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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1925
Page
4
The piece discusses film quality improving with better audience choices guiding producers. Hayes notes producers offer what people buy, urging the public to demand higher quality. It highlights the high costs of production, the risk of financially failing shows, and the need for audiences to support better productions.
A distraught prisoner awaits in a British jail as petitions and sermons urge mercy. The public protests urge clemency while British justice remains unmoved, and the day of execution arrives despite outcry from pulpit, press, and public.
A vintage reflection on how vendors serve customers and how the public decides what to receive from stage, store, pulpit, and press. It notes law governing poisons and the many opinions on near poisons, leaving judgment to the people and police demands for near-poison goods.
Mexico City reports that the treasury secretary states economies under the Calles administration will balance the budget. In Moscow Jean Herbette arrives as first French ambassador to Russia and settles in the former Nansen relief mission house. Lagunes the rebel general sends overtures for submission to the government and may surrender. Paris officials show slight hope of Germans signing a modified modus vivendi to avert a tariff war amid stalled trade pact talks replacing the Versailles treaty customs provisions that expired Saturday.
Chicago heavyweight match between Allen Eustace and Stanilas Zybyzsko adopts penalties to prevent deliberate ring exits. Italian walker Ugo Frigerio to debut in Millrose A C events January 27 and 28 amid Olympic fame and showmanship in the crowd.
New Orleans authorities report Nellie Dawson Wright widow of slain bank bandit William Wright from Des Moines Iowa remains a defendant in a continuing trial. The case references the bank robbery and ongoing legal proceedings through the coming Wednesday.
A brisk collection of jokes limericks and family anecdotes from readers. The items include playful quips about snow radio gifts birthday meals kindergarten graduates and twin sisters provoking smiles and light reflections on everyday life.
A recap of locally shared humor and anecdotes from Richland including a Christmas greeting from California, jokes about earthquakes and fleas, a line about a book with a happy ending being algebra answers, witty welfare fund quips, and a managerial recruit anecdote.
A collage of cartoonish quips and jokes from a bygone era. A Bemused Leo Baer joke about Aberdeen and family counts contrasts with a playful exchange about tights in theater. The piece ends with a pun on a burglar and a wife calling for police.
Washington January 13 The Supreme Court ruled that states cannot force private motor carriers to engage in public traffic for hire. The decision involved the American Public Utilities Commission and other plaintiffs who argued state authority over private transportation.
Washington January 13 The interstate commerce commission reaffirmed a 1923 decision forbidding railroads from giving special car supplies to bituminous coal mines that furnish railroad fuel. March 1 was set as the effective date of the ruling with Commissioners Potter and Hall dissenting.
Train schedule notice lists westbound and Knox ville branch timetables with arrivals and departures. Details include express and freight trains, local passes Nos 430 429 450 and 836 series, with daily operation except Sundays. Agent signature H W Russell appears.
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