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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1925
Page
4
The county board signals continued annual tax reductions aiming to return to normal levels after a decade of rising levies. Tax totals climbed from 1915 to 1923, reflecting wartime costs, with cautious cuts now proposed. A city vehicle accident warning follows urging care on icy streets.
A satirical verse scolds a village pastor and laments his dull sermons. The speaker imagines replacing the pulpit with sharper verse and contrasts patched clothing and worn shoes with the world’s faultless luxury. The critique portrays a weary tone toward religious oratory and social pretense.
A syndicated schedule lists multiple radio stations with Feb 18 programs. Entries include WSB Atlanta orchestras and harmonies, WGN Chicago organ and ensembles, WMAQ Chicago and WEBH Chicago dance and readings, KNX Hollywood concert, WHAS Louisville concert, and WABC New York various talks, concerts, and dances.
A humorous column notes another snow storm as March transfers begin. It remarks better roads for moving, recalls stories of old time figures, and jokes about editors, tax payers, and wildlife, ending with a quip on urban wildlife and field and stream.
The levy rose by 541 074 76 over 1915, reaching a half million increase. Citizens may empathize with the county board as they seek a reasonable taxation level for Washington County amid rising costs.
Moscow reports alleging Big Bill Haywood returned to the United States are denied. He works as a traveling speaker for the International Society for the Relief of Workmen in Prisons Abroad and has just finished a tour of southern Russia. Rome notes Pope Leo XIII's jubilee year as 1900 and Pope Pius praying at St Peter's on Sunday for the first time in that visit.
Amusements note outlines how the Fox film Listen Lester presents the theft and recapture of love letters as the main plot. The gag team faces multiple thefts and mistaken deliveries using traveling bags to keep each scene fresh and logical. Actors Harry Meyers Lee Moran Alec Francis George O’Hara Eva Novak Louise Fazenda and Dot Farley are cited in support of director William Lester.
Paris and southwestern Europe endure unusual weather with rain and snow alternating as the Seine rises four feet. Flood fears grip riverbank dwellers after recent floods, while the Montpelier region reports wall collapses unroofed houses and uprooted trees among other damages.
A pastor welcomes a first time attendee Mr Johnson who jokes about whitewashing a chicken coop. A villian in old times, a saying about nations, a crossword clue, and a traveling man in an upstate town are recounted with colonial era diction. An anecdote recalls a Rock Island station morning mishap.
A playful satirical piece notes the era's social vanity and public image culture mentioning reactions to photographs, hats, dresses, and beauty routines. It mocks trends, registers emotions, and jokes about names appearing on towels in a lighthearted, period voice.
A talking kettle speaks of comfort and gratitude as it praises the Flatiron. The pair discuss ambition, cooperation, and the kettle’s wish for greater fame beyond warmth, reflecting on how progress requires effort from fire, wood, matches, and people, all linked to the steam engine’s inventor James Watt.
In a smoker the long tip ends as talk shifts to speed and schedule with the steady click and roar of the Limited signaling it is makin time. The narration evokes memories of old Pahsen as the train metaphor lingers.
A four year old boy gravely ill with typhoid asks for a small apple to kill the germs. His mother refuses, warning any bite could kill him, revealing the child’s grim calm and a hopeful miscue.
A playful string of light riddles about nuts and homophones. It starts with a pun about a pea nut and a pecan, continues with a shipboard helm joke using elm, and finishes with a nickel and cent joke about sense.
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