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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1920
Page
4
Poet Walt Mason reflects on factory closures and unemployment as winter comes. He urges thrift and caution, warning workers who spent during boom times and urging saving for hard times, while noting many seek work and endure hardship.
A discussion on the social impact of movies notes their powerful effects on entertainment and behavior. A recent incident described involves a wakeup prank with a water pistol and freezing water, raising questions about whether films influence public morality and should be condemned.
A writer denounces the movie as a troubling institution and pledges support for any movement to curb offenses against the early morning calm. Citizens are invited to join the crusade by sending any initiation fee to the Journal office, to fund waterproof night clothing.
Edgar Harlan curator and state conservation secretary offers 25 dollars for undisturbed photograph and affidavits proving five quails frozen or starved to death within five miles of a proposed or established Iowa state park. Claims must be filed by April 15, 1925. Harlan seeks prior discoveries in Iowa.
At the Iowa State Grange closing session on December 20 resolutions approved a protective tariff and opposed free seed distribution and highway construction funded by farm to market roads. They also urged against sharing automobile license tax revenue with cities and called for laws to curb gambling in food products.
Mail from the store is wrapped with pre cancel stamps and placed in bare for postal pickup at 6 p m. Packages go to the central post office to be sorted and sent to fifteen city sub stations overnight. From Sisor substations they are delivered by foot postmen or trucks before 9 20 a m. A second daily delivery occurs later aiding the morning rush.
Walter Munsing an auditor for the Great Northern railway based in Minneapolis testifies that Tanlac cured his long stomach and kidney troubles. He says seven bottles restored his health, gained sixteen pounds, and improved sleep, noting relief from back pain and fatigue. He endorses Tanlac as reliable based on his experience.
Pasadena expects at least 586000 people for the 32nd Tournament of Roses on New Year’s Day. The morning flower procession draws over 100 entrants with thousands lining the march route. the California versus Ohio State football game could bring about 32000 spectators and the ball invites notable guests including President-Elect Warren G. Harding.
St Paul stores including the city’s largest department store now use parcel post for city deliveries. Since March 1919 the shift from individual deliveries to mail wagons and trucks has cut costs from 12–18 cents to 6–9 cents per package while the post office adds seven trucks and thirty workers to handle about 7,000 daily packages. One hundred store trucks were retired, improving safety and reducing complaints as registered branch post offices participate.
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