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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
4
Tomorrow marks the last day of this season's chautauqua sessions with Nor man Hall as the afternoon attraction. The piece calls the event a longtime Washington fixture and urges the public to buy advance season tickets to ensure future years. It stresses the need for community support to safeguard the program against bad weather or failure.
A fragmented note comments on the ongoing railroad muddle. The text ends with a directive to acknowledge readers at the close of each paragraph. No names, dates, or places are specified.
A reflective poem contrasts days of toil and fear with the solace of night. It portrays sleepless labor, fading dreams, and a longing for youth and laughter as night grants rest and distant visions from a celestial star.
Book note indicating copyright by Doubleday Page Company for the title Magnificent Ambersons.
It is fitting to pause and offer additional congratulations to Mr. Mc Adoo who got out last January as noted by the Oskaloosa Herald.
A Vinton Eagle editorial urges allowing about 200 American soldiers in Germany to bring German wives home to spread thrift and domestic virtues. The piece says no one objects to the plan and promotes it as beneficial to postwar relations and values.
The editor cites lack of support as the paper ends, calling publishing a newspaper a problem needing science, sagacity, diplomacy, psychology and knowledge of frenzied finance. He warns of deception needed to feed an empty stomach in today’s climate.
Harvard Courier notes some towns welcome visitors with warm spirit while others seem wary. It urges communities to cultivate a friendly reputation as a valuable asset for towns and individuals.
Tom Moore stars as Frank Melbury in Basil King’s The City of Comrades at the Fox Theatre. A regenerated man tormented by a past that may ruin his future, he confesses to Regina Barry who forgives amid love and crisis after the Halifax disaster.
New York Aug 20 350000 members in the American Legion have passed the milestone with 1835 local posts chartered and 1108 posts awaiting charter. Every state shows an active branch with Iowa and Nebraska each reporting strong activity.
Ames officials and John A. Brindley push for a sweeping 1858 era tax code overhaul to end patchwork assessments. They argue current system is unfair costly and out of date and favor a legislative bill to shift to equitable property valuation and streamlined appeals.
In a tense domestic scene George confronts his Aunt Fanny about her meddling in their mother’s social plans. Fanny accuses him of insinuating she will pursue widower Eugene Morgan, intensifying family tensions as the night’s party looms.
A 1918 timetable lists eastbound and Washington Branch train arrivals and departures, with numbers for passenger and freight services. It notes daily operation except Sunday, with corrected times and special notes for stock extras and specific trains.
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