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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1921
Page
4
A verse by Paul Laurence Dunbar reflects on time and memory with themes of longing and forgetfulness. The speaker laments the word never and the ache of dreams, expressing hope for relief through oblivion and the difficulty of discerning day from night.
The piece argues President Harding’s Far East conference move is deft diplomacy. It notes Japan faces pressure between avoiding and embracing the conference as the big powers pledge united, fair treatment of Japan while guarding China relations. Japan’s wartime secret dealings with England and France are referenced.
In a humorous monologue Mason laments modern divorce trends while praising a long marriage. He contrasts old fashioned commitment with the impulse to divorce, noting his own thirty year union and mutual tolerance amid changing social norms.
The piece discusses alliance needs with England France Italy and China, arguing against weakening economic and military positions in war settlements. It calls for a conference to settle issues fairly, ensuring China gains fair treatment and a Pacific zone free from Japanese aggression. It includes reflections on public sentiment and a city fire alarm call analogy.
The University of Iowa reorganizes its department of public speaking into the department of speech. Alongside public speaking and oratory study, new courses cover theory of speech, a speech clinic, voice laboratory, correction of speech disorders, and speech training for normal children.
Iowa City once offered a bathing beach for children two or three seasons ago. Now the number of grown patrons at the place has dwindled, reflecting shifting recreation habits among locals.
The American Rotarians 1488 of more than ten thousand who toured the United Kingdom held their convention in Edinburgh and later in London. They inspired singing of Old MacDonald’s Farm with English audiences and left a lively jazz impression in Edinburgh halls and Vintners Hall.
The Poland China boar Peacok Glan, owned by Floyd Stanley, died after days of stress with no herd disease. The high-priced breeding animal weighed about 550 pounds in thin flesh and ranked highly among breeding stock in Iowa.
The Treasury reports nearly 1.5 billion dollars spent since the armistice on military and naval allowances compensation and insurance plus hospitalization, hospital construction and benefits to beneficiaries. Other items include vocational training, burial costs, six months to beneficiaries and long term pay, totaling 1.5 billion dollars as Congress supports former service members.
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