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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1925
Page
4
A devotional note quotes James 4 17 about knowledge of good and choosing not to act as sin. The brief reflects on moral responsibility and urges action aligned with known good.
The piece argues that income tax reductions bring home relief with many paying less or nothing this year. It notes Secretary Mellon favors larger nationwide debt cuts and explains reducing debt lowers interest expense, roughly eight hundred million a year, and suggests paying off the debt would stop ongoing costs from war.
The Senate settles the Isle of Pines dispute by ratifying the treaty that cedes the island to Cuba. The action ends a long controversy and is described as magnanimous toward a smaller nation. The move aims to improve relations with Central America.
The cartoonist references upcoming spring styles with hints of shorter fuller skirts and a call to send a tuxedo coat to the cleaner after a house party. He jokes about resisting stiffening and mentions persistent yellow stockings as a recurring theme.
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A playful meditation on poetry and appetite. The speaker laments crowds pressuring grand words while choosing restraint. He recalls ancestors who spoke broadly yet notes the cost of eloquence and appetite in modern crowds. The narrator vows gradual progress toward civility and discipline at the table.
The speaker defends a firm US role toward South American nations, citing Monroe Doctrine fears, past land gains, and interventions from Mexico to Central America. It asserts Panama and the canal justifications, criticizing Colombia and Congress for delays while Teddy Roosevelt pushed ahead.
Condolences pour in for R E Wickham capitalist contractor found dead in his basement. More than 5006 telegrams reach his late home in Council Bluffs as financiers and political leaders nationwide express sympathy to his son and siblings. Banks close two hours Saturday for the funeral.
A dense OCR of radio schedules lists stations from KFDM Beaumont to WRC Washington featuring Camp Fire Girls, St Patrick programs, orchestras, concerts, talk and Brunswick hours. Entries include WLS Chicago, WEAF New York, KGO Oakland, KDKA Pittsburgh, and WRC Washington with times ranging from early evening to late night, plus names of programs and performers.
Ohio pioneered state road building with the first Bureau of Public Roads project dating to 1908 in Helletfontaine. The early effort marked a milestone in U S roadway development and set a precedent for modern highway networks.
A collage of quips and mishearings from a past issue, spoofing education, language, and daily life. Irreverent lines touch on Pye politics, ancient myths misformed, and a Pullman porter’s crime, with jests about exams, fashion, and marriage.
A father guides his four year old to watch chicks hatch in a cellar incubator while the boy questions how chicks enter their shells. A pen pal marriage map prompts a boy to consider ending correspondence. An old man explains a coughing wife is not a coffin but a new henhouse. A warden questions religion to a prisoner about rock splitting.
Readers encounter a string of spelling jokes about teachers and students and a misguided medical misquote. A boy mismatches Rome with night and a nurse and surgeon exchange dry humor about a wound while Pat chimes in with quick wit.
A police magistrate confronts a delinquent who insists the officer would not believe his account. The exchange features a dramatic, dizzying cadence as a witness recants and the room echoes with incredulity.
In a courtroom exchange a plaintiff challenges the possibility of recovering funds while his attorney asserts strong prospects, stating I think we will get it and the opposing party remains unmentioned.
The excerpt warns that a boy will inherit and enforce current policies shaping cities states and the nation. It portrays the youth as executor of prisons churches schools and corporations and as the judge of all work and fate of humanity. The piece contrasts the boy with a mid winter traveler seeking a room with twin beds in a brief dialogue.
In Sofia a Bulgarian, named R. C. Russeff, was jailed for 18 months after being linked to the theft of $1,500 in Liberty bonds stolen en route between two Ohio banks in 1920. The bonds were recovered when a Russeff cashing incident led to the case.
A brief Life magazine remark recalls a traveler spending a night in winter with only half the needed covers, illustrating scarce warmth and resource constraints during cold conditions.
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