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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1925
Page
4
A standard copyright notice states the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish all AP credited dispatches and local news in this paper and reserves publication rights for special dispatches.
A devotional note quotes Proverbs 18 24 about friendship and loyalty. It emphasizes that a person with friends should be friendly and that some friends are closer than brothers, offering a brief moral reflection.
The lower house rejected the State Income Tax bill with critics arguing taxes harm all communities. It cites Ford era concerns on inheritance taxes and persistent high levies on agricultural, mining, and allied industries, urging restraint on special taxation and broader fiscal policy considerations.
The piece features Abe Martin humor about avoiding work and responsibilities. He jokes that people can sidestep duties and rely on a carefree attitude to get by without effort, emphasizing a lighthearted letting go of stress.
The speaker notes that hotels and theatres pay 40 percent, transportation and utilities 37 percent, and banking and insurance 82 percent in taxes. They argue inheritance tax collectors will claim these interests, question where business money comes from, and decry taxes as stifling the nation's economy and industry. They ask why governments impose costs that hamper growth and wonder if taxes ever return benefits to the public.
The senate approved the Isle of Pines treaty with Cuba after years of delays. The accord grants undisputed Cuban sovereignty and applies existing and future US Cuba treaties to inhabitants, with most favored nation status for residents. The action, praised by Ottumwa Courier, ends a long contentious dispute and should improve Latin American relations.
Santiago correspondent of La Nacion says Tacna mayor sent Chilean offices an official note that March 13 a group of Peruvians attacked a Chilean carbineer detachment at Ticalaco three times and were repulsed by Chileans.
A long list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues appears, including names, forms, and objects such as girl names, pronouns, mineral terms, and geographic references, inviting readers to fill crossing letters and complete the puzzle grid.
A garbled mosaic recalls St Patrick's Day, pie varieties, love letters, a Washington phone call, a seasonal baseball player, lumbermen's shirts, a zero weather quip, hauling eggs, a red-painted item worth 325 dollars, and a wild pony named Gratner. It mentions Hise, Frank Webb, Win Vinten, John Skinton, and a cream measuring glass while noting West Chester.
A Camden hotel scene during a Methodist conference leads ministers to mistake a local magnate in clerical dress for a visiting brother. When asked to say grace the deaf magnate jokes he cannot hear, revealing the gap between appearances and true character.
A friend sought help with a geometry puzzle claiming to trisect a telanate but the problem is noted as unsolved by any mathematician to date. The writer jokes about deferring the matter due to other duties and suggests the friend attempt the challenge himself next summer.
The page riffs on future youth and culture with a poetical Random Notes tone. It muses on a modern girl’s fate, probes theater of Mars, and questions prohibition, fashion, and ethics as society changes.
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