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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1919
Page
4
Washington citizens welcomed the new year with sidewalk shoveling as local garages praise clean roads. Quarantine measures curb the flu in nearby cities. An Armenian relief drive prompts readers to support humanitarian aid amid massacre descriptions.
A clipped newspaper note highlights avoiding downtown exchanges for New Year greetings and cites remarks about friendly foes and a skunk crop. It reflects on school health precautions and urges personal cleanliness and cheerful conduct to support public health efforts.
The Des Moines Register notes a distinctive service medal sized like a palm leaf fan is due to the genius who will end talk about Wil son’s famed “lucky thirteen.”
A satirical poem laments wartime rationing and postwar hunger while imagining restored abundance. It contrasts old shortages with the prospect of luxurious foods like scalloped oysters and roast beef, recalling Hoover and national hardship with a tone of ironic nostalgia.
The article foresees soldiers returning with lasting valued souvenirs from France and U S camps. They will bring discipline love of cooperation and a sense that poorer nations show strong roads, a belief that America must provide what Europe lacks, and a refined Americanism tied to service rather than wealth.
A speaker recalls troubles from a humble life with no royal trappings yet finds grit and gratitude. He contrasts monarchy with hard daily labor, noting envy of Kaiser Bill, but resolves to persevere. Despite misfortunes like illness, poverty, and petty theft, he repeats pride in not being a king and hopes for resilience.
Manager V Piez of Emergency Fleet shares a story about a Canadian denied entry to a London museum on a closed day. The tale ends with a policeman’s refusal sparking a heated exchange before a mummy dies, prompting a shift in sentiment.
A startled passerby replies with a polite, oh excuse me as he backs away from an unexpected intrusion, reflecting a brief moment captured in the Washington Star.
Paris January report tells how Judge Eskil Carlson, once an YMCA secretary with the Seventy-ninth division on the Argonne front, marked peace by chopping a gas mask with an axe at the moment of the armistice. He had traveled shell torn roads in a flivver delivering chocolate and smokes to troops. The doughboy recounts the scene as the judge waited the final minute and struck the gas mask with the axe as guns fell silent.
Des Moines January 1 Dr Charles Shepherd Grace Methodist Church says Herbert Hoover's remark to two Huns refusing food was not irreverent. He recalls Hoover on the borders of starving Poland and witnesses of famine while Germany had plenty, noting Hoover's later road trip and scenes of famine as supportive context.
Burlington January 1 Corporal Vincent Walters 1702 Mt Pleasant Street drew number 258 as the first to be called into service yet after the war ended he remained at Vancouver barracks Washington and laments not reaching the firing line hoping a longer war might have sent him to Siberia.
H. A. Baker sues M. B. Kile in Iowa City district court seeking 2800 dollars. Baker says he bought a farm from Kile who claimed it was rented for 800 dollars cash in advance with 800 deducted from the price. He alleges later discovery of rental value at one half crop totaling 5600 dollars and asks the difference.
Army engineers Maj. Oliver Zimmerman and Capt. E. C. Weisgerber announce Liberty fuel, claiming it can replace gasoline without carburetor changes, lowers cost, increases mileage, and improves engine cooling. Tests on planes, motorcycles, and trucks under government supervision are cited, with figures showing superior efficiency and lower oil consumption.
In Sioux City Iowa numerous property owners fear the 1918 mulett tax action by Attorney General Havner. Authorities aim to collect about 24000 from premises where liquor sales were proved. Many owners allege they did not know bootleggers used their property though old mulett law penalties may apply.
Eastbound and westbound trains listed with arrival and departure times for Nos 12 30 38 49 87 89 88, with Washington Branch and C M L & ST P B train details corrected to December 8 1918. Local freight and passenger services shown with daily or except Sunday status and agent signatures.
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