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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1925
Page
4
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A devotional note cites Isaiah 25 1 4 praising God as sovereign refuge for the poor and distressed. The entry emphasizes exaltation and praise for divine deeds and protection from storms and heat.
After a period of prosperity Wisconsin now faces rising costs and lower dairy prices. Critics say state laws hurt business and drive firms to Illinois or other states where conditions are friendlier. The same logic applies to easier divorces in Reno compared with Philadelphia or Boston.
The passage reflects a shared pursuit of better roads across town and country. It frames road quality as a collective concern rather than a rural urban dispute, highlighting widespread support for improved infrastructure.
The voice jokes about economy and suggests President Coolidge would make a fine name for a store sign. The quip turns on the idea of legal trouble over trivial acts and the mood of playful political commentary.
A reader presents a dense crossword like a puzzle guide listing many clues across and down. It describes starting with certain sure fills to unlock others and includes a long set of numbered clues for both horizontal and vertical entries.
A nostalgic verse description of a dusty old bookshop filled with forgotten tomes and debates over the fate of classic authors versus modern film. The speaker laments that best sellers fade while enduring works by ancient writers linger beyond the movie era.
The piece argues for rapid construction of fully graded roads in Iowa to enable year round travel. It supports a transparent funding approach, favoring a motor or gas tax and federal aid, with surfacing following grading as already prepared sections come to the forefront.
Officials assure that there will be no extra tax on personal property or land. The motorist will pay the bill and be making one of the best investments an economist can suggest.
Official statistics show more than 200000 German war widows have remarried and 066000 remain open to marriage proposals. In total 597380 widows and children receive state support due to deceased husbands and fathers from military service.
Hamburg reports promoters of travel urge the German railroad administration to equip coaches with electric lights and speed up passenger trains. They also call for elimination or reduction of the 10 percent foreign tax and improved passport facilities.
Homer Buckley spoke in the Y building about lines of salesmanship and why the word Dearie hurts sales. He derides Dear and Dearie as harmful, noting they alienate customers and even degrade social norms. He cites age and gender contexts and argues for toned language in commerce.
A parking hole is described as the space between two vehicles located on the opposite side of the street from the observer. The definition clarifies how drivers should visualize available spots in urban street parking.
A farmer and stranger discuss valuing a cow seen near the railway. The exchange shifts to whether the cow was killed by passing cars or if the question hints at tax assessment, leaving the cost unclear.
A passerby argues with an officer over street lighting while preparing to cross. The exchange emphasizes the practical risks of crossing as a truck whizzes by, prompting a request for the pedestrian’s name and address.
A jumble of remarks on college life and driving habits followed by jumbled lines about looney gas bans, racial caution, sleepless women, and a self-centered man. An Iowa newspaper editor fires a printer for misread ads with "shelf-like ears."
Riddle-like observation notes that a gift is free to a small boy while a young man must steal it and an old man must buy it, highlighting changing values and access to happiness as people age.
A wry local column introduces a cast of colorful characters including a golfer who made a hole in one without bragging, a stylish playboy who recalls a past mishap, a boastful hard-boiled egg, a kindhearted girl, and a cigarette with a famous ad line. An editor and Susie and Tommy exchange quips about belief. On Thursday a display sign was stolen and used on a bath tub. He was fired Friday.
A barber asks for a box of carpet tacks in a hardware store. The hardware dealer offers tools but sticks to tacks. The barber refuses extras and warns not to be talked into a shave, haircut, or other trims when he returns.
An elderly man named Isaac nears death as a crowded room of relatives gathers around his bed. Conversation turns comic and rambling with names like Rebecca Jake Isador Rosie Simon and David as a doctor prescribes pills and tablets to a sick child amid odd remarks about beads and wool.
A humorous dialogue shows a patient asking how beggars will know where to go inside and a doctor’s witty reply. A friend jokes about a wife living on a husband’s income and the newlywed’s reply about starting another family to cope.
A critique notes that a father spending 200 dollars on his child’s toys faces no income tax deduction, implying personal discipline could reduce financial loss. The passage argues self-control limits external deductions and government reach.
A faded sign on a barn in eastern Maryland proclaims Dr. Schenck's Liver Pills have been used for eighty years to treat bilious ness. The ad reflects early 20th century patent medicine marketing strategies and local rural display.
A terse dialogue unfolds as She asks about wishes and He hesitates to reveal the first wish he would voice. She presses, hinting at deeper intent behind the topic of wishing.
A weary druggist explains and prices many items to a shopper who shows no real interest. The customer asks about Pest Exterminator and how to apply it. The druggist answers in a relentless, menacing tone instructing to take a tablespoonful every half hour.
A humorous fragment from a Washington WWI veteran tale features a flirtatious exchange about war experiences and romance. A railway crossing joke is included with a gatekeeper warning a motorist.
A policeman tells Izzy to take his wife to the corner garage for air as she faints. The line implies a casual, period-appropriate exchange highlighting a quick domestic moment.
A man wandering the store is asked by a doorwalker to describe his missing wife. He replies she is “a sort of a limousine, with heavy tread, and usually runs in low.”
An assistant editor is out of the city for two days causing reduced operations. Emergency help is not anticipated to be provided by the acting manager during the absence.
W R Smith and Sidney Old trek the Aniakchak headwaters to a new crater about 30 miles west of Aniakchak Bay on the Alaska Peninsula. Named Aniakchak after the river, the crater resembles Crater Lake but contains little water. The six mile rim encircles a crater floor with a 1000 to 1500 foot summit range and several cinder cones.
A description notes that the United States has enough telephone wire to form a net surrounding the globe. The imagined net would include 6 584 strands from the south pole to the north, placed so that the strands are just under four miles apart at the equator.
In a forest interview, Mother Black Bear explains her care for two cubs at a camp and another with her. She warns that a mother grizzly is dangerous when protecting young and notes bears’ curious, playful cubs and how campers capture cubs for amusement. Billie Brownie vows to return to observe the cubs’ growth.
A selection of short riddles and jokes includes lines about sun and sin, blackberrying after a child’s death, bell ringing for company, tying a knot with wood, and a mistaken ark treat. The text contains racial stereotypes referring to black children and a weary merchant analogy.
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