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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
4
A Washington man recalls wartime sugar limits and preferring 25 cent sugar for home use. The piece notes a neighbor’s thrift and likens merchant invoicing to house cleaning, a dreaded but necessary duty for housewives.
A humorous Fourth Estate tale about a man who bans his name from print, then attends a bank meeting and pallbearers with his name missing. He later apologizes after realizing editors balance public notice with personal wishes in reporting.
Local talk centers on Squire Marsh Swallow, noted for GOP work this fall, with speculation he will be mentioned in political circles. The chatter references ABE MARTIX and themes of marriages and public life as part of the tavern conversations.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason discusses young and old women painting their faces. It laments cosmetics on youth while condemning older women for wearing makeup and argues natural beauty should prevail over artificial coloring and artistry.
The Burlington Hawkeye reports Manager Pettigrew of the Hotel Burlington started luncheon round tables for business and professional men to gather as a community hub. War disrupted prior efforts and prices rose during conflict, but with peace the idea aims to improve acquaintance, understanding, and cooperation among Burlingtonians while the hotel benefits as a gathering point.
A compact vaudeville roundup features gags about farm life cowlets and bullets, marital service changes, saloon exits, flirtation lines, Chicago New Yorkers, marriage ambitions on stage, drinking quips, and a playful gown joke. Notable exchanges include a joke about love, dancing weight and a ball gown with a ball sports pun.
A readable fragment cites the London Post where a steward responds with the Liberty quotation. The text preserves a brief dialog about the Statue of Liberty.
A congressman at a dinner denounces a profiteer for overcharging and selling coal in smaller packets. He quips he would read Mark Twain's ton of coal paragraph from a wedding report, noting the quirky image of a heavy coal gift admired for its old-world massiveness. The remark appears in a Washington Post clipping.
New York reports 1921 US motion picture output to drop about fifty percent from 1920 as major studios including Famous Players Lasky Goldwyn Fox Metro Vitagraph and Universal cut back. Los Angeles the hub of film making sees over fifty thousand industry workers laid off. The downturn follows a prior freeze that has already suspended around five thousand high salaried staff.
The passage argues true courage is cool and calm not anger. It says bravest men show little brutal insolence and remain serene even amid danger.
Mrs. Clana Markley of Kansas City Missouri reports five years of suffering transformed by Thalac restoring health and strength. The testimonial notes Thalac appears tailored to her needs and effective.
Mrs. Clara Markley of 8198 Sixth Street Kansas City Missouri credits Tanlac with restoring her strength and appetite after five years of stomach trouble and nervous indigestion. She weighed 110 pounds, slept poorly, and suffered headaches and back pain. After using Tanlac she gained twelve pounds, resumed daily tasks, and reports better overall health. Advertisements list Sherman Bros Washington Mac Gugin Drug Co Wellman as sellers.
Richmond area notes list Mr and Mrs Robt Welter and Mrs Geo Saul visiting last Friday. Wino Strabala announce birth of a baby girl on Dec 41. Geo Shalla recovering after surgery at Washington hospital. Vera Escher improving. nurse left last week. Mrs Wm Kern discharged from hospital. Josephine Escher returned home from Walter Smith residence. Della Saur returns to Rubio. Bernadine Fellman and others celebrate New Year at Mrs Delbert Strabala’s. Henry Keening of Iowa City visiting relatives. Ruth Stumpf visited Riverside. Anna Lintz visited Iowa City. Charles Prybel ill with pneumonia but improving. Mrs Chas Saur and Dellla visited John Dawn’s in Riverside. Bessie Eberle of Lincoln Neb returns to visit Anton. Will Shalla and Mrs Riverside visitors. Cruz family reported well and liking new home. Mrs Albert Sharpe and son Leo visited Riverside. Joe Waldroth ill at Mercy hospital Iowa City. Paul Kern visited Iowa City. Schools reopen after Christmas vacation. Ed Downs of Washington visited Richmond. Rev Fr Schmitt of Iowa City attends Victoria Keifer and Alvin Stransky wedding.
The marriage of Miss Ktuth V. Sumner to Helge Haugen of Chicago was held December 23 at the bride’s Dallas Center home. Sumner, a former Democratic candidate for secretary of state and two-term Dallas County recorder, along with Haugen, an Ames graduate and Delta Tau Delta member now with United States Gypsum in Chicago, will be at home February 1 at 3203 Argyle Street, Chicago. The wedding remained secret until Sumner’s term as recorder ended December 31.
A 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is incurable by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal treatment that purifies the blood and reaches the mucous membranes. The catalog notes the product uses tonics and blood purifiers and lists Cheney & Co as proprietors with druggists selling it locally.
Train entries list arrivals and departures with numbers such as No. 4 Golden State Limited No. 12 Express and No. 30 Local Pass. Times include 6:55 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 2:28 a.m. 4:15 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. Reflects timetable updates for Washington segment service and Western routes.
A whimsical scene at New York docks shows a free citizen considering a highball aboard a British ship. The steward denies the request with a wry reply, reflecting postwar tensions and cross nation chaff in maritime chatter.
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