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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
4
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Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love honoring others. Provide things honest in sight of all men. Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good. Romans chapter twelve verses ten seventeen and twenty one.
The article warns of a violent tornado whose rampage shattered forests and cities, killing and injuring many. Relief efforts rush in via radio, telegraph, and telephone, as officials promise aid while mourning the lost. Weather and disaster descriptions emphasize the unpredictability of nature.
Quain folk mock health while Dr Mopps escapes northern summers and Florida winters to dodge the heat. He travels yearly to seek milder climes, a pattern noted with some humor and local color.
The writer rails at peers who push popular tunes while he prefers his own phonograph selections. He recalls hearing hymns and old anthems, enjoys humorous songs, and stresses freedom to choose what to listen to, despite friends urging different tastes and social norms.
The president appoints John G. Sargent of Vermont as Attorney General. A Senate committee recommends him in three quarters of an hour and the Senate confirms by unanimous consent early next morning. Vox populi expresses amazement at swift, conscience driven action by senators.
Radio Digest lists tomorrow’s schedule by station across Atlanta Honolulu Boston Chicago Buffalo Chicago. Programs include maids at 10 45 entertainment at Honolulu, bands and quartets in Chicago, soprano and organ recitals, orchestras, dance numbers, and musical acts running throughout the evening with late improvisations.
Extensive schedule fragment lists radio stations in Fort Worth Los Angeles New York Cleveland and more with times for concerts orchestras talk shows and vocal performances. Entries include WBAP KNX WHAS WCCO WEAF WIZ KGO WOAK and others detailing 6 to 12 events per station and notes on programs like orchestras dances lectures and recitals.
Secretary Jardine directs the grain futures administration to immediately investigate the sharp and violent swings in the price of wheat. The action aims to uncover causes and assess market integrity amid volatility.
Robbers took a lunch basket containing 172 dollars from H W Meyer's home in Charles City. The basket was returned with the money untouched and the thieves also took 35 dollars and papers from the Smith lumber yard safe, which were later returned. An eighth of deaths in U S registration areas are caused by heart disease.
A collage of light verse and quips about weather, a marching band, a fish trade joke, a forgery of suburban life, and a humorous Grocer Jake tale. Observations on seasons, manners, money and a Washington businessman prompt a smile amid small-town chatter.
A woman invites a clergyman with a large nose to tea. Her talkative child is warned to avoid rude remarks. The boy stares at the clergyman so intently that the mother frowns, then the child says he will only look and not speak.
A humorous column notes that men face long shaving times while women smear rouge and jokes about spring season prep. Billy Rawn, the county engineer, presents a roll of trade magazines filled with fresh jibes.
A young man arrives late to a party and explains the absence of his brother. The hostess greets him with warmth and inquires after the brother. A playful exchange reveals the narrator’s own misperception of the outcome. A separate vignette shows a clerk and the new bookkeeper quarreling over a taxicab solution.
A small comic scene shows Alan with his mother and the pup rushing for a walk. The pup tries to shake off fleas with a vigorous hind foot stroke while Alan delays, and his mother calls him to hurry.
An old advertisement promotes Joint-Ease as a remedy for stiff swollen inflamed joints. It claims relief after ordinary cures fail and urges purchases at Sherman Bros or any druggist at 60e a tube.
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