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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
4
Classified snippet shows address 108 East Main Street with two phone listings for Washington Mutual. It includes subscription pricing: 64 week and 1e months in advance, tear by mail terms.
The article argues U S senators may accept reservations to the League of Nations Covenant and predicts England and France will back them. It notes a two thirds senate vote is required for ratification and questions why some block changes now. It highlights unanimous council approval and hemispheric representation in the future League structure.
Poet Walt Mason surveys the old year with critique and hopeful shots at the new year. He laments unrest and calls for calm law and reason, hoping the fresh year brings peace, contentment, and better morals.
The article argues for cautious US leadership on the League of Nations covenant, warning against adopting the pact without proper scrutiny. It praises United States senators who prioritized national interests over easy guarantees of peace and criticizes widespread misrepresentation by critics.
A satirical note reports no resolutions broken by 6 AM and warns unregistered cars at the courthouse incur penalties. It then describes a plan by the U S Food Products Co to declare a dividend of whisky, five gallons per 300 000 shares, equating to a valuable but risky windfall.
A Detroit Free Press column mocks urban men facing disease by saying city folk are less healthy due to dirt exposure. It argues dirt as a health guarantee and invites a seven year old to the dinner table despite dirty hands, lampooning hygienic fear with blunt humor.
The note recalls Edison era origins of inventions with claims that Ericsson built screw propellers in a bathroom and the cotton gin first built in a log cabin. It also mentions early steam boat parts allegedly from a church vestry in Boron Vorst.
The district court alerts defendants and unknown claimants that John F. Sheetz seeks to quiet and confirm fee simple title to farmland in Washington County Iowa. If no defense is filed by March 2, 1920, default will be entered and judgment rendered. Eicher Livingston & Eicher represent the plaintiff.
The text argues that genuine political issues cannot be manufactured by party leaders nor avoided by parties. Real issues reveal themselves from the public sphere and emerge from the depths of public opinion.
Beginning today the Journal raises rates due to emergency print paper costs and wartime expenses. A carload of paper cost near 20 dollars more per day, with annual increases around five thousand dollars. From January 1920 1000 inch contracts cost 25 cents per inch, local rates vary by type, and classified ads cost 2 cents per word first insertion and 1/4 cent thereafter. Advertisers with regular use gain solid returns from a circulation exceeding 3000 journals daily.
The saying warns that money kept in the hand stays moving through the economy whereas money in the heart leads to hoarding. It contrasts circulation with accumulation and implies prudence in financial behavior.
Jud Timkins says his son must attend college because the boy has grown so smart that only a college will provide someone with brains to argue with him.
Boston Transcript reports on a song titled I Hear You Calling Me with vocational themes. The piece explores communication work in a street and newsroom context and notes the era’s popular musical tastes and performance style.
A quotation on reading preferences favoring new books for obience and the newest works in literature. It argues classic literature remains modern and that new books revive old ideas while old books invigorate new ideas.
Preparatory to bathing an elephant in captivity, keepers thoroughly inspect its body with a sheet of trend paper ensuring clean and calm handling.
To tell south with a watch, point the hour hand at the sun. The direction south lies midway between that hour mark and XII on the dial.
Quote by John McCintock on how great men shared one core habit their sinews grew by labor and effort, regardless of other differences.
A 1918 timetable lists arrivals and departures for Washington branch trains including Nos 12 80 60 88 49 29 87 89 10 12 25 3 91 26 8 92 with local freight and passenger services daily except Sunday and notes cancellations and adjustments by agent H W Russel and W Calvert.
A curious historic note explains that an egg expands when frozen and may burst its shell while apples contract in freezing, causing a barrel to shrink below the brim. As frost recedes, apples return to normal size and the barrel fills again.
Lodges Washington Lodge No. 26 A P A M holds regular meetings on the first day night each month. Cyrus Chapter No. 18 BR A M meets the second Friday night monthly. Bethlehem Commandery No. 45 T meets the third Friday night monthly. Washington Chapter No. 08 OBs meets the second Thursday night monthly. Visiting fraters are welcome.
A quotation stresses that common sense means seeing facts as they are without prejudice and reasoning by sound judgment as defined by Huxley. It underscores plain thinking over distortion and bias in evaluating reality.
New York doctor describes how tobacco users may suffer progressive organic ailments and offers simple tests to detect harm. He warns of nicotine’s effects on nerves and organs and promotes Nicotol tablets with a money back guarantee as a remedy to curb tobacco cravings.
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