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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1919
Page
4
The piece promotes a one dollar associate membership in the Boy Scouts of America as a War effort objective. It extols the Boy Scout movement as uplifting youth and notes wartime achievements such as Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps while urging readers to join as a “Good Scout” to support the organization.
Safe blowers visited Washington last week and at Ainsworth they made a good haul last night. The piece urges readers to guard their combination and focus on commencement. It notes graduation as a rare life event akin to marriage and calls for attention to festivities.
ABE MARTIN A movin van driver laughs at eight circus horses pulling a thirty peg kangaroo. The Slaty Low Debating Club met last night and resolved that the war tax on pajamas costing over five dollars was as it should be.
A poem laments mismanaged weather with farmers' hardships. The speaker envies control over sunshine and rain, mocks officials in a tower, and imagines delivering voters wishes through storms. The piece uses satire to critique climate and governance.
Washington will skip a Fourth celebration but plans call for a welcoming event for returning soldiers in September or October. Meanwhile enthusiasts of a strenuous Fourth can focus on a Willard-Dempsey fight preview.
Committees to raise funds are forming for a safe pavilion to host agricultural meetings. The project aims at about 10000 dollars, with an open check book ready and a sharpened pencil awaiting calls. The Breeders' Association plans would be a community boon if funding succeeds.
A clipping notes Ben Hecht, described as a German newspaper correspondent, claims that all German nobility have become crooks. No date is provided for the remark.
Des Moines Register notes German expectations misread the aims of Woodrow Wilson’s fourteen points, portraying disappointment over the perceived course of his peace program.
Dr J Stanley Brown of Joliet Illinois is named national thrift director and will distribute 15,000,000 hand grenade banks to U S schoolchildren who buy War Savings stamps. The grenades were made for Germany and need TNT to be usable for fighting.
A short instructional note advises using plain paper as a room guide to arrange pictures. Favor soft gray and terra cotta backgrounds to help pictures stand out, avoid busy patterns, and mount pictures nearly flat with minimal tilt to create a calm display.
A thoughtful reflection on fools who see yet miss life’s cues. The fool stumbles into trouble, brambles, and mire, yet sometimes lands luck by chance. Luck pales beside worries and disappointments that haunt his path.
Black Hawk asserts the new transportation facility will reduce costs and benefit all, highlighting paved roads as a central feature and urging state and residents to recognize the economic advantages for everyone.
A historical note discusses popular beliefs about moonlight and phases. It describes new moon as the visible slim crescent after the sun, debates whether light lasts to full moon or only during fullness, and definitions of dark moon and invisibility near solar conjunction.
A renowned medical expert hails swimming as the greatest exercise because it uses the full muscular system with moderate nerve control, building smooth working muscles under clean skin. The daily habit promises a graceful body, bright eyes, and a confident smile that travels with you.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes science suggests the body needs three months to recover from an anger attack. It follows that a grouch must stay focused on regaining good health continually.
A health note urges daily morning use of hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improvements in breath complexion digestion and energy, recommending a quarter pound purchase for easy, inexpensive results.
A listing of the biblical seven ages begins with creation to the deluge dated 2549 B C and proceeds through the second age to Abraham in Canaan 1922 B C the Exodus 1491 B C the temple’s founding 1041 B C the Jerusalem capture SSS B C the birth of Christ and to the present time
A humorous unsigned note from the Indianapolis Star remarks on human folly and optimism. It wields wry wit about illness health and death, suggesting even misfortune brings a glimmer of irony as the undertaker gains a moment of congratulation.
Train listings show departs at 12 26 a m for No 429 and 9 05 a m for No 449. Local freight Nos 835 836 836 88 and 89 plus local passengers 429 430 450 run daily except Sunday. No 92 is annuled with stock extras from Washington at 7 45 a m. Corrected to December 8 1918.
The Vinton Eagle quotes a columnist arguing the United States has enough problems at home and questions continued involvement in Europe, urging a clearer vision before action.
A Burlington passenger train colliding with a loaded automobile on Hiawatha avenue in Berwyn killed six people instantly. The deceased include Mrs. William Wigand and her three children, plus relatives from Gary Indiana and Hadley Michigan. The crossing lacked gates or signals and the crash occurred shortly after 10 am as the train gathered speed.
The Mason City Globe-Gazette notes the government plans to ask taxpayers for 1.2 billion dollars to support railroads for another year while socialists push for full government take over of all industry.
A World War I letter from a soldier in France criticizes the Y M C A while detailing seven days of leave. He notes excursions, dances, and picture shows organized by the Y M C A at a large southern camp, yet claims the doughboys do not think highly of it. The writer calls the stance remarkable for its inconsistency.
Mrs Grace Burch Walkup daughter of Dr Charles Sumner Burch suffragan bishop of New York sails for Belgrade to work with the Serbian relief committee and assist relief efforts and aid.
The excerpt extols a real democratic idea where each person is free to be what God made them, valuing loving liberty without hindrance rather than leveling all individuals. It frames Uberty as essential to individual flourishing.
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