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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1927
Page
4
The piece notes that both Democrats and Republicans favor tax cuts but disagree on how much to reduce and what type of cut to apply. The anticipated quarrel is seen as a rare point of contention in an otherwise unified Congress.
The author argues for examining equalization amid tax reduction debate. He notes tax systems punish some localities and property forms, double tax others, and overlook some holdings. The central issue is unequal taxation and a tagged tax system.
The author notes disappointing results since Ontario opened liquor shops. Despite expectations fueled by wet propaganda, cross-border booze seekers are limited. Public discussion of drinking remains high, but observable signs of widespread consumption are scarce across major cities.
Henry Ford says he is not planning to release a new low priced automobile model soon though reports have circulated about such a market entry.
A daily English lesson notes the word veritable meaning true and genuine with an example of a craving for companionship. It contrasts correct usage of into versus in to for motion and hints at common mispronunciations and misspellings.
The article quotes Mr. Ford arguing there is room for all in the auto industry and no trade war with his new model. He believes saturation has not been reached and cars will spread worldwide, with public interest high as the model is introduced.
Maude Randall Hutchinson tours a Kansas boxboard plant, detailing straw boiled into paste, drying rollers, and long strawboard strips made into salt cartons. Workers assemble spouts, lids, and bottoms, then ship boxes labeled by customer companies.
A miscellany poem clipping notes a ideal of womanhood, praising balance between talents and domestic virtue. It praises learning and handiwork, kindness to the weak, and a future wife and mother as the highest aim. The piece threads in quips from jokes and period commentary, reflecting social expectations of women.
A light, rambling column muses on vacation drafts and homecomings with playful jabs at working life. It blends quirky quotes from poets and notes about manners, then wanders through brief jokes and social observations, ending with a college classroom quip.
Clifford Goldsmith urged christening every bathtub the Spirit of Col Charles A Lindbergh or the Spirit of Mary Pickford to boost patronage by boys and girls at a Park Lane dinner unveiling Cleanliness Institute a new national welfare group. The idea drew applause.
A curiously mixed passage discusses justice in traffic enforcement and social fashion. It mentions a police officer arresting a neighbor for speeding and contrasts with personal enforcement, then shifts to reflections on women clothing, husbands, church suppers and a political figure Mayor Jimmy Walker.
Wilbur Been blossom correspondent reports Henry Goldsmith of Wayland on paint contracts for Shiloh and Pleasant Ridge schools. Supervisor Sam Donahey surveys east bridge for prompt repairs. Local residents attend Keota rodeo. Nicholson couple travel to Gladwin for sister-in-law Lee Edwards funeral.
D O Davison begins threshing early next week on a short run. Mr and Mrs W F Salterbert and daughters Irene L F Woodburn and Mildred visit D G Been blossom and family on Sunday to hear Jessie Miller sing.
Philadelphia Aug 1 The continuation committee of an inter-church conference representing 13 Protestant communions reveals a sharp decline in member numbers. The report notes a loss of 263000 members in one year across the studied communions, signaling grave concern over ongoing attrition.
Tell Binkley comments on Chester Pusey’s bride praising her stubborn streak while noting rivals, a line about every buddy liking a good loser until he’s broke. The snippet reflects local color and banter over a wedding in a small community.
A church committee cites migration between states and poor attendance as chief causes of member losses. It notes failures in church obligations and warns that these losses are so large they challenge pastors and others, pulling them from indifference.
Questions ask for names like the advertising circus man, the soldier famous for last fight, the revolutionary rider near Boston, the president with a kitchen cabinet, the New York politician linked to a ring, an AFL official who died in 1924, a Civil War march king, a Gould family member, Pocahontas associated early American, and the president of the Southern Confederacy.
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