a girl's mother, while Lafe Bud points to the mother in question in a morning exchange.
The poem notes weather as a backdrop for resilient verse. It blends wit with coping strategies, claiming cheer despite rain and storms. It references Holmes and ponies as distractions and ends on gratitude for better days.
The senate approved seven accords including a naval agreement scrapping nearly 2,000,000 tons of ships and a ten year naval holiday among the United States Great Britain Japan France and Italy. The four power pact binds the four nations to Pacific peace and non interference with insular possessions and full communication in case of aggression. A submarine and gas warfare ban treaty with the others and a declaration preserving American rights in mandate territories. A supplementary treaty excludes the Japanese mainland from the four power pact. The nine power treaty sets open door principles for China and the Chinese tariff treaty raises customs duties to boost revenue.
A brief reflection quotes Thomas Brooks on true grace and living up to a higher standard. The message emphasizes that one cannot earn more grace by effort but must live in continual reliance on divine aid.
A Boston Transcript quip suggests choosing flower symbolism to convey affection when funds are tight. The piece notes that different blooms carry messages and can express sentiment even on a limited budget.
A quiet moral about love’s hidden deeds. After giving kindness and letting love work its beauty, return to silence and forget the act. The quote emphasizes modesty and privacy in romantic virtue.
Grace Miller White presents Storm Country Polly as a serial following Tess of the Storm Country. The popular author notes Polly rivals Tess in charm and appeal and promises engaging characters and setting to readers.
The American Committee for Russian Famine Relief adopts the slogan Quaker Oats for Quakers and plans famine weeks in Iowa starting April 16 with campaigns in Michigan Illinois and Nebraska. Iowa aims to collect 1,000,000 bushels of oats to convert at a Cedar Rapids mill into branded oatmeal for the Quakers to distribute to Volga valley famine victims. Railroads are urged to provide free or reduced transport, and surplus oats will bolster the oats market aiding middle western farmers.
Alma visits relatives but confesses she prefers home grown folks over her cousins. The remark highlights strong ties to place and kinship, reflecting a common sentiment in regional reporting of personal identity and belonging.
The author asserts success hinges on relentless drudgery, doing one thing persistently long after it stops amusing. This focused effort steadies the mind amid chaos and turns potential into practical power, according to W. C. Gannett.
A collection of April First quips and short notes from Washington Iowa covers a playful mood. Townsfolk joke about April weather and Fool’s Day scares while noting nearby hotel plans and a dance hall church stance. Local merchants report brisk business and a banking push for borrowers as residents discuss civic issues and odd encounters.
A lyric narrative by Weston A. Goodspeed describes a prairie fire tearing through grass and marsh, with flaming droplets, wind driven tongues of flame, and fleeing wildlife. Dawn reveals scorched earth, roosting birds, baked eggs, and ruined sloughs while beauty returns with a radiant, misty light.
A social scene unfolds with two young Black men trading quips about their fathers. One describes a father who boasted of boiling kin, while the other boasts a handboiled father who shaves with a blow torch. The exchange hints at local humor and racialized perspectives.
A reflective piece extols the charms of a small town highlighting neighborly welcome, simpler streets, and local pride over wealthier cities. It contrasts glittering urban life with the warmth of familiar faces and community spirit in a hometown setting.
A bedside exchange sees a specialist promising a cure to ailing purchasing agent for five hundred dollars. The patient grubs for a reduced price, asking to shade the cost amid his frail condition.
A purchasing agent jokes that a better bid came from the undertaker while discussing a springtime coal purchase. The light exchange contrasts a vendor's comment with seasonal preparations.
A fragment describes a road accident where a bridge affects an Indian traveler. The scene notes a vehicle entering a creek after a bridge gave way and a disparaging line about a wicked flea. No further persons or organizations are named.
Dr W J Manilaw of Chicago urged discipline in youth sports to curb crime arguing honest play builds citizens. He cited football baseball basketball track and field as daily chances to teach fairness and sportsmanship and called for a school code of ethics enforced by teachers and officials.
The record shows all but two Irish regiments bear South Africa on their colors. The Fourth Royal Irish Dragoon Guards lack this honor by fate. The Irish Guards, formed in 1900 by Queen Victoria, were created to commemorate Irish exploits in the Boer War and added to the Brigade of Guards as a special distinction.
An ad claims catarrh is caused by a run down condition and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a two part treatment. It includes an ointment for local use and a blood tonic designed to strengthen the system and ward off colds. Sold by druggists for over 40 years by F P Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
Ames Iowa April 1 Farmers in central and eastern Iowa counties must test seed corn again this spring to avoid losses. Iowa State College plant disease experts report large mouldy seed corn reducing vitality. In some counties up to 21 percent of seed is poor or dead in germination. In Iowa county 970 ears showed one fifth invalid.
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