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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
4
Publication details for the Evening Journal Elder and Shannon show the publisher Bruce Cowden and city editor, with mailing information, office address at 108 East Main Street, Washington Iowa, and subscription terms.
Nevel fires a provocative argument tracing a 1892 Potsdam meeting where the Kaiser allegedly formulated a secret plan to conquer vast populations by 1915 and subjugate nations, framing his aims as a worldly kingdom rather than a moral crusade. He links the Kaiser’s allies and idols to Alexander, Napoleon, and Frederick the Great, suggesting religion served as a propaganda tool for mass campaigns.
The War Lord abandons art praise and critique as his forces tire. His campaign stalls and critics rail as Russians flirt and Americans join the fight in France. The leader wears a tin vest and pewter shirt while worries mount over music and other matters.
The passage recalls centuries before the Kaiser's rise when German forces supposedly sought God on their side. It describes aggressive invasions into Belgium and France with hymns and cries of glory, actions in villages, and a diary claim that soldiers “live like God” amid pillaging and violence.
A humorous verse prompts reflection on social ethics regarding romance and propriety, asking whether consent and respect should guide actions when two people meet in public. The piece uses a playful rhyme to explore intimate encounters and boundaries.
A light verse from Walt Mason laments war as a strange graft to agrarian life. It notes farmers’ peacetime work at barns and silos while nations arm, urging readers not to overreact to minor mistakes in wartime effort.
The article explains a method to gauge train speed. Count the distinct wheel joint clicks in two seconds with a watch. Multiply to estimate miles per hour.
Political notice declares Harry McCall as a candidate for the Republican nomination for county treasurer. Voters in Washington County are asked for favorable consideration at the June primary.
George F. Morrison announces candidacy for re election as county attorney subject to Republican voters will at the June primaries. He stresses party support and the aim to continue serving the county.
James 8. Stevenson declares his run for county sheriff in the upcoming June Republican primaries, seeking voter support. He frames his campaign around public service and law enforcement experience.
W. H. L. Butterfield announces his candidacy for county attorney in the June Republican primaries. He asks supporters and friends for their assistance in securing the office.
J J Brookart declares as Republican candidate for the June primary in the tenth senatorial district subject to voters approval.
A fragment announces a candidate for county treasurer on the Republican ticket at a Jones primary, subject to Republican voters of Washington county. person named J. H. Squire appears in garbled text.
A nineteenth century note praises Spanish onions for their potent effect on the system. It claims a well boiled onion can induce sleep when other remedies fail, suggesting it as a common supply dish for the overworked and weary.
Light travels from the sun to the earth in eight minutes covering 95 million miles. Light from Alpha Centauri, the nearest star, takes about four and a half years to reach us. Most stars are so distant that their light requires thousands of years to arrive.
An old advertisement notes liniments fail to cure rheumatism and claims the cause is in the blood. It touts S. S. S. as a blood purifier that purports to cleanse the blood of rheumatism and remove the disease from the system. The notice offers free medical advice from the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
Synopsis of Arthur Guy Empey’s World War I narrative follows an American who, upon learning the Lusitania is sunk, leaves Wilmerney City for England to enlist. It then details his training, posting to France, first encounters with trench life and front-line bombardment, and his unit entering combat as German aircraft threaten the front.
A soldier recalls brutal trench fighting and mud soaked survival after a mortar explosion. He and comrades rebuild a shattered parapet while learning harsh rules and coping maxims, hearing a sentry punished for failing to relay orders and witnessing the deadly uncertainty of No Man s Land.
A veteran recounts four days in a frontline trench followed by relief. The party moves by communication trench to billets near a French estaminet, where odor from a manure pile taints 117. The Royal Army Medical Corps notes billet capacity for wounded. Fire-making, bacon and tea duties unfold as soldiers adjust to rest billets and trench routine.
A Newark telephone subscriber asked his operator to ring his bell in three minutes then hung up. The supervisor called on cue and the man thanked the operator saying he was boiling eggs and timed them to the queen's taste. He later praised the operator again after a call to a galip.
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