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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1920
Page
4
A speaker contrasts a frugal garden lifestyle with neighbors chasing cinema and expensive foods. He envisions a fifty by hundred foot plot yielding pumpkins squashes onions and beets to feed his family and earn premiums at the county fair, hoping to escape rising costs and the refrain of dear eating.
The piece urges Congress to affirm a peace status with Germany and argues early peace would have improved world conditions. It critiques Wilson’s stance at the Paris peace talks, warns the League covenant is tangled, and calls for a peace declaration by Congress to end the war.
Nerse women have served on juries since 1897 and sit with men on ordinary cases. The text notes co serving on juries and reflects gender integration in the legal process.
A clipped comment from the Minneapolis Journal argues for careful budgeting that avoids scrimping on essential desires, framing a debate on prudent spending versus consumer needs.
Bids opened for the Wiota consolidated school building were rejected as too high. An $80,000 bond issue recently passed, with the lowest bid at $92,000. Other bids were $105,000 and $118,000 as materials rose about 30 percent since the bond vote. The board may revise plans and seek new bids.
An editorial note questions how doughboys avoided swimming across the sea during the naval squabble, pondering the wartime logistics and choices behind their travel.
Curwood Carver Company staged Back to Gods Country at the Fox Theatre amid 52 degrees below zero. Sixteen principals endured frostbite while cameras ran nonstop to prevent emulsion freezing as dog teams hauled supplies over frozen waste. James Oliver Curwood visited set for three weeks before reluctantly leaving to avoid pneumonia.
An advertisement from Lemmon's Drug Store promoting Chamberlain's Tablets to ease constipation and indigestion. It claims prompt relief and pleasant use.
Iowa City hosts the annual inter-scholastic track meet under the University of Iowa auspices on Saturday May 8 open to every Iowa high school. Preliminaries on Iowa field morning, finals before noon with medals for top four finishers and a loving cup awarded to the winner.
Chicago April 6. A fifty six room apartment building is being converted by the telephone company into a dormitory for about eighty girls to alleviate traffic and housing. The $50,000 project includes a large dining room kitchen laundry and sewing rooms. Each apartment will hold a phonograph or piano and the dormitory should open by June.
Reasons for breathing through the nose include warming the air and moistening it. It helps filter dust and germs and can improve chest suction to draw blood into the lungs, aiding the heart and aiding a quicker second wind.
Washington County railway notices list westbound and eastbound train numbers, departure and arrival times, and freight and passenger services. Adjustments include corrected times for Nos 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 26, 29, 87, 89, 91, and 92, with notes on day and holiday patterns and a March 1 1920 correction by agent W Calvert.
A Montezuma Republican critique claims policy toward Mexico has eroded respect for United States citizens, asserting that recent years of handling have emboldened criminal groups operating across the border.
A health tip notes that a cold can leave a child susceptible to diphtheria and advises keeping sick children from school until fully recovered. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as quickly curing colds and reducing diphtheria risk, mentioning Lemmon's Drug Store.
The excerpt urges daily acknowledgment of a mother's worth. It emphasizes honoring her wishes and opinions, yielding to her guidance with respect. It portrays obedience and cheerful diligence as essential to making employment worthwhile for her sake.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes opinions that public life lacks the capable men of fifty years past and suggests other fields now offer rewards. It reflects on changes in rewards and public life since the mid nineteenth century.
A Graham tomorrow shows Captain November Jones with two famous screen beauties. William Russell leads in a spoof on hero worship titled This Hero Staff featuring Westover as Nedra Joseph who mistakes the hero for a mere admirer.
A historic note explains scattering whitewash on coal to deter theft. The watchful observer detects even minor surface disturbances, aiding security and inventory integrity.
Washington Lodge No 26 meets first Friday. Cyrus Chapter No 13 meets second Friday. Aethlehem Commandery No 45 meets third Friday. Washington Chapter No 8 meets second Thursday. Damascus Shrine No 10 meets last Thursday at Moose Hall. Visiting fraters welcome and officers named.
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