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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1919
Page
4
In City by Carrier three months at 1.28 dollars and one year at 5.00 dollars. by mail 4.00 dollars per year, with two Washington phones listed as 6 and 44 and Mutual 44 terms.
A discussion praising individual liberty and patent incentives as the engine of national progress. It argues that private initiative outpaces government action, cites protection of inventors, contrasts with European land values, and denounces short-sighted governance as a hindrance to advancement.
The poem laments winter’s sting and yearns for vernal days. A weary pilgrim endures wind and sleet until spring arrives with roses. The speaker longs for warmth, cloudless skies, and the renewal that follows the harsh season.
The speaker argues that all governments create social classes and that injustice arises when passageways between classes are blocked. He asserts that in America a poor boy can rise and a rich boy can fall, praising growth as essential to a thriving nation.
A local note highlights Henry Strouse's daily pansy picks and a proud January specimen. It argues Washington County should become the center of American purebred livestock as breeders in the area steadily improve herds over the past five years.
A brief note quotes Emerson describing war as a teacher that sharpens the senses, forges the will, strengthens the body, and pits men in decisive clashes where character is measured.
A collage of editorials criticizes prohibition, gas safety via flame, auto tax schemes, immigration reform, and a repeal of the headlight law. Opinions span New York, Des Moines, Marshalltown, Oskaloosa, and Keota on social controls, labor, and efficiency.
Four members of the Iowa Supreme Court urged the Senate elections committee to keep the nonpartisan judiciary law. Chief Justice Ladd and Justices Gaynor Salinger and Stevens argued independence from parties, while backing amendments to improve the system. They criticized broad county conventions and suggested candidates be more clearly identified to voters. debate continues as Price bill to repeal the law sits with committees.
The Y M C A spends 125000 dollars monthly and provides 100 shows daily to the A E F in France. About 1500000 soldiers per month see these performances, with free motion pictures and a tented theatre program through the Over There Theatre league.
Washington reports the United States will meet any British rate cut to seize control of markets and transportation. Shipping board officials say they may further drop rates, especially to South America, as Congress voices belligerent signals. Senate criticism of England’s embargo on American goods spurs talk of reprisals.
A judge notes the financier agrees to surgery the next day with a remark that the doctor looks gleeful as if carving a melon. The exchange hints at tension and irony in the situation without detailing medical specifics.
Advice suggests singing as a cure for the blues noting that many find it easier than reasoning away worries. It encourages girls with varying voices to try singing to lift spirits and ease stress.
A compact remark likens virtue to a rich stone best kept plain and unadorned like simple sustenance. It emphasizes modesty and the value of unembellished virtue over showy display.
Washington explains that the final four percent payment on the fourth Liberty loan due today at the treasury and Federal Reserve banks does not affect bond buyers using monthly installment plans. Banks handle installments with the subscriber, effectively granting credit for remaining payments. Due to advance payments, only about 500 million dollars is needed today to complete the $6.08 billion loan.
An old advertisement touts Musterole as a quick acting external ointment to relieve headaches from colds and congestion without stomach or heart side effects. It claims use for sore throat bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia and other pains with 10c 60c and 2.50 hospital sizes.
In the district court of Washington County Iowa plaintiffs Eicher Livingston and Eicher seek a decree that they hold the fee simple to defined property in Washington County Iowa described as sections 23 14 and 24 township 75 north range 7 west. They allege errors in the record title and ask the court to bar all named defendants and unknown claimants from any right or title. The case requires appearance before noon the second day of the next term beginning March 3 191% at the Washington Court House or judgment will be entered.
A dialogue fragment pits a woman and a man in a class tension exchange. She rejects washing dishes for a man as demeaning while he insists she would have to break the barrier to change his view. The brief snippet hints at social status and power dynamics in a tense exchange.
Currants from Greece are now packed by machinery offering cleaner and more economical processing than the old hand methods which have long been questionable.
Eastbound and westbound trains listed with departure and arrival times. No. 12 Express, No. 30 local passenger, No. 49 local passenger, freight trains Nos. 826 and 835, and local freight Nos. 885 836 889. schedules corrected December 8, 1918 with agency note H W Russell and M & St. P line references.
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