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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1921
Page
4
A long back and forth over a potential strike in England ends with signs that a major labor stoppage is less likely. Both labor and government showed firmness, as disaffection within the triple alliance and radicalism shifts toward caution amid Bolshevik-inspired movements.
A diary style note describes an April snowstorm in Iowa causing surprise and mock amusement from distant regions. The piece laments winter’s return at the brink of summer, noting ice sleet and snow scattered across the state and comparing it to prior mild conditions.
President Hardin proclaims there is no place in federal service for a mere office holder. Squire Marsh Swallow vows to join the band if he secures the post office. Art Smiley trades his fountain pen for a case after bruising his girl.
The poem recalls forebodings that once haunted the speaker with dire disasters yet reveals wisdom gained with time. It contrasts bleak moods with a shift toward optimism and resilience as presentiments are labeled false geases while faith in better days grows.
A reader recalls a chilly morning where excess cold, moisture, and wet hands prompted a return for redistribution. The piece muses on how damp conditions shape crops, water supply, and farming routines, noting the climate requires occasional acceptance of dreary weather before winter ends.
The article recalls an April 16 1921 spring blizzard in Iowa with mention of uninjured fruit and garden crops, flooding from rain, a loss of sixty baby chicks, a couple stranded near their car after a dancing party, and damage from storm including a piano falling from stairs and damage to a storefront sign. It also notes harm to birds and a cautious outlook on fruit and vegetables for later seasons.
Washington reports reveal middlemen levy a twenty one percent toll on food value and essentials. Davis cites prices about fifty eight percent above 1913 levels for meat eggs butter coffee tea flour milk and cheese while wholesale costs rise from re consign ment and open price systems.
The University of Iowa begins its first annual Iowa Memorial Union week on Monday afternoon April 18. Governor Kendall will open the loyalty survey of Tow and students and faculty to promote the Union. Dean George F. Kay will introduce the governor as one or two students speak and college loyalty survey chairmen are introduced.
Iowa hospitals plan joint observance of National Hospital Day on Thursday May 12. Dr L W Dean of the University of Iowa College of Medicine is state chair man. President Harding praises the day and urges expanded hospital facilities. University Hospital will host visitors highlighting nursing and career opportunities.
In 1818 Hinots was admitted as the twenty first state with an area of 56.66 square miles. The state is one of the most level in the country and is often ended the Prairie State. Politically Illinois is the most important state in the Union next to New York and Pennsylvania as it has twenty nine electoral votes for president.
Judge Cullison in April 15 perjury trial of W B McCaull at Red Oak barred Landers testimony about a man seen entering the Moore home the night of the Villisca ax murders. Grand jury inquiry upheld but information must come from the inquisitorial body. State aims to pin Jones or Kelly. focus remains on McCaull's alibi.
Governor Nate F. Kendall is to speak at State University in Iowa City on April 16, with campus officials awaiting details of the address and event arrangements.
The Iowa banking department reports improved conditions across 936 savings banks 396 state banks and 22 trust companies as of March 22 with declines in loans and US securities yet smaller deposit losses. Net gains in undivided profits and surplus accompany reductions in borrowings.
The Western Grain Dealers association holds its annual meeting in Cedar Rapids on April 20, with a three day session. Discussion topics include grain grower credits, grain export promotion, excess profits tax, and railroad rate reductions. Delegates from Iowa Missouri Minnesota South Dakota and Nebraska attend. Julius H Barnes former president of the United States Grain Corporation will deliver the principal address.
Good Time to De Corn, born between damrery 20 and February 19, Aquarius sun signs are broad judges of human nature and can be relied on to estimate honesty quickly. They are social mixers and enjoy public entertainments, fairs, and ceremonies. They are witty, see the funny side of life, and adapt well to merchandise or political parties.
In the timetable fragment the arrivals show No 3 passenger train at 9:27 a.m. and No 9 passenger train at 6:10 p.m. indicating schedule details for a rail line.
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