True Preparedness Redefined By Industry And Morals
A Westinghouse executive and WWI brigadier general, Mr Guy E Tripp argues true preparedness lies beyond weapons. He says war is a clash of industrial moral and commercial strength and that readiness rests on peacetime progress in transport education manufacturing and infrastructure. He warns against excessive munitions production as wasteful unless used for defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy E. Tripp
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co
Tripp
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason
A humorous verse on daily chores and mood swings ending with relief at night. The speaker mocks irritability, marriage, and aging while finding comfort in sleep and the return of cheer each morning. The rhythm reflects playful light verse traditions.
Industry and War Ready This Nation Must Strengthen Its Base
A statement emphasizes that modern warfare targets industrial capacity as much as armies. It argues national defense depends on productive facilities, capital, and education, warning against defense spending overemphasis. Engineers urge accelerated development of natural resources to sustain prosperity and rapid mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Christmas Neckwear and Newsprint Tales
A light column notes the lure of mail for daily papers and the annual Christmas necktie joke. It cites a Thrift Magazine statistic about U S newspapers forming a massive ribbon, and shares a quip about George MecDaniels of McElhinney Drug Store who once drove streetcars in Muscatine and now curates “10 Years Ago Today” items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George MecDaniels
McElhinney Drug Store
Muscatine
George
Menonites to Settle in Mexico on Vast Ranch Purchase
About two hundred thousand Menonites plan a trek from Canada to Mexico to settle on large tracts they have bought on the Bustello ranch in Chihauhua and Durango. They must remain in Mexico if the arrangement proceeds, with no option to return to the United States or Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Mexico
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Chibauhau
Durango
United States
The Shoddy Aristocrat by Weston A. Goodspeed
A satirical poem skewering urban elites and rural pretensions as a social infection. It targets the village Four Hundred, bankers, doctors, merchants, and winter resort culture, detailing their pretensions, condescension, and moral decay traced from coast to county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Vilage Four Hundred
Grasshopper Hill
Iowa Senators Back Christmas Seal Sale Effort
Des Moines reports Senators Kenyon and Cummins praise Iowa health work and the Christmas Seal sale to fund tuberculosis and public health efforts. Telegrams note drops in U.S. TB deaths and urge strong support for the 14th annual sale to benefit Iowa citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Kenyon
Cummins
Iowa
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
United States
Apple Orchards on the Decrease in Iowa
At the Iowa State Horticultural Society meeting in Des Moines officials report a 50 percent drop in bearing apple trees in Iowa from 1910 to 1920, with 5,847,934 trees in 1910 and 2,996,469 in 1920, while national numbers also fell. Despite fewer trees, Iowa saw higher average prices and per‑tree yields due to improved cultivation and marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State Horticultural Society
Des Moines
C. S. Holland
Iowa State College
Holland
United States
Mr. Holland
Towa
Association of Ideas in Philosophical Thought
The term association of ideas appears to originate with John Locke in the seventeenth century, though the concept traces back to Aristotle. Four mental connections were identified: by similarity, by continuity, by contrast, and by succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Locke
Hen supplies the world's egg stock
The article ranks poultry by nutrition with geese and ducks at top and hens as the crucial source of eggs the world depends on, followed by turkeys and plovers.
Older Boys Conference Returns from Burlington
Twenty four Washington boys came back Monday from Burlington where the southeastern section of the fourteenth Iowa Older Boys Conference was held. The 325 attendees heard talks by A L Miller and college presidents, with later Hi Y and Sunday school sessions. Washington delegates passed resolutions promoting clean speech and fraternity, then joined in a heart to heart service and the singing of Bless Be the Tie as the conference adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Iowa
A. L. Miller
Lahore
India
Washington
Pres. R. A. Montgomery
Parsons College
A. S. Smith
Iowa Wesleyan College
Harry Goodrich
W. N. Northcott
James Work
New
Masonic Temple
Eastern Star
E. F. Denison
Chicago
C. M. Mayne
Cedar Rapids
Fr. M. Hansen
Ames
Hi-Y Club
Jhhurches
James A. Work, Jr
Harold Jones
Henry Bailey
Campbell McCartney
Olav Bramer
Robert McGugin
Wilbur Long
Lewis Warren
Carl Phillips
Wm. Bragg
Harold Wilson
Dale Holland
Clarence Logan
Charles L. Barker
William Rolce
Ned O. Haney
Ted Duke
Harold L. Boyd
Merrill Robb
Ernest Beatty
Lee Metzger
Rodney Mayhew
Hansen
Borrowed Smiles From Rotary Joke
Two Rotarians traveling last summer reach a crowded New York town and are offered sleeping in the church pews after the hotel fills. At 1 am the hotel owner awakens to clanging church bell and asks the porter to check. Pew 26 wants tea water and Pew 23 wants cigarettes.
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New York
Darlington Rotary
Quote by William Penn on self censure and bias
A reflective note argues we over judge others while neglecting our own faults. It urges humility and cautions against sharp eyed spying of others, highlighting personal blind spots and hypocrisy. The sentiment critiques moral certainty and promotes self awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Penn
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Evening Journal
E. Main Street
Mutual
Abe Martin
Joe Moon
Walt Mason
Thrift Magazine
Weston A. Goodspeed
Iowa Senators
State Horticultural Society
Association of Ideas
Eggs and Nutrition
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Irvin BF. Huston
Southwest Corner
Farmers’ Union
Washington, IA
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
Oo. J. Wilson
C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal Office
ICWA
S. H. Bateman
M. D. Blair
F. Boller
D. D
City
Washington St
Eicher, Livingston & Eicher; Law
Abstract Department
B. Watson
Austin Sutherland
R. R
J. D. Dayton
Westchester, Iowa
Washington County
Hunt
Sherman Bros
Golden State
Stal
Rives Depart
Washington Branch
H. W. RI
Iel
Arriv
J. C. McKay
wresTette
Wes
Vuet Lim
Lim
Ayy John P
Agen
Washington Lodge
J. Ellis Grayson
Arthur Goodin
Cyrus
W. C. Bell
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
Kerr
O. Bes
Mary Lavada Kerr
W. M
Myrtle Speer
Damascus Shrine
Moose Hall
Louise Harwood
W. H. P. Lena
Washington Lodge No
Loyal Order of Moose
I. E Mitchell
Elmer McFadden
LO. O. F
Covenant Lodge No 101
North
Iowa Ave
Chas
S. Baker
Noble Grand
Russell Goodin
Brighton
Iowa Avenue
Ralph Zeck
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