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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
4
Evening Journal lists city editor and post office details in Washington Iowa. It displays office address at 108 East Main Street with two phone numbers and a Mutual line. Subscription terms show rates for in city carrier weekly monthly quarterly and annual prepaid options.
The piece discusses splitting Ireland into Ulster Ireland and Southern Ireland to ease long standing disputes with England over Home Rule. It warns that more divisions create isolation and cites global wars and small nations as cautionary examples, noting how isolated communities falter both materially and physically.
The speaker recounts boiling blood and a spoiled lawn due to Johnson's steers as his nephew Pete photographs his enraged face. The image, printed and shown on his knee, reveals a mug of fury that shocks him into vowing humility and restraint. He resolves to keep calm when misfortune arrives, planting the moment deep in memory.
The passage extols cosmopolitanism as keystone to American progress and national character. It asserts the melting pot has succeeded in uniting diverse people, contrasting it with the stagnation that would come from segregating races and types in isolated communities.
Burlington Hawkeye notes a shift from King Cotton to King Corn and now King Pork dominates the food economy, signaling changing agricultural and market dynamics.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil asks readers to name the four additional members who joined President Wilson as part of the American delegation to the world peace conference.
Cedar Rapids Gazette notes that government bonds and Iowa land are viewed as the two best securities, while a scramble to divest from both has become a notable trend in recent years.
The Minneapolis Journal notes Mary Pickford contemplates retirement and jokes that her salary would let many retire and buy four spare tires for the journey.
A terse aphorism from the Philadelphia Public Ledger asserts that no shortage of culpability exists in Germany. The remark frames collective accountability as a broad social warning rather than a specific incident.
Philadelphia Inquirer notes a humorous view that prohibition would spare a man with a cold from hearing excessive advice. The remark reflects playful public sentiment about temperance era policies.
The former crown prince declares that the Allies could have only his dead body, a remark attributed to a wartime stance reported by the Omaha World-Herald. This quote reflects a defiant tone amid postwar negotiations and imperial tensions.
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle stars in The Cook at the Graham Theatre showing Friday and Saturday. He plays the beach cafe cook who rivals a pretty cashier as a tough man disrupts the love plot leading to a roller coaster chase and a rescued cashier. Keaton St. John Lake and Luke the dog support the cast.
Chief Garrity and City Custodian Capp dumped enough seized weapons five miles from shore. The haul includes revolvers 8333 air rifles 242 brass knuckles and sling shots 55 juvenile toy guns and pistols 425. The collection covers a year’s take from bandits and other criminals.
Sessue Hayakawa headlines The Courageous Coward at the Fox Theatre in San Francisco. The Oriental drama set in Barbary Coast Chinatown follows Suki the prosecuting attorney facing a cowardly stigma amid a love triangle and a murder confession with a sensational climax. Tsuru Aoki and fellow cast support this Exhibitors Mutual release directed by William Worthington.
Prof Henry I Ward of the University of Illinois said Alaska fisheries will yield more revenue than gold deposits. He noted Alaska salmon last year sold wholesale for 71 million dollars at northern canneries as he travels to Alaska with a U S bureau of fisheries mission.
The text extols the League of Nations as essential to secure lasting peace. It condemns central powers for rights violations, calls for a new order based on self-determination, and argues a permanent international agency is needed to regulate seas, arms, and drugs, ensuring international law above power.
A six year old girl, Marie Busick, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Busick, severely injured when her hand was caught in corn sheller knives. Doctor Steele attended at the Belmond hospital and treated the laceration resulting in the loss of half the hand and fingers.
A boy asked for a ride near Chelsea yesterday refused to give his name or destination. He claimed parents in Ottumwa and said he visited grandparents in Montour on July 4. William Crittenden recalls meeting him at Belle Plaine after a ride theft. Authorities seek his parents.
The stage feature highlights Luke the smart dog in Roscoe Arbuckle’s Paramount comedy The Cook at Graham. The animal plays a distinct role in cafe and ocean fishing scenes and the film is praised as one of Arbuckle’s best with consistent laughter.
A reader recalls a daily saying signed with her own initials. Alice is excited to find a line she believes is hers because it bears her stitched initials on the page. She rushes to show her mother the paper and declare the phrase belongs to her.
A compact note hints readers to check the want column for available items and bargains. The item list appears in the classifieds section and invites readers to locate products, jobs, or services advertised locally.
A vintage health fad promotes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to “flush” the digestive tract and organs. Proponents claim it cleanses the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, preventing toxins and a wide range of ailments, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate.
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