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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1920
Page
4
A column argues society is improving as old vices fade and youth gain cleaner habits. It contrasts past rough behavior with current social order and morality, noting partial prohibition improved conditions and reduced drunkenness, violence, and negative influence.
The Lark notes Republican presidential boom trains have everything rented. He adds that Bryan seeks to own the railroads and is on the go almost constantly.
A humorous verse sketch by Walt Mason about a downtrodden mood and constant woes. The speaker laments springing misfortune and sneering at life while coughing through a bout of flu and bemoaning lost sunshine.
Gertrude May Wagner Easter born October 16 1892 united with Lloyd Easter in 1912 in Pleasant Hill. Baptized November 10 1912 she served her church and Sunday school loyally. Survived by Alice Arlene her daughter husband three brothers two sisters and her parents. Her life filled with kind deeds ends quietly with faith and hope in heaven.
An essay argues that increased education and communication broaden minds, elevate ordinary people to challenge elites, and demand equal opportunities. It notes a shift from humility toward asserting common humanity and calls for adjusting social conditions to match heightened mental alertness and moral cleansing.
Prisoners at the Iowa state penitentiary will see the Frank Winninger Repertoire troupe perform The High Cost of Loving. The company will move its entire scenic effects from the theater to the prison stage, marking a new entertainment initiative by Warden J. R. Perkins.
In Ottumwa on February 23 Mrs. A. R. Swartz wife of a former police judge shot her rival Mrs. Laura Springer in her husband’s office with a .22 revolver. Springer employed there for 30 months and mother of two. Swartz is mother of six. It was not certain if Springer would recover. The motive was the eternal triangle.
Charlie Chaplin returns with A Day's Pleasure distributed by First National Exhibitors' Circuit. The film follows a chaotic day as Chaplin’s cranky touring car creates humor and traffic trouble, highlighting the comedian’s clash with a traffic cop and a self powered misadventure of a family outing.
Cable from Tiflis via Near East Relief reports Col. William N. Haskell says American relief work saves hundreds of thousands of Armenians from starvation and exposure as temperatures drop to thirty to forty below zero. Twenty-five thousand orphans attend day schools and work half the night. the relief group pledges $500,000 for emergency aid in response to the message.
Testimonial letters from Frank H. Games showing positive impact of his Short Course in Boyology in Shenandoah Fairfield Centerville and Centerville Iowa. Supervisors commend his tact practical lectures and personal interviews noting lasting influence on boys and men and the need for yearly programs.
Counting it only in dollars and cents, how much did that last cold cost you. It takes about ten days to get rid of a cold under usual treatment. The time can be shortened by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and self care. A bottle in the house is a mighty good investment during winter and spring. Lemmon's Drug Store advt.
The excerpt notes how Victor Hugo’s Waterloo portrait, written in 1861, gains clarity with time as dust settles after battle. It links this to Tennyson’s 87 year later lament, “Bury the Great Duke With an Empire's Lamentation,” showing evolving memorial perspective across generations.
In May 1916 Homer Turnipseed petitions the District Court of Washington County Iowa for a divorce from his wife Faye Turnipseed alleging willful desertion and continual absence without reasonable cause since that time. The petition seeks general and equitable relief and a divorce judgment.
Plaintiffs require your appearance to defend costs and action. If you do not appear and defend before noon of the second day of the next term starting March 1920 at the Court House in Washington City Washington County Iowa, a default will be entered and a decree rendered against you. Morrison and Morrison, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
St Paul Nebraska woman recounts four years of periodical pain eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letter cites personal recovery and endorses the remedy's safety and efficacy for female ills with testimonials and lab notes from Lynn Massachusetts.
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