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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
4
In City by Carrier per week and by mail yearly terms listed. Rates show monthly and quarterly advance options with discounts for annual mail subscriptions. Names, places, and precise figures partially shown due to OCR.
Citizens debate a permanent memorial for soldiers urging a public building with memorial tablets marking Washington county wars. Proposals favor a memorial building that combines utility with tribute, ensuring lasting display of veterans' names and inspiring future generations.
Poem parodies diets and food trends arguing for whale meat while recalling failed hare farming schemes. It contrasts tasting whale dishes in hotels with earlier livestock schemes and ends by rejecting the whale proposal despite low price.
The piece notes very dry times ahead and oddities in local railroad salary lists. It mentions Oskaloosa forming an aero club with a landing field and town efforts to rival a new union station and high school. Town City plans a community building near 190000 dollars as builders push new plans for the coming year.
A collage of clipped comments remarks on liberty and postwar Europe. Quotes critique German policy, Bolshevism, and reconstruction, juxtaposed with calls for home harvests and conservative restraint. Newsroom tone reflects period editorials and syndicated opinions.
By afternoon two dandelions bloomed in Dr. Hay's yard while the first spring robin remained unseen.
The Presbyterian Church in the United States launches the New Era Movement planning 75 million dollars in five years to aid social reform, with one million allocated to raise pastor salaries in 1919. Clergymen, like chaplains in war, are seen as essential to postwar readjustment and national prosperity.
The text notes the ice man avoids the warm sunshine and says the crop is not thick enough for cutting. It also mentions a man who enjoys a drink finds little solace.
The Rev N L Call a longtime Webster City Baptist pastor and Iowa missions leader died aged 86 at his home after a brief illness. He served 20 years at Webster City Baptist Church and 25 years on the Baptist State board of missions executive committee. He helped trustees at multiple Baptist colleges and guided many marriage ceremonies.
A professor of mathematics at the State Teachers' College at Cedar Falls is noted in the report. The passage outlines academic affiliation and role within the college, highlighting the institution and department involved.
Representative James R. Mann discussed a horse gift from Henry Veeder of Swift & Co to defend a charge in the Senate about a garden project. He said the animal had no monetary value beyond cultivation work and that the gift was not a bribe. He referenced documents from the Federal Trade Commission probe to counter allegations.
Railway timetables corrected to June 1 1918 for BL and PB lines list Westbound and Eastbound trains with arrivals departures. Noted numbers include No 12 Express No 30 Local Pass No 86 Local Freight and No 429 No 449 Local Passengers daily except Sunday. Agent J W Calvert.
Washington January 16 The War Department issued an order creating a service insignia for warfare agency members on duty with organized forces overseas The emblem for six months service or for each wound is a silver braid equilateral triangle one eighth of an inch wide
An old advertisement touts Haarlem Hashem Oil capsules as a kidney aid that purifies blood and strengthens kidneys. It promises immediate relief from backaches and nervous tension, urging readers to buy Gold Medal labeled products from druggists with three sizes available and money refunds if not effective.
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