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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1919
Page
4
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The article argues tariffs should be depoliticized and used to protect U S infant industries amid renewed global competition. It cites President Wilson and Vice President Marshall urging balanced protection, notes Japan’s low labor costs, and stresses an American-wide tariff to shield workers from cheap foreign goods.
A verse sketch blends mid July heat with cold holiday imagery as shoppers and clerks yearn for Santa and warm cheer. The speaker finds solace in dreaming of wreaths and reindeer while notes of August sun and a sudden gunshot to kill flies frame a wistful, corrective meditation.
City housing sells rapidly amid higher building costs making replacements costly. The piece urges countywide organization to streamline efforts, reduce lost motion, and boost benefits for every resident through centralized leadership and teamwork.
Writers advocate completing three remaining sides with flower boxes on the eperatiors while the west side keeps the lower box idea exclusive this season. They argue flowers enhance beauty and draw compliments from tourists.
A clipped comment from the Sioux City Journal argues that five sons of the Kaiser have volunteered to die for him and questions why he kept them out of danger during the war.
Perry Chief notes Wilson's veto does not strengthen his grip on the mayoral vote as daylight saving legislation is rejected. The brief comments frame the political impact amid ongoing campaign dynamics.
The note hints at a crowded governorship pool with swimmers and towels available in the state convention hall as Marshalltown Times Republican reports on the scene.
The Mason City Globe Gazette quotes a reader questioning the U S military presence abroad and at home, highlighting fatigue with occupation and occupationless status amid domestic issues.
A note from the Waverly Independent-Republican urges restraint in labeling people as hogs as live weight market prices threaten 25 cents per pound. The piece warns such terms could provoke offense and misinterpretation amid rising hog values.
A wartime warning urges restraint on postwar credit expansion. The text cautions against speculative and industrial credit growth once government support ends, stating that further expansion beyond wartime needs is unnecessary and undesirable for the nation’s credit resources.
The National City Bank bulletin argues inflation caused by wartime spending raises wages and prices, hurting savers and non rich earners. It warns rapid deflation is impracticable due to existing credit expansion and lingering purchasing power, urging cautious deflation after the war ends.
A letter to the Editor argues for serious discussion of the League of Nations and the peace treaty. It criticizes President Wilson and Senate divisions, urges principle over party, notes amendments from Paris and Root, and warns against repudiating wartime aims.
Arthur R. Oates urges Americans to accept concessions to save the League of Nations treaty. He warns that rejecting ratification could open changes and end the peace effort. He appeals to patriotism, citing Wilson Lansing Taft and the sacrifices of mothers and wives.
The column argues for reestablishing and enforcing a curfew in Washington. It notes many mothers desire children home on time and questions how a curfew law is enacted, urging collective action and petitions to bring the curfew back.
Ralph T. Moyer, cashier at the North Penn banks, confessed to stealing about 800000 over two years. He surrendered at city hall after the confession and admitted substituting false ledger entries to cover the embezzlement during bank inspections. State officials said they could not trace the missing funds without the ledger sheets.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors Iowa invites sealed bids by August 12 1919 one oclock PM for furnishing and installing in the Court House and the County Home 12 Kewanee fire box boilers or equivalents plus moving a 6 boiler. Bids must be separate for each item with detailed plans on file. Continuous conditions include a 5 percent certified check with each bid and bond requirements upon award.
The Surgeon General announced a plan creating fourteen medical districts to provide treatment for discharged soldiers sailors and marines under war risk Insurance act. Each district will be led by a health officer with offices from Boston to San Francisco and San Juan Manila Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands among locations and officers listed.
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth plan to visit the United States likely arriving in September and staying through October for the first League of Nations session in Washington. Albert previously visited 20 years ago as a prince and tourist.
Henry de Halsalle reports that wife beating is common among Germanys middle and upper classes and is officially sanctioned in Prussia. He recalls staying with a Berlin merchant and hearing a woman cry and then blows, learn that she receives weekly thrashings each Saturday night.
Uncle Carl Miller of Thomasville Missouri, aged eighty three, has been awarded a four year contract to carry the United States mail from Alton to Thomasville. He has served the route for 24 years and claims he can continue for another 24. Over the years roads changed from trails to graded highways and much forest along the route has given way to farms.
Donald P. Whipple of Watertown New York tied a line around his toe with a bulged hook and tossed the cord from a window. He woke at two A M to find a four pound lake trout readied for breakfast after being pulled in by the line. Utah agencies launch anticigarette enforcement drive amid controversial law. The push follows criticism that existing laws were not enforced.
Philip B. Kennedy, serving as commercial attaché at London, is appointed assistant director and will act as bureau chief this fall when Burwell Cutler is absent. Cutler will study economic conditions in Europe.
Washington July 23. A DIN unanimously reported by the house in migration conniries proposes deportations of 318 enemy aliens for violations of war statutes. The aliens are interned at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia and Fort Douglas Utah and would receive hearings by the department of justice before deportation.
A health advertisement claims reducing meat intake prevents kidney strain and urges four ounces of Jad Salts daily to flush kidneys. It describes Jad Salts as a grape lemon lithia mix that smooths urine acidity, improves kidney function, and prevents bladder irritation. It lauds the remedy as safe and widely used.
Train schedule listing eastbound and westbound arrivals and departures with numbers 12 30 80 88 11 49 29 87 89 and Washington Branch trains 450 430 836 429 449 835 835 836. Includes daily except Sunday notes and corrections to December 8 1918 by agent W Calvert.
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