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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1921
Page
4
The Journal notes changes in carrier and collecting staff and urges prompt complaints for fair treatment. Prizes remain the same and management hopes for consistently good service from the carrier force.
The Hoover appeal urges donors to fund relief for central European children. It argues every gallon of gasoline buys a week of nourishment and emphasizes shared responsibility regardless of former enemies.
An official investigation shows coal at the mine rose by 52 cents per ton amid wartime excitement. The report questions who bears the remaining eight dollars in cost increases and notes the supply chain aims to reach its proper destinations despite the dispute.
Abe Martin quotes Squire Marsh Swallow predicting farmers will need to stay up past eight to sell hard cider. Swallow laments a possible call to Marion Ohio diverting his hunting plans.
Poem notes doubts about New Year luck and self reflection as the speaker jokes about money, schemes, and resolutions. The narrator references coins vanishing, foolish plans, and the wish that the new year will bring change despite a history of errors.
The piece notes coal sold to retailers during the past seasons at prices higher than the former retail price after shipment to village and city yards. It calls the conduct a cruel chapter, citing apparent monopoly and miners holding back supply over the last two seasons.
The piece notes that elegant phrasing and vivid illustrations draw interest yet reality remains plain and practical. It argues that simple homely appeal often beats ornate rhetoric in advertising efforts.
Letters from women express heartfelt gratitude for health restored by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The paper publishes many such notes daily, urging other women with female ailments to try this old fashioned root and herb remedy. Advertisement.
A legal notice lists numerous defendants and unknown claimants in a real estate dispute in Washington County Iowa Seeking to quiet title in the plaintiff for the southwest quarter of the forth west quarter of section fifteen and other described parcels The filing in the district court alleges errors in the record title and asks that title be quieted and all claims barred If you are a defendant you must appear by noon on the second day of the next term starting March 7 1921 at the court house Washington IA Otherwise default will be entered The firm Livingston and Bichot appear as attorneys for the plaintiff Dec 22 1921.
Prominent stock dealer George W. Logan of Peabody Kansas says Tanlac restored health and added thirty-five pounds. He describes severe indigestion and nervousness before, noting six bottles cured him and improved appetite and digestion. His wife also benefited. he offers to let others verify his recovery. Tanlac sold in Washington by Sherman Bros. Wellman by Mac Gugin Drug Co. and by all reading druggists.
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