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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1919
Page
4
The piece notes a balance in courts as bankers and big business leaders face penalties while socialists like Victor Berger are convicted. It contrasts prosecutions of radicals in Chicago with historic elite persecutions, arguing radicalism worsens under Bolshevik influence and likening it to Kaiserism.
In peacetime sports talk, the crowd recalls the boxing era and the rising Dempsey figure, noting his impact on rivals like Fred Fulton and Carl Morris. The piece lauds the new champion’s power while reflecting on the wartime past and the sport’s changing tone.
The article argues socialist, anarchist, and Bolshevik groups are destructive and notes the Chicago trial of socialists, who expected a hung jury. It credits the American middle class for upholding fair play and a square deal for all, including Uncle Sam, condemning extremism and allegiance to a "countryless" stance.
The article notes film workers pushing numerous productions during the Berlin street riots. It contrasts a cow and a rabbit for size and ear differences and mentions Bernstorff’s relief at not being a Peace Conference delegate. It also critiques Iowa graduates and hints at Washington political contests beginning.
In Clarinda on January 9, district court will hear two damage suits totaling 25 000 against C L Harlan arising from a summer melon patch shooting. Tim othy Smith 16 seeks 15000 for 69 bullet wounds and lasting injuries while L Dr Hudson seeks 10000 for 21 wounds and inflicted suffering and humiliation.
Letters from Cedar Rapids recount soldiers discovering separate civilian and soldier menus at two Newport News eateries. Enraged troops wrecked both restaurants after clashes with overseas and training camp soldiers. Multiple injuries and hospitalizations followed a pitched battle between groups.
The clippings reflect mixed views on a French marshal’s permission for Germans to vote on their soil and on whether the United States should withdraw from an international conference. Cedar Rapids and Des Moines papers contrast non intervention with potential disengagement, likening attitudes to a boy abandoning peers and a crook turning state's evidence.
In Paris 150000 Chinese wartime laborers enjoy American films and vaudeville as the Y M C A expands education. Dr Roscoe Monroe Hersey arrives to unify Chinese worker programs, combining efforts once run separately by American and British armies.
The Supreme Court ruled the 1912 migratory bird law invalid today, denying the government's appeal. The decision follows a lower Arkansas federal district court ruling that the statute was unconstitutional, affecting nationwide wildlife protection authority.
Edward A ddy of Earlham died in an automobile on the way to a Des Moines hospital. He was 50, a longtime resident, and survived by a widow and four children. The entire family is ill with influenza.
In Waterloo Judge Henry T. Reed denied a writ of superseders in the Dubuque verses Dubuque Electrical case. The decision compels the street railway to carry passengers at the old two cent rates under old classifications during specific hours until the U S Court of Appeals decides the matter. Bond for appeal was fixed at five hundred dollars.
Lieut. Artemus Gates, Yale football captain and U S naval air service flyer, details his escape attempt from a German prison camp near the Swiss frontier after being shot down near Courtrai Belgium. He describes recapture at Constance and long peril through Belgium and Germany before final liberation and return to the United States.
Advertisement claims Zemo can cure eczema blotches ringworm rashes and similar skin troubles. It touts instant relief from itching and quick healing using a non greasy penetrating liquid sold at drug stores for 35c or 1.00 for extra large bottle from The E W Rose Co Cleveland Ohio.
Early signs of croup include hoarseness. Use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at once for prompt relief. Lemmon's Drug Store advertises this treatment as effective.
G A Blake of Griswold sues the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad in Cass County District Court seeking 1553 damages for delaying five cars of live stock bound for Chicago. Cattle loaded Dec 8 1917 in Griswold, normally 24 to 30 hours to Chicago, but the trip took 74 hours.
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