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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1919
Page
8
The message announces O F Haight at 539 Blue selling second hand sewing machines and Aladdin lamp supplies. He offers repairs and repairs for old machines with guaranteed workmanship and invites customers to bring in or call at the address north of the First U P church.
Call 50 Red after 6 30 Pm or write in care of the Journal Nita Belle McKoon agent tf
All parties knowing themselves in debt to Bowman and Knupp are urged to call and settle at once as the partnership has been dissolved and the books must be closed promptly. Amount £14 indicated.
Nogtic Baptist Men announce their annual meeting and election of officers. The gathering occurs Tuesday evening January 14 at the church, with the meeting starting promptly at 7 30. Attendance is urged. The notice lists a $32 amount.
After Cinderella left, the court chamberlain reported the finding of the slipper. The prince remarked on its remarkably small size and the practice of buying small slippers and trimming them to fit. The scene ends with no further developments.
A discussion on how Wuesard birds soar with little wing movement due to surface expanse and how smaller wings compensate with rapid wing motion.
The page lists farm and grocery sales, bakery items, and ads for medicines and services. It notes visits and travels of residents, military discharges and returns from service, and upcoming steno and typing examinations. Several local names and places appear, including Crawfordsville, Columbus Junction, Muscatine, Rock Island, and Cedar counties.
Weather outlook for January 13 to 18 in upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for generally fair conditions with normal temperatures. Local snow is possible Tuesday and Wednesday but no severe cold is expected.
University of Pennsylvania coeds appeal to General Pershing after reports that army sweethearts post armistice in Paris are consorting with French girls. They massed and adopted a resolution vowing to oppose what they see as influences endangering their boyfriends overseas.
Chicago officials report a new corporation forming to run aerial passenger service between Chicago and New York with intermediate stops. Three planes, each for 40 passengers, are planned at about Tulco cost per plane. The Aero Navigation Company of America will have $1,000,000 capitalization. A meeting of aviation experts in New York is set for February 22 to finalize details.
Brig. Gen. Cornelius Vanderbilt, commanding the Twenty-fifth Infantry Brigade Thirteenth Division, has been discharged on leave in New York. The discharge, effective January 3, marks the first high rank officer from the Thirteenth division to be released. Vanderbilt arrived from Washington last August and served as camp commander until Brigadier General Watson arrived to lead the Twenty-sixth Infantry Brigade.
The article notes knitting as a favored pastime among male farm workers in Wales. It recalls fifty years ago shepherd boys in Cardiganshire received coefficient wool to make two pairs of stockings, with sixpence paid for each extra pair beyond that amount.
The lord mayor sought passports for a trip to Paris to invite President Wilson to Dublin. The French foreign ministry declined, noting that friends of Germany are not welcome in France while honoring the United States president.
A Tokyo dispatch to Lloyds reports the 2089 ton Japanese steamship Nanyo Maru en route to Marseilles was sunk off the Japanese coast during a storm with the loss of its crew.
Sir Joshua Reynolds, friend of Goldsmith, found him lecturing a small dog as he wrote The Traveler. Reynolds entered to hear Goldsmith preaching to the animal while the ink on the last line remained wet, suggesting a dog may inspire a poet.
Coleridge argues that a nation seeking peace because weary of war subverts the war’s purpose and justification. He likens it to a tired pedestrian chasing a coach moving in the opposite direction, noting the tension between cessation and objective of conflict.
Educate parents to the supreme importance of home training. Beginnings of mente and moral inferiority lie in the home. Addressing parental education is seen as key to tackling poverty and social problems.
A brief note highlights contrasts among girls who focus on facial cosmetics and those who neglect basic hygiene, drawing attention to neglect of washing behind the ears.
The article notes two advantages of smokeless powder: it produces no smoke cloud that reveals position, and it avoids obscuring the shooter’s vision, keeping the gunner accurately directed toward the target.
A brief note on Japanese beliefs highlighting the fox as a key figure in superstition and the wider view of animals with supernatural powers.
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