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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
4
The poem offers solace amid grief and gloom, urging a patient outlook. The speaker reflects on seven aunts and a single lingering relative, then counsels that hardship may be worse elsewhere and that accepting fate can soften sorrow and lift the spirit.
The Federal Commission reports proposes raises for postal workers including rural, village, clerks, substitutes, and special clerks with classed scales. Rural routes gain 1800 for 24 miles plus 30 per mile beyond. village carriers 1000 to 1200. first class clerks 1400 plus 100 per class. division heads 4200. inspectors 2300 to 4200. Service would average eight hours daily, 306 days yearly. Postmasters and assistants receive graduated increases. fourth-class postmasters enjoy higher cancellation rates.
A clipped pondering from the Boston Transcript notes a paradoxical chain: ten bandits make one revolution, ten revolutions form a government, and one government spawns ten more revolutions, implying cyclical political critique. The fragment plays on political cyclical language.
James W. Davis emerges as a strong candidate to nominate in San Francisco per the Marshall town Times-Republican. The piece notes limited public knowledge about him and frames Davis as a promising choice for the ticket.
A Cedar Rapids Republican item rails at Mary and her man Doug for childish chatter. It rebukes their public talk and hints at divorce court implications while noting she is mother of his children.
Reinbeck moves to build a stock pavilion for auctions with 21000 dollars already subscribed. Plans aim for completion and opening on June 14 as the growing livestock trade prompts the project. The note also mentions historic Polotsk on the Duna river and Lepel near Lake Beresta in the Vitebsk region.
The speaker contrasts other presidential candidates with Debs, recalling a past boast about driving seventy miles without a whip and quoting a rival who now claims ownership of a car that has covered eighteen thousand miles and has never had a wrench used on it. The passage emphasizes shifts in opinion and pride in a machine.
Theda Bara stars in La Belle Russe at the Graham for today and Saturday. The story follows a dancer who endures poverty after marriage to a nobleman is disinherited, continuing a quiet battle to feed her child as war tears the couple apart and a dramatic climax nears.
Des Moines reports show easing financial stringency in Iowa as grain and live stock movements aid condition. State bank commissioner M W Henderson Jr and John Hogan of Des Moines National Bank note money a little easier. Rail orders from May 25 to June 14 are expected to ease car shortages and congestion.
A local broadside argues Major Fred S. Holsteen, a two and a half year Army veteran, is the loyal, reform brace needed for Congress. It contrasts him with Brookhart-backed W F Kopp, claims Holsteen upholds the Republican platform, rejects class legislation, and condemns Bolshevik agitation while urging voters to blot out radicalism in the First District.
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued several orders to ease rail congestion. They authorize changes in shipment routing, allow diverted deliveries to facilitate movement, and set car transfer programs with daily transfer counts and junction points. Iowa reports 70 percent of corn planted by May 25, with crop prospects improving. In Germany, propaganda and mistrust complicate reception of authentic news amid wartime strain.
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