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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1921
Page
4
The Fordney tariff bill before Congress is expected to spark wide public debate. The measure is a protective tariff aimed at sustaining manufacturing and employment, with indirect support for agricultural prices. Critics may find fault with uneven protection, but proponents say such bills generally achieve their aims.
The speaker in a Walt Mason verse laments animals crowding a highway as a narrator drives a costly ambulance. He describes striking and killing livestock and fowl with a grimly comic tone, noting the road’s danger, neglect, and the toll on farm life.
A discussion on the Fordney tariff as a driver of national prosperity alongside protectionist views. The piece contrasts regional needs, notes cost-of-living barriers to global competition, and urges parental cooperation with music teachers for effective instruction. It cautions against passive acceptance of a student’s “lessons” without teacher input.
A Deseret News perspective urges active parental support in children's music education. Edward P. Kimball argues music should be valued as a true educational factor, not mere amusement, and calls for parents to clarify motives, goals, and the purpose of musical study to enhance learning and self expression.
The text argues that a teacher's effectiveness hinges on parental cooperation. It stresses that active home support accelerates musical advancement and that music should be treated as a vital part of education. When parents engage, music strengthens the child's mind and develops finer qualities.
The article describes unique metallic ringing rocks on a hill above the Schuylkill Valley near Pottstown. Large stones produce bell like notes when struck, while smaller rocks do not ring elsewhere, suggesting a natural granite arrangement forming a giant sounding board.
In Medina New York on July 11, W. J. Bryan meets local Democratic leader John Waldner who jokes about voting for Bryan three times. Waldner asks if Bryan is the man, and Bryan replies with a smile that he’d long suspected someone would acknowledge such support. It ends with a quip about the want ads.
Charles McCrossen a 29 year old machinist died instantly on Earl Allbee farm Muscatine county after a wagon pole slipped from the neck yoke frightening the horses causing a plunge. A 2 month old son and widow Anna Schnittgrund survive with his mother Sophie Prignitz and siblings William John Lester and Mrs. Alice Schmidt. Born Davenport July 14 1892 he married Anna Schnittgrund April 10 1920.
A Washington conference led by Rep Hull with Ed Goltra aims to move coal via Mississippi barges to Iowa cities like Davenport Dubuque Muscatine Clinton and Burlington. If successful, coal could travel by barge to St. Paul and be distributed by rail through the state, potentially saving 50 cents to $1 per ton.
M A Pease of Des Moines recounts years of stomach trouble rheumatism and nerve insomnia before using Taniae. He claims appetite improved stomach settled weight up ten pounds and no longer experiences rheumatism or sleepless nights.
Sherman Bros. of Washington advertise Tanlac as a medicine that can do as much as a big day’s work, with Pioneer Drug Store named as the seller in an advertising notice.
The photoplay at the Fox Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday is The Right to Love a Paramount picture produced by George Fitzmaurice and featuring Mae Murray and David Powell Ouida Bergere adapted the story from a French play Miss Murray plays an American wife in a troubled marriage set in Constantinople where a Colonel rescues her from a prince The tale ends with Loring acquitted and the couple finding happiness The film showcases Florida locations among its notable scenes Alma Tell Holmes E Herbert Macey Harlam and Frank Losee also appear in the cast.
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