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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1921
Page
2
A humorous verse on talkative public figures and the press. It mocks men of all ranks who speak at length to vast audiences then blame reporters for misquoting them. The speaker suggests avoiding endless spiel and instead spending time away from chatter.
A collection of remarks by Henry M. Robinson, General Jan Smuts, Viscount Hayashi, Clara Burnside, Rev. Dr. Cadman, Wm. C. Redfield, Viscount Grey, Thomas W. Lamont, Count von Bernstorff, and others. Topics span war impact, Pacific issues, USJapan relations, education, industry, and global leadership.
A Washington bulletin notes that moving some of the largest battleships between the Atlantic and Pacific fleets via the Panama Canal proves the waterway operates as planned. The report stresses the canal’s role in linking the two American oceans and supporting U S strategic goals.
The bulletin compares canal work to moving hundreds of millions of cubic yards of material and connects Washington to New York by a colossal waterway. It notes pre war and present cost savings for ships, tolls, and distance, with figures for tonnage and speeds, and discusses toll rates and cargo space efficiency.
The piece notes a canal cost of 367 million dollars and interest charges near 18 million annually if financed by government borrowing. It argues Uncle Sam would need about 3.00 per net ton in rates versus 1.20, citing ocean freight declines and railroad rate rises that push freight from rail to sea, depopulating freight trains.
Otto Metzger of Kossuth county was in Hamburg last December to visit his father’s death scene and travel. He was robbed of $900, now cannot pay his return fare. He offers $300 for $200 for three months, saying life in Germany lacks appeal after the United States.
Fire in the basement of a bottling plant at Eldora Aug 2 threatened the town. Loss reported at 176000 with the opera house jail and department store destroyed and the courthouse badly damaged.
The Shipping Board in Washington received a $10,000,000 bid from R A Thompson and Company of New York for the entire 287 wooden vessels fleet, but the envelope lacked the required ten percent deposit. Five of the fifteen bids came from Japanese brokers in Seattle, including one offering ten dollars per ship for ten ships, while the board seeks contact with Thompson.
An essay warns that lovers quarrels are not trifles and leave a lasting blot on affection. Forgiveness may erase the fault, but the mark remains and the relationship shows wear. The piece contrasts bloom and blemish in romance and ends with a reflective aside.
Des Moines street cars were running despite a warning memorandum from Federal Judge Martin J. Wade that a public and street car company might prepare for a discontinuance of service. Officials expected continuation until a bondholder meeting in Chicago early this week determines the outcome.
The friction match, claimed to be invented by English druggist John Walker, appeared in 1827. His device used a wooden splint coated with sulphur and tipped with chlorate of potash antimony sulfide and gum, ignited by rubbing on sandpaper.
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