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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1921
Page
4
A writer observes Chicago’s slowdown as prices stay fixed at wartime levels. Stores and industry show a general slackening, incomes have fallen, and consumers refuse high prices. Relative values drive demand for goods and labor, forcing sellers to adjust or risk unsold stock.
A reflective note laments the loss of domestic crafts as layoffs bite. The speaker recalls a past wife who made meals from scratch, contrasting with current reliance on store bought or assembled meals amid economic hardship. The tone captures nostalgia for self sufficiency and simpler routines.
Poem notes future cash economy and end of credit abuse with humorous quips about rising prices. A stand-off system ruin and merchants losing power sparks wish for a simpler, cash only world. References Jasper Jones and local grocers illustrate price pressures.
The text argues that customers drive business value and prices, noting that a seller must set prices where buyers will purchase. It includes a 1921 ownership and circulation statement for The Evening Journal of Washington Iowa, sworn by editor Orville Elder, naming Publisher Elder & Shannon.
The piece recalls Verrazano in New York Bay and Hudson's voyage as origins of New Amsterdam and the Dutch fur trade. It notes Manhattan purchase for beads, the cosmopolitan settlement, the 1664 English takeover, and New York’s role in forming the United States with Hamilton in the Constitution and the city as the first capital. It highlights New York’s large electoral influence with 45 electors.
Orville Elder and A B E Shannon of Washington Iowa are named in an ownership affidavit for a publication. The statement lists owners and stockholders, notes no bondholders holding 1 percent or more, and confirms fiduciary roles. It also states average monthly copies distributed, 2794, with sworn acknowledgment dated April 4 1921.
Paul Misney and Arthur Ingwersen, guilty of assault with intent to rob, received five year state reformatory sentences in district court. Parole conditions require church attendance, lawful occupation, avoidance of pool halls, no law or ordinance violations, no associates of questionable character, abstinence from clearers, district residence consent, and monthly reports to parole officers. They attempted to rob Claude Porter of Rose Garden store. Porter was shot but survived.
Fragmentary text depicts the Great Western Pioneer as a guiding figure facilitating a migration westward. The description frames the west as distant, luminous, and alluring as the sun’s setting, prompting national interest and emulation.
In Muscatine on April 5, Mrs. Ruby Corrison and Miss Myrtle Balmos testified in Judge J. C. Coster's court regarding an assault and battery case between Fairport school teachers and the Wainscotts. The teachers claim the Wainscotts attacked them over discipline of an 11 year old boy. the Wainscotts contend the teachers assaulted Mrs. Wainscott. The case also includes a counterclaim by the Wainscotts against Miss Balmos for alleged injuries from the boy's strap marks remembered from the incident.
The fragmentary clippings offer a glimpse of a classified section style page from a vintage newsprint, highlighting want ads listings and small notices. It conveys a sense of routine help-wanted and personal notices without full details.
An advertisement lists fire insurance stocks with prices from North American Fire 8.50 to Central National Fire 105.00 and Iowa National Fire 175.00. It invites readers to write for prices on other stock interests from the Des Moines Stock Exchange offices at 517-520 Pleming Building, Des Moines Iowa.
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