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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
4
The piece urges community pride and upbeat national discourse to promote a town’s image and unity. It contrasts civic boosterism with warnings about unpatriotic pressures and warns against letting fear weaken military resolve amid world disorder and postwar reflection.
The poem shows a speaker defending recreational games and personal pleasure against reformers, who threaten music and games with moral critique. It contrasts playful culture with calls for prohibition, imagining reformers persuading the speaker to quit. The speaker contemplates listening if urged kindly.
The National Republican notes President Harding supports mutual arms limits as America takes a world leadership role toward peace. Critics who urge unilateral disarmament are dismissed as valueless, while preparedness against powerful rivals is deemed necessary to avoid war.
An anonymous writer argues Charles E Hughes, once ousted from the presidency, became a pivotal global figure as secretary of state. The piece likens Hughes’s esteem to Hay and McKinley era outsiders, praising Harding for selecting highly qualified negotiators and noting a contrast with Ot tumwa Courter.
The Chicago jury found the defendants not guilty after a trial where confessions of conspiracy and fraud were discussed. Defence lawyers condemned the witnesses for testifying against their clients, while the verdict shocks public confidence in baseball, portraying the case as a blow to the sport’s integrity.
William Jackson his wife Goldie Jackson and Nathan Johnson were released from jail for lack of evidence in the William H Armstrong killing at 507 Gladstone Street. The coroner's inquest continued as witnesses described the fatal blows and possible strangulation. Mrs Rebecca Gee testified to threats involving Goldie Jackson and the accused.
The document mentions the mother of Mrs. Goldie Jackson, who had been living with her, and identifies Mrs. Whymena Coy as a sister of Mrs. Jackson. The relations imply a family context within the household.
The piece argues that players who took money to throw the 1919 World Series were dishonest but not criminally punished by law and jury. It warns that public opinion should not equate honesty with sport success and calls for a broader national reckoning on law, principle, and character.
In Des Moines on August 4 Judge O S Franklin of the municipal court pleaded guilty to charges by officers McMichael and Bell after being summoned during a criminal division session. He paid a five dollar minimum fine and issued a dismissal order, then left the bench. His car was found abandoned near Thirty fourth Street and Ingersoll Avenue at 3 am.
Quote from Mr Cassius Chex: I have studied much but cannot understand why a man who borrows a hundred dollars and cannot pay is a failure while a man who borrows a million dollars is judged capable of paying. Washington Star remarks on credit and public perception.
Mrs Annie Bauer of Omaha Nebraska reports suffering three years with stomach and nervous indigestion. After trying various treatments, Tanlac improved her appetite, strength and sleep. she now eats heartily and is free of stomach trouble. Her husband also benefits. Sold in Washington by Sherman Rice at The Pioneer Drug Store and other druggists.
In Sept term 1921 Howard Fisher sues Levi Clark et al in Washington County Iowa seeking to quiet and establish fee simple title to the SE quarter of section 33 in township 76 north range 9 west. Unknown claimants and parties are warned to answer by Sept 5 1921. default leads to judgment in favor of Fisher. Attorney MARSH W BAILEY. Also note report of $14 300 000 street improvement in Je de Rivoll project in Varta.
A fragment notes a policeman entering a store and delaying time for a few minutes, reflecting on time’s unstoppable flight and questioning authority to arrest it. The quirky exchange centers on a police moment perceived as brief but counterintuitive.
Buck Jones the William Fox cow boy star comes to the Fox Theatre Saturday in Straight from the Shoulder. Helen Ferguson stars opposite with a strong cast including Kid McCoy Norman Selby and Frances Hatton. Roy Norton wrote the story Bernard Durning directed the picture and Frank Good was the cameraman.
Lewis H. Harding secretary of the Salt Lake Rotary club and a noted Masonic figure, reportedly a distant relative of President Harding, drowned today on a fishing trip at Jackson's Lake near Moran Wyoming, according to a telegram to his business partner.
Fragmentary text shows bus or train timetable cues with times and routes, mentions Washington and numbers, but lacks coherent details or readable context.
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