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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1919
Page
6
A Kansas City notice riffs on bank rejection codes as a bank lists twenty four reasons checks are returned. It humorously cites items like account closed missing indorsement signature incorrect and witness to mark while contrasting corporate titles and personal details with the business world.
Final reports from across Iowa show enrollment surpassing 1,500 and 600 members with junior enrollments added. State director Al Falkenhainer cites rural chapters exceeding last year, while some cities struggle to match prior totals amid flu and bad roads.
Federal Judge Martin J. Wade delays the sentencing of Fred Vollmer A H Miller and Chas Wiese after attorneys for Dr Walter Matthey request a new trial motion. Miller Wiese and Vollmer pleaded guilty in October to espionage act violations while Matthey was found guilty on one count and not guilty on another after an 18 hour jury deliberation.
The author argues that the self is inseparable from the material and social envelope one has chosen. Personal identity is a cluster of circumstances gathered from the broad world to form one’s life makeup.
Henry Youtsey and Curtis Jett, two infamous Kentucky penitentiary inmates, are paroled after long life sentences for Goebel and Breathitt county murders. Youtsey served eighteen years for Goebel's assassination, Jett sixteen for two murders. Both claim conversion to Christianity and plan to pursue preaching and study, while mixed public reaction surrounds their release.
Iowa men discharged from military camps at 5 000 to 6 000 weekly are being absorbed by state industries. Labor Commissioner A L Urick says 85 percent have jobs awaiting them. Reports show more road work funds and broader public and private building next summer due to the war.
Since the start of Britain’s railways, trainmen and station staff wore a red necktie as a ready danger signal when a red flag was not obtainable. The device ensured a visible alert could be improvised at need.
A Clayton county soldier writing from Tours France reports no hatred toward Germans observed among French. He notes German prisoners treated well, French guards not overbearing, and remarks on class divisions and social norms shaping interactions. He also reflects on American and European buying practices and anticipates civilian refits after the war.
In February 1795 Albany residents saw 500 emigrant sleighs pass through on their way to what was then called the Genesee country. The Genesee valley was regarded as the far West in that era.
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