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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1921
Page
2
Chicago reports estim receipts today 29000 holdover 5602 beef and pork markets mixed steadiness with ranges for weights from light 130 lbs to heavy over 260 lbs calves and feeder stock noted. official yesterday showing receipts and shipments across hogs cattle and sheep totals.
Chicago markets report listing W. Wagner & Co of Iowa City Iowa with address 1 Waet Mer and phone 726 offering goods to buyers in a brief trade notice.
Victory medals for all soldiers properly inducted and honorably discharged are not being claimed by many veterans in Iowa. The War Department told Adjutant General Lasher that any man properly inducted and honorably discharged is entitled. Applications are available from camp or post commanders, the Victory Medal officer, or ROTC units and instructors.
In 1920 the nation faced a building rush with only seventy thousand homes. Now is the time to act, as materials labor and transport may be scarce again. A concrete floored chicken house boosts year round production and income while prices and supplies are favorable. Also promote the Can't Sag gate for secure, durable fencing that resists sagging and keeps crops protected. End with food screens to combat dangerous flies.
Des Moines reports that the Iowa Thirty-ninth general assembly approved a joint resolution to appoint a joint house and senate committee to study and report revisions to assessment and taxation laws. The committee will prepare bills for fair, equitable direct taxation and consider relations with other states.
Cambridge April 22 Charles W Eliot president emeritus of Harvard University spoke at the Harvard Dames on a perceived decline in youth manners. He cited cruder greetings rough slang frequent casual conduct and widespread rude behavior toward women at dances and in social life. He blamed fading church authority and loss of control among Protestant and Catholic groups over young people.
The quote notes true rebuke comes not from loud rebukes but from quiet action. It argues those who truly help us improve are often those who quietly model the behaviors we neglect, urging change through example rather than words.
National Farmers' union delegates gather in Washington for a three day conference led by Charles B Barrett to address domestic policy and pending legislation. Secretary Wallace is slated to discuss cooperative marketing and Barrett calls for a joint congressional committee to study and remedy the agricultural situation.
In Asia Magazine a writer describes Arabian love songs as desert born and in a minor key. They are high pitched and slightly nasal and end on a resigned minor note. The music itself conveys passion and forbidden themes beyond the words.
A Theodore Parker quotation urges faithful effort in work at home, in shops, kitchens, markets, streets, offices, schools, and schools as if in a great battle for mankind. It celebrates bravery, strength, and skill serving welfare of the world through humble daily service.
A religious study outlines wealth, greed, and social oppression with references to First Kings, Amos, Luke, and Isaiah. It contrasts wealth hoarding and exploitation with divine judgment, and presents the parable of the rich man and beggar as a moral warning about eternal outcomes based on earthly actions.
A reflective line from S T Coleridge notes that in deepest sorrow God provides gratitude and continual singing as the night bird sings through the night. The passage urges gladness and gratitude despite hardship.
A reflective line asserts it is wiser to endure wrong than commit harm and hints at the virtue of trust over deceit, attributed to Jebosen. The sentiment contrasts suffering with wrongdoing and favors cautious trust in people.
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