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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1922

Page

5

Squatters Face Threats as Mackenzie Targets Ithaca Lake Shore

In the Silent City near Ithaca New York Jolly Hopkins and other squatters resist Marcus Mackenzie's bid to drive them off his land. Robert Percival and Evelyn Robertson scheme to aid the squatters while Mackenzie plots to clear the shore and profit from the Bennett farm.

Silent City Ithaca New York Jolly Hopkins Small Jerr Granty Hope Oscar Bennett Evelyn Robertson Wolly Marcus Mackenzie Jolly Mackenzie Mackenzie and A Strangr Polly Robert Percival Evelyn Kennett Oscar Kevlyn Larry Tishop Bennett Rubert Percival Percival Hopkins Neenin Marcus Robert Polly Hopkins Bob Mare Wien Tolly Pollyop MaeKenzie Robertson Tenner Tim Lakeside Benflett McKenzie Eve Eurthin Bennett Farm

Clifford Thorne Enters Senate Race in Iowa

The Journal announces Clifford Thorne of Washington Iowa will seek the Republican nomination for United States senator in June primaries. Thorne notes no personal platform but will release a detailed statement, joining Col S W Brookhart as a leading candidate in a Washington Iowa race with a history of political contests and public service.

Clifford Thorne United States Thorne Washington Washington County United States Senate Col. S. W. Brookhart Mr. Thorne Col D. J. Palmer Board of Railway Commissioners Iowa Brooklyn W. G. Thorne Methodist Church Iowa Conference Clifford Yale Chicago Corn Belt Meat Producers Association Commission State Commission Commerce Henders@t Henderson Mississippi St. Louis National Shippers’ Conference National Association of Railway Commissioners Interstate Commerce Commission Commercce Council American Bar Association Americar Law Review Bach Iowa Wesleyan College The State University of Jews Prac Amercan Mining Congress Farmers’ National Grain Dealers Recodiation Wade Cetera American Farm Bureau Association

An Argument for Order in Public Life

A brief editorial argues that orderly conduct prevents trouble arising from careless actions. It emphasizes restraint, discipline, and foresight as keys to social harmony and stable governance.

Boston

Doan's Kidney Pills Proven to Restore Strength

Mrs. Garrett of Auburn reports kidney weakness hampered daily tasks until Doan's Kidney Pills were used. She credits the remedy with strengthening her back, easing pains, and eliminating irregularities, noting she has had no trouble since. The product sells for 60 cents at local dealers.

Washington Barns Doan Garrett Auburn Co Mirs N.Y

Iowa Booze Makers Fined Large Sum in Six Months

A Des Moines report to G A Brunson shows federal prohibition actions in Iowa over six months. Taxes and penalties assessed total 683,844.10 dollars with 22,985 dollars in automobile seizures and 224 stills seized. Distilled liquor seizures reached 1,706 gallons, beer 184 gallons, mash 21,284 gallons. 331 arrests by federal agents and 499 recommended for prosecution.

Des Moines G. A. Brunson Iowa

The Doctor's Prerogative in a Paris Scene

A cramped Paris stage gag centers on a distressed patient crying out and a doctor confirming pain locations. The exchange drives the scene as characters debate urgency and care in a tense patient consultation.

Dent la' Rire Paris

New Tariff Aids Button Industry in Muscatine

Muscatine button makers expect benefits from the new tariff bill as Congress extends protection for the industry. The finished button rate rises to two cents a line and the ad valorem duty climbs to forty percent, shifting valuation toward foreign markets. The bill, already passed by the House and now before the Senate, aims to bolster domestic button production.

Muscatine Harry Hull Washington Hull Congress United States Senate House

Puzzles of the Wireless Exhibition at Penn Station Hotel

An elaborate radio exhibition at the Hotel Pennsylvania explained vacuum tubes and amplifiers that make feeble waves audible and clarified wireless control of distant automobiles. Experts and scientists addressed puzzling wireless problems as more than a quarter million New Yorkers own radio sets.

Pennsylvania

Amateurs Seek Liberal Radio Experiment Notes

The article discusses wireless waves versus light, asking why wireless curves around Earth while light cannot. It cites Sun’s envelope effects, antipodal focusing, and amateurs lobbying in Washington for liberal radio treatment, referencing a Minnesota storm and amateur relays during a blizzard.

Earth Antipodes Washington Minnesota New York Times

Old preacher strikes back at pulpit greed

A veteran minister rebukes a deacon for ceaseless money demands from the pulpit. He vows that churches do not die from honest effort, and that the one he once built sang with thunderous praise for the Lord.

Boston

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