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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1922
Page
4
Henry C. Frick cites no secret to success urging hard work devotion to business and persistence. He notes his humble start and limited education yet determination to seize opportunities and endure. He died recently leaving a vast fortune with five sixths donated to charitable organizations.
A call to expand the nations conservation program urges extensive reforestation of timber removed lands. It argues for a rule to plant one tree for every one cut, to protect soils, moisture, and flood control while countering rapid drainage and soil decay. cites the Mississippi delta encroachment.
A satirical poem condemns a reckless driver who speeds through traffic despite warnings. It portrays his fate as a grim epitaph, with dust, broken bodies, and a funeral scene as onlookers mourn a life disrupted by vanity and danger. The tone mocks the rider and laments the consequences.
The piece argues for forest preservation and expanding water power use. It highlights soil erosion from river runoff, supports conservation leaders like Pinchot, and envisions canal projects from Cedar River to the Mississippi and a St Lawrence route enabling coastal trade. It predicts the Midwest becoming central to the nation as transport links grow.
British evacuation of Trehidix proceeds faster than expected with daily troop movements toward Dublin. Departure of the Dublin work soldiers begins this week and newspapers speculate on vacated barracks being repurposed to relieve housing shortages. Five large barracks could be converted into workmen's dwellings at relatively low cost.
Washington January 31 Chief Justice Taft announced the Supreme Court would grant Minnesota and Wisconsin a final decree in their boundary dispute. The decree adopts the line surveyed and marked by a commission under the court's March opinion. The line runs from Lower St. Louis Bay through Upper St. Louis Bay to the falls on the St. Louis River.
Congress reduced some high salaries for United States Shipping Board officers. An amendment to the independent offices appropriations bill limits pay to only two officials at the board, reducing the number of senior officers from three. Current pay levels show Vice Presidents Love Small and Frye and Rinball at $20,000 or more, with several others at around $25,000.
A pupil cheekily tells his mother he will wash hands and face before school after a health nurse inspected them. The exchange captures a light moment in daily school life and reflects attention to hygiene.
A collage of old fable lines and humorous quotes notes a citizen doubt about self and officials. It mocks candidacy grandstanding and busy city life with wry lines about diplomats wives and inspectors, hinting at rural to urban shifts and everyday setbacks.
The reader is guided to weave period phrasing into items. Visiting with relatives and friends appears in the copy as a natural narrative. The writer notes the guest departed at a late hour wishing the hostess many more euch happy occasions. He leaves a host of friends. He was a man of strong convictions.
The mayor Elisha Portie of Wellsville Missouri visited the jail yesterday and entertained guests by playing Turkey in the Straw on the harmonica.
Feon Webster balks at a strange tip while advertising staff tease a phantasmagoria of buffooneries. The Journal mentions the upcoming show pricing at 26 35 and 50 cents recalling bygone days.
A Topeka businessman notes two African American workers in his garden project. One morning Sam is missing and is told he is in the hospital. The man questions how Sam ended up there as Sam had been telling him for ten days he would go to a hospital.
Scattered chatter follows an overheard dispute where a man curses his wife in a heated exchange. Neighbors report a tense scene with residents debating family tension and social propriety. No injuries are mentioned and police were not involved.
Minneapolis Jan 31 Fred I Wheaton aged sixty one Democratic state committeeman from Minnesota died in a local hospital after a long illness death attributed to heart disease brought on by overwork.
The rose is noted as Meletet's national flower and a symbol of conflict during the War of the Roses. The shamrock is tied to St Patrick’s sermons in Ireland. The thistle is linked to a northern nation emblem, with a tale of a fortres s saver using thistles amid a siege.
Mrs. WM. Johnée of Foster Oregon reports backache irregularities and fatigue ease after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improved energy and ability to do housework for a family of seven and recommends the product to other women.
A. H. Lasker, chairman of the Shipping Board, told the House Migration Committee that half of all immigrants arriving from abroad should travel on Shipping Board vessels. The committee said crafting such a bill would be difficult and asked for a concrete outline of his views for inclusion in legislation.
Fragmentary text mentions aspirations of newspaper writers and a general query about who hasn't such ambitions. No clear event or entities to anchor a full card.
Federal field agents will step up enforcement in Wisconsin to strengthen prohibition checks. Green Miller is placed in charge of the state’s field operations with Milwaukee headquarters, assisting Prohibition Director James Stone.
Jackson Minnesota January National Nonpartisan League president St A Townley released from Jackson county jail after serving a one day sentence for violation of the state exp l enage act. Townley left for St Paul to visit his ill wife and said he would pursue the farmers' fight.
Ancient sweets described include sugar plums and sugar alienols with a mention of burat al wronids. The note outlines these items as the oldest confections in historical contexts.
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