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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1925
Page
4
The notice grants exclusive use of AP news dispatches credited to this paper and local news published herein. It reserves all rights to publication of special dispatches and related material.
A devotional note for Thursday April 9 1925 cites Ecclesiastes 8 8 about the limits of human power over life and death. The brief reflection emphasizes the inability to command the spirit or secure release in the face of mortality.
The Journal reports an Audit Bureau of Circulations check shows over 600 more net paid subscribers this year compared with 1924. The A B C reviewer ensures accurate circulation figures for local and foreign advertisers, guarding against overstatement by publishers.
In a 1910s style inquiry, Banker Lige Bentley asks for a reliable, alert man to hire, placing an advertisement in the newspaper seeking a good steady pedestrian worker amid concerns about child labor and age manipulation.
Puzzle lists beam support by four diverging legs and many clues across and down including Woods domicile female singers college official vigilant falsify coronet possessed of nerves shackle period of time parched concluding hints and near Rome town mountain nymph ballast note of scale etc. The item presents numerous cryptic style entries with labeled numbers and mixed directions across and down.
A vignette praises everyday workers like Charlie who quietly improve the town through earnest labor. It extols unflashy, steady service and the uplifting effect of good work on weary professionals and townsfolk alike, urging readers to support meaningful local efforts.
Local Journal ads draw stronger reader response as advertisers refine copy and back campaigns with in-store service. The result is higher subscriber coverage and increased business, proving delivery of promises enhances impact.
A local professional man received by mail last evening a note illustrating remorse for past theft. Enclosed is 2.50 offered as payment for a flashlight once lifted from the recipient’s car. The missive frames moral improvement as proof the world grows better.
A long, reflective letter discusses remorse for a property rights violation, the idea of making amends, and how urban influence post prohibition has changed life. The writer examines personal conscience and city life amid social shifts.
A dense OCR list catalogs radio show slots by station and program type across many cities. Entries include concerts, orchestras, talk, health, education and variety segments with times ranging from early evening to late night.
The note admires Henry Bord's bold mood after a poor corn season and hints he and Edsel may develop an air flivver within two decades. It ponders a one handed flight, inner door crash, and a playful tone about future aviation and social stunts.
A reader suggests a July Fourth gathering for Journal correspondents featuring a parade float with an old lumber wagon and mule team. Attendees would wear period attire, dine together at a meal prepared by local hosts, and finish with a platform dance to evoke bygone days.
Soiled silverware can be cleaned instantly or placed in a hot soda solution, provided the solution is inside an aluminum vessel and the silverware touches the aluminum.
A speaking piece describes a thin steel flexible device like a fly swatter used as a cake and egg turner. A restaurant operator said it helps turn eggs but the tool’s limpness led to broken eggs and scraped floors. Witnesses joke about using their heads.
An opinion clash unfolds as a swimmer declares I want a life saving badge and refuses to be saved. The other party counters you will have to postpone that, framing a tense confrontation over a life and death moment.
A lighthearted anecdote describes a butcher weighing a baby and a sharp visitor who audits a paper’s subscription list. The piece notes the man’s intrusive questions and the tension it creates before he moves on.
Iowa dispatches report Dr Charles J Hickley former Drake University law dean has been chosen head of Emory University law school Atlanta Georgia. Other items note efforts to locate graves of William N McClintock's grandparents in Maquoketa and a $150000 estate left by Charles H Bradford of Sioux City announced from Sioux City Cedar Rapids and Ames reports include Iowa doctors backing a statewide heart disease drive Fort Dodge Legion leader James Barton states Iowa's $225000 share of a $5 million endowment drive Ames stadium plans with $75000 bond sale and pre historic relics near Adele search with axes dating 60 000 years and Cedar Rapids a Chicago rum ring case nets $500 fine.
Assistant state fire marshal Frowick suggested the Arcades Pool Hall fire appears to be incendiary in origin. The note mentions a small want ad as a potential factor.
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