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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1925
Page
4
Kellogg to Succeed Hughes as Secretary of State
Ex senator Frank B Kellogg of Minnesota is chosen to replace Hughes as Secretary of State. A noted lawyer and former trustbuster, Kellogg has Euro pean experience and was once a Minnesota farmer before his rise to national politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Hughes
Kellogg
Roosevelt
United States Senate
Dr. Shipstead
Kefloge
Harding
George Harvey
Court of St. James
London
Senate
Post office backs to normal after Christmas rush
Postmaster Lem Smiley complains of new flood of strawberry jetters from Florida as recovery is hindered by lingering post holiday workload. He recalls when people used to quit drinking on New Year instead of Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Lem Smiley
Department of Street Cleaning
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason at Taxed Time
The poem imagines a parish rector joking that tax collection drives crime and arson. The speaker laments rising taxes, debt, and wartime costs, fearing anger when payment day arrives and wondering how to defend a home against financial strain. The verse critiques fiscal pressure on communities and individuals.
Go Forth Under the Open Sky of Heaven
A quotation on youth drawing inspiration from nature and the open sky, urging readers to listen to Nature's teachings for worthwhile learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Hughes Mentioned as Potential U S Presidential Candidate
Hamburger Nachrichten comments on Charles E. Hughes resignation noting his intent to run for president. The paper calls him a sensible moderate politician and praises his New Haven reparations speech as a basis for Chancellor Cuno's economic program signaling conciliatory potential with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Hamburger Nachrichten
Charles FE. Hughes
Hughes
New Haven
Cuno
Knights of Columbus to Meet May 25 and 26
Iowa City January report says the state convention of the Knights of Columbus will be held May 25 and 26 in Dubuque. Executive committee members indicated the dates at a recent meeting. The state educational committee also discussed plans to erect Catholic student centers at the three state educational institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
the Knigits of Columbus
Dubuque
Germany’s Best Seller in Germany Stands as Zwei Menschen
Stuttgart Dec. 22 The best selling novel in Germany in recent years is Zwei Menschen by Richard Voss. Already 500000 copies have been sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Stuttgart
Richard Voss
Famine Reported as Winter Intensifies in Korea
Tokyo dispatch says over 3 million people suffer famine with AP source in Seoul noting more than 306,000 starving families in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Korea
Associated Press
Seoul
Zenra
Fire kills ten show horses at Broadmoor stock farm
Ten fine show horses owned by Harry Gorham at Broadmoor Illinois were killed by suffocation in a barn fire. Among the dead was "Dick Muldoon" the champion Shetland saddle pony. Loss is tentatively estimated at $75,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Harry Gorham
Broadmoor
Ill
Dick Muldoon
Hat cleaning shop destroyed by Casper gas blast
A gas explosion in downtown Casper Wyoming killed one man and injured three others. The blast gutted a one story building housing the hat cleaning shop and damaged a nearby restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper, Wyo
Radio listings preview January 15 programs nationwide
A roundup of radio schedules from stations across the United States for January 15. Entertainment, organ, orchestra, talk, dance and special segments are listed with stations such as WSB WMAQ WLS KYW KNX WGN WJAX WFAA WOC WWI WABC and others detailing times and program types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associatedress
Radio Digest
WSB
Atlanta Journal
WGR Buffalo
Wmaq Chicageo News
WLS Chicago
WGN Chicago Tribone
KYW
Chicago
WLW Cinetonati
WJAX
Cleveland
WFAA
Dallas News
Davenport
WWI
Detroit News
Ft. Worth
Filing of Additional Charges Delayed by Sheriff Injuries
Nevada Iowa January 14 Filing of more charges against Harold Boyd of Des Moines will wait on the outcome of injuries inflicted on Sheriff J W Nethergall of Story county The sheriff is reported in critical condition at his home after being hurt when the suspect attempted to break jail in Nevada Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Harold Boyd
Des Moines
J. W. Nethergall
Story County
Rail consolidation moves with stock exchange offer
New York report says Chicago and Northwestern directors authorize an offer to Omaha minority stockholders for exchange of securities as step toward consolidating the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha with the Chicago and Northwestern lines. Denver dispatch notes Governor Sweet suspends Canon City prison warden Thomas J Tynan and names temporary warden KR Dr Classon of Fremont County amid accusations of prisoner mistreatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapola
Omaha Railway
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Omaha
Denver
Colo
Sweet
Thomas J. Tynan
Colorado
Canon City
KR. Dr. Classon
Fremont County
Man With No Legs Accused in Vancouver Drugstore Burglary
In Vancouver British Columbia January 14 police held an alleged burglar with no legs and an alleged accomplice with one leg in connection with a drug store robbery. William Ball who has both legs amputated was charged with breaking and entering and Ernest Sanderson who has a left leg above the knee was charged with receiving stolen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
William Ball
Ernest Sanderson
Carter Reaches Egypt Agreement to Resume Tutankhamun Tomb Work
London Jan 14 Howard Carter the Egyptologist has agreed with the Egyptian government to resume work on the tomb of Tutankhamen, a project Carter took over after the death of Lord Carnarvon, per Cairo agency dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Howard Carter
U S Destroyers Leave For Shanghai Amid Chinese Fighting
The destroyers Tracy Smith Thompson and John D Edwards of the Asiatic fleet departed Manila for Shanghai following clashes between rival Chinese factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Shanghai
Manila
United States
Tracy
Smith, Thompson
John D. Edwards
Odd Snippets and Rail Schedules From A Patchwork Dispatch
A collage of humor bits and local notices sat beside a revised railway timetable. The clippings include jokes about cosmetics and a barber chair bear tooth tale, plus mixed travel times and train arrivals.
Marguerite Oates Sees Teams Sorted Out At Game
Little Marguerite Oates attended her first basketball game and watched players mix up their teams. At the end of the first quarter the teams lined up for coaching, and Marguerite proclaimed they had them sorted out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Oates
Marguerite
Subtle dialogue about a dance ends in blunt compliment
A brief interplay shows a man asking for a dance and a woman declining while noting she is tired. He responds with a blunt compliment about her figure, highlighting a humorous tension in a social moment.
Decatur window sign hints at Wilder Printing and odd notices
A collage of clipped phrases and humorous lines from a Wanted column fragment. It includes a humorous Chinese applicant note for a job, wry lines about Mars and chocolate, and various quips about help, beauty, and endurance contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Wilder & Wilder Printing
Ram Capture Near Galveston Ends Gun Battle
United States coast guards seized two ram ships three armored motor trucks about 800 cases of liquor and two men after a gun fight seven miles east of San Luis Pass near Galveston Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
United States
San Luis Pass
Galveston Island
Philosophers and canaries in a quirky news mix
A collage of humorous and odd items: a quip on philosophers not drinking coffee, Eve and Adam, Mrs Pifflegilder on an operation, wife on a vacation, a Kansas City Star miniature poem, a Washington booster song, a housewife reference, and a Des Moines gun accident report. Ivan Knotts dies from a gunshot during a rabbit hunt with his brother-in-law near Pleasantville. Roudy gives a conflicting account. no inquest planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ivan Knotts
Swain
Pleasantville
James Roudy
Knotts
Newspaper Shopper Cites Journal Ad in Merchant Visit
A shopper, claiming to have seen the merchant's ad in the Journal, approaches the store and notes the promotional listing as the reason for the inquiry. The encounter underscores the ad’s reach and prompts the merchant to confirm availability.
Masonic Lodges Schedule Readily Tied to Monthly Meetings
Lodges Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday night each month with L B Lapt on as W M and Arthur Goodin as Secretary Cyrus Chapter No 18 BR A M meets on the second Friday night with W T Carson M P and Arthur Goodin as Secretary Bethlehem Commandery No 45 K T meets on the third Friday night led by H T Carris B C with Arthur Goodin as Secretary Amos Chapter Be Mpley conducts regular meetings on the first and third Mondays each month with Wade Crone MC and Robert Thompson Scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge
A. FP
A. M
L. B. Lapton
Cyrus
W. T. Carson
P. Arthur Goodin
Zeredatha Council
D. L. Cerbaugh
I. M
Arthur Goodin
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
H. T. Carris B.C. Arthur Goodin
Washington
C. E
kRregular
Mre
Pearle Dickerson
W. M
Alice Rownd
Amos
Mpley
Wade Crone
M. C
Robert Thompson
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WHAS
Louisville Times
KHJ
Los Angeles Times
WCCO
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CNRM
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WHN
WJY
Glee Club
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Waaw Omaha
Educational
Ae Philadelphia
WFI
Philadelphia
WCAE
Pittsburgh
Kdka Pittatorch
WKAQ
Porto Rico
WKRBF
Providence
San Antonio
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Gan Wbz Springfield
Wcbd Zion
Niagra
Hemmendhan
Hemmandhan
Youngstown
United States Cavalry
Jack
Mack
Tuckary Dan
Mound Valley
Kon
Times. Journal
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W. H. Shailer
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Dr. Jones
Golden State Limited
Ccanssees
G. W
Aisamm
Britsh Museum
Knoxville
Gallina
Amen
Berber
Il W. Russell
Cena&q
J.C. McK
C. M
Westbo
Lo' West
West Lin
John
Mars
Sap Wood
Bruce
Journal Girls
Baer & Wilde
Brazil
Eve
Adam
Mrs. Pifflegilder
Our Town
Damascus Shrine
Commercial Club
Ida McDaniel
W. H. D. Dwinnie Thompson
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
L. R. Littrel
T. Rickey
Naval O. O. F
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Mayr
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