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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1928
Page
4
United States Senate officials have signaled support for a tariff reduction initiative. The move aims to lower import duties to ease costs for consumers and boost trade, reflecting a shift in congressional stance on trade policy.
The passage argues for reducing the sugar tariff to aid general national prosperity while noting Democratic splits over protection. It highlights how Southern sugar cane and New York industry interests shape tariff views, with Copeland and Broussard cited in a broader point about interregional economic tensions and interdependence.
Carl Sandburg regarded neckties as poetry with color and design. He chose a pink for a picnic and grey blue for fog, using a four-in-hand or bow tie to send messages. A Chicago bookseller's catalog notes orders received before noon ship the same day.
Wayland commercial club hosts a banquet at the M E church with Mrs Sadie Henss leading the Ladies Aid menu. Speakers Rev James Pritchurd Prof Jacob Roth Rev Elmer Basinger and Rev Arthur Polk share thoughts on enthusiasm and playing the game. The event features the Sweet Singers and echoes a tone of local progress.
The Hardscrabble community records Friday and Sunday visits among the Robertson Sparks Wehr Moody Swisher Strum Powell Dawson and Pulver families. James Buswell and Charles Needham visited Grinnell neighbors. Asher Robertson helped move to the Groendycke farm. An open house for Dr and Mrs F W Fasswood’s twenty fifth anniversary is set at the First Presbyterian Manse 209 Main St Friday January 20 from 7 to 10 p.m.
The piece notes a speculative Paris fashion trend toward flexible steel vests promising durability and practical uses at home and while traveling. It contrasts steel vests with napkin avoidance and suggests lifestyle advantages and potential marketing edge over standard vests in Chicago.
A fragmentary report notes Poland surpassing China in shell exports, U S shoe output per capita remains low at three pairs annually, New York consumed 324 million gallons of ice cream using 3.8 percent of U S milk output, and Turkey imposes a government monopoly on playing cards.
Triangle Talk appears on the back page from now on. Triangle Auto Supply Co. 87tz.
A testimonial from Henry Sharpe says Saxol salve cured his wife’s four year eczema in days. He states itching vanishes in one minute and inflammation fades in two days as Saxol targets germs and soothes burning skin. Sherman Bros. Druggists distribute Saxol.
The column strings together assorted items. It notes 2000 cases of reindeer meat shipped weekly from the west to the east, and 1 800 000 bushels of imports plus 29 000 000 bushels homegrown to meet U S needs in 1926. It poses a riddle about boiling and filet mignon tenderness and a joke about the word wrong. It mentions American soldiers in China advised to learn 300 Chinese words and a question about what a Soviet ambassador does after presenting credentials.
The Reed committee urged declaring the Illinois Republican senator-elect Frank L. Smith’s seat vacant over 1926 primary funding. Deneen argued the Senate cannot remove a duly elected member, warning of loss of Illinois representation and raising questions about the chamber’s constitutional powers.
Union Dale Chapel hosted Rev Polk of Wayland and his family on Sunday with dinner at Wm Busby home. Oyster supper for Highland Sewing Club at Wm McCreedy home. Various families shared meals and visits around the area amid notes on weather and local deliveries. Ed Wingler and Ed Bushek faced carrier issues. January weather remains unusually mild.
The Mississippi Motor Club seeks to interest children in road safety with poster No 21 and three New Year resolutions: do not cross in the middle of the block look both ways before crossing and never play on roadways. Teachers are urged to help spread the caution message encouraging schoolchildren to sign and return resolutions to Edgar R. Sater in Burlington Iowa.
The Odd Fellows hall was full for the installation of officers with extra chairs needed. Dist. Deputy Grand Master C. A. Ruebsam and others installed N G Roy Jugenheimer and a full slate of officers. After talks a supper and later dancing capped the evening. The local lodge, financially strong, owns property and recently converted rooms into club spaces.
Regular Meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps will meet Saturday afternoon January 21 at 2 30. 288to.
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