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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
4
The city election yesterday drew little campaigning as both tickets offered well qualified candidates. The mayor and assistants, elected fairly and cleanly, face heavy responsibilities and deserve public cooperation to run Washington as a clean, capable administration for Iowa.
In a candid note, Abe Martin laments receiving a loving cap after long and honorable service as Art Smiley unveils an 18 case touring car.
The poem laments ongoing global crises and economic woes with bleak scenes of unemployment and profiteering. It urges resilience, thrift, and a shift to lighter, hopeful verse to counter despair.
State inspector visits the city to check car license plates while residents struggle to grasp the lack of flow numbers. A coal pile hopes to endure until warm weather, and thrift is urged beyond mere penny pinching. Foreseeing fisherman prepares worms early for the season.
Ex Secretary Lansing argues in a Saturday Evening Post piece that great powers bargain with Wilson over league approval. He says prime ministers can trade concessions for backing, while Clemenceau seeks terms that fit his aims.
The text explains how the League of Nations was shaped to bind colonial possessions to empires, with Lloyd George favoring secure imperial ties, Orlando cheering Austro-Hungarian breakup and Italian gains, Japan guaranteed in Shan tung and Pacific islands, and nations backing guarantees of their borders, leading to U S rejection of joining.
A poem-like reminiscence urges constant smiling as a remedy for troubles and a hedge against fate. It contrasts smiles with weight, wealth, success, and death, ending with a personal sign off attributed to Oregon Reaver. It blends aphorisms on happiness with self-aware bravado and a call to remember the speaker humbly.
The article recounts Connecticut’s origins from an offshoot of Massachusetts with Hooker’s Hartford Windsor and Wethersfield founders, the 1659 self rule charter, and later formation of New Haven Milford and Stamford. It notes the 1788 adoption of the Constitution, the state nickname Land of Steady Habits and Nutmeg State, area 4965 square miles and seven electoral votes.
Jet described as the blackest substance, a petrified wood or charcoal derived from shale and rock near Whitby. The finest jet comes from the Yorkshire coast, supporting many jobs, with additional sources in Bavaria Bohemia France Germany Spain and limited work in the United States.
A Belle Clymer critique in the Eldorado Times condemns the rush of national attention to the Hamon murder trial and Clara Stillman case as sensationalism. It notes editors like William Allen White echo the tone, while Iowa papers split on how much scandal should be printed and even offer prizes for Stillman treatises.
Secretar y Ralph H Faxon outlines the full program for the third Iowa business congress to begin in Des Moines April 6 at the Savery with a morning assembly. Sessions run 9 to noon with group meetings at noon on April 6 and 7 for bankers apparel motor trades drugs building trades and food products. The annual banquet is set for Hotel Fort Des Moines on the evening of April 7.
A dated local advertisement offers a $100 reward and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a internal remedy. It claims to heal catarrh by acting through the blood on mucous surfaces and to strengthen general health, with testimonials and free literature from Dr. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Noon meetings will feature one or more speakers after lunch. The afternoon congress session runs 2:00 to 4:30. April 6 offers buffet dinners for most groups, April 7 hosts the annual banquet at Hotel Fort Des Moines. April 8 is devoted to tours of the jobbing and manufacturing district and group conferences. Over twenty five national authorities have accepted engagements.
John J. Mahon, president of the Samuel Mahon Company and son of Ottumwa's prominent businessman, shot himself at his home yesterday morning. He died at 2 p.m. after a two year illness caused by a physical breakdown.
A description notes that Mahon's war era Red Cross service at Fort Des Moines and the influenza outbreak in the city are believed to have motivated his actions. He had not led his business for the past two years and is survived by his wife and three children.
Fragmentary OCR shows eastbound and local train times with numbers like No 3 No 9 No 25 and No 91 freight. Entries reference departures and arrivals at various offices with hours around 1:03 and 9:10 a.m. Further legible items include Saturday and Thursday markings.
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