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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1925
Page
4
Office notice lists address 108 East Main Street and offices at Washington 6 and 64 Mutual 44 with subscription terms in city by carrier rates. Includes 3% monthly figures and 50 1.25 5.00 pricing, indicating charges for delivery.
The document states that The Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights for all news dispatches credited to it and for local news printed here, with all rights to special dispatches reserved by AP.
On Tuesday December 1 1925 the daily Bible Thought highlights Galatians 6 7 that a man reaps what he sows. The brief meditation urges reflection on conduct and its future outcomes.
Tomorrow the drive for YMCA and YWCA support begins with canvassers visiting friends to secure 1926 pledges. Volunteers stress readiness and friendliness, noting a shift to a full twelve month year and a slight dip in membership while urging liberal gifts to sustain vital community work in Washington.
A local speaker muses on crime and reform as an argument for woman suffrage, noting how current events and street talk reflect changing roles and the push for equal voting rights. The piece connects public safety, civic voice, and political progress in a cautious, era tone.
In the verse, narrator hires James Dinger to cut a load of wood but calls him useless as he complains about tools and mocks the saw. The narrator shifts to Charles Randolph Bally who works cheerfully, singing while cutting as he earns daily pay. James frets for work. Charles shops and enjoys meals as the day ends.
Readers are urged to raise funds via memberships and sustaining gifts for the YMCA. Last year contributions ranged from five dollars to two hundred dollars with many in between, reflecting strong community support and the value of the organization to the town. Be ready and willing to help keep up the YMCA building and its activities.
Rothschild marks twenty one years in business this week in Washington. The shop, aged enough to vote, celebrates milestone from babyhood through youth in the city with a commemorative observance.
The article notes a storekeeper closing a milestone moment with a long announcement elsewhere in the paper. Friends and the Journal congratulate him as he extends his leadership for twenty one years more, celebrating the attainment of legal majority for the business.
Mrs James Skinner of La Harpe Kansas visited relatives in Crawfordsville then went to Washington to visit her sister Mrs A T Brown. David Johns Rosina White and daughter Anna Mae visited Miss Prudence Johns at Burlington hospital. Des Moines will of Dr G H Hill provides one third of 3000 to Grinnell college trustees, remainder to wife and daughter with reversion on death.
A passage highlights the word implacable meaning not to be pacified and relentless. It notes misused phrases and mispronunciations while showing an example where a man faces a group with unyielding, intense anger in his eyes.
A collage of quips and skits about office life travel and class humor. The piece notes a department head away and a friendly desk colleague asking kindness while urging readers to keep shoes polished. It mixes jokes about bootleggers bicycles sirens and classroom gags with playful banter among Auntie Willie and a judge.
Determined to rescue his wife who he said ran off with another man, a furious husband sought help from the travelers' aid booth at Union Station. The female attendant pledged to watch for the couple if they passed through.
Fragmented reminiscence describes wartime life and farming tasks. The writer recalls 150 acres of wheat, plowing chores, and late work shifts. A humorous kitchen mishap ends with eggs breaking during supper.
A rambling reminiscence recounts a summer camping supply store at a river, a witty uncle at a Deere shop who mystified workers with fishing yarns, and a practical joke involving drilling holes in leaf sugar as bait. An older tale recalls King Christian of Denmark curing lumbago by hammering the prince’s back during elk hunting.
Mrs. Thomassen, widow of M. Thomas sen and pioneer of Marion county, died in Des Moines. Her father Jela Pelmulder is credited with helping lay out Orange City. She will be buried at Pells.
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