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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1925
Page
4
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The daytime meditation cites John 1 1 3 affirming the Word with God and as the creator of all things. It presents a concise scriptural reflection for readers.
The text recalls President Cal's stance on postal employee salary increases. He vetoed an initial $100,000,000 plan for too large an raise and signed a smaller $60,000,000 proposal when it included funding. Critics note some workers are overpaid, yet support highlights nationwide cost differences, especially in big cities like Chicago and New York.
The narrator comments on marriages where a wife resists housework and a husband resists earning a living, noting that some people are fine in many ways yet refuse to pay their way.
Readable puzzle prompts with horizontal and vertical clues list many entries. It provides definitions and fragments for solving crosswords including common words, prefixes, and abbreviations across multiple numbered positions.
Unclear verse fragment presents a narrator indifferent to doom while urging charity toward neighbors and the poor. The piece references feeding hungry men, aiding the wounded, and delivering sermons, with scattered archaic spellings and imagery of fire and fear. The author appears as Waltison in a reflective, rueful voice.
The piece argues postal workers in Washington Iowa face hardship compared with New York City peers and notes attempts to differentiate city and country wages failed. It also condemns congressional pay raises, noting Washington DC living costs and double expenses for reps with homes in districts, urging higher pay without side work.
The text argues that real international cooperation after the war did not arise from league leadership or its inspiration, but rather from practical steps and results-driven diplomacy beyond the league framework. It emphasizes tangible outcomes over rhetoric.
Richard Washburn Child argues in the Saturday Evening Post that U S diplomacy achieved the Dawes plan by keeping reparations out of politics and into business hands, while critics urge stronger official action. He notes European appreciation of U S restraint contrasts with domestic chatter praising chest-beating.
The Washington Times column argues Vice President Dawes could dominate the spotlight rather than remain a wallflower. It praises his blunt honesty and reform stance from his Treasury and Budget roles and predicts rebukes will only provoke more outspoken orations from him.
Madrid Feb 18 An Bejar municipal official near Salamanca was sentenced to 9308 years in prison for falsifying public documents. The Berar law courts fixed about 15 years for each of 21 counts with a $150 fine. A former mayor previously received 896 years and 27% days. both men have begun serving.
New York March 11 Australia New Zealand Spain Japan Mexico Canada and Cuba have entered for Davis Cup tennis in the American zone. The draw will be made by Vice President Dawes in Washington next Tuesday, heightening interest in the event.
A collection of light, informal notes on garden plans, a bachelor buying clothes, theater, weather misreadings, and town gossip. The column lightly teases West Chester and Mrs. West Chester, comments on hens and eggs, and laments meat packing profits for small town clubs amid memories of the 1890s.
A cluttered campus humor page lists bits including a christening joke, a quip about ignoring and killing, a witty exchange with a swimming instructor, and a prank involving sheets missing from room 19. The editors tease Peggy for an unclear gag at item seven.
A fragmentary verse plays with choice and fate as a speaker prefers trivial comforts over danger. It ends by naming Francis Scott Key who authored The Star Spangled Banner, adding a historical touch to the strange verse.
A letter from By The Way mentions Mrs. Sandy Hook and a trip to Wisconsin. It notes concern about a cold and expresses gladness over the journey and a hopeful tone.
The text collects jokes and poems with dialogues about poets mothers wives and a jailed modern girl. It includes lines about marriage poetry stock stockings and a bantering exchange between couples and relatives. It closes with a quip about a hen producing dividends.
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