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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1925
Page
4
A standard copyright statement from the Associated Press appears, reserving exclusive publication rights for all news dispatches credited to AP and for local news published in the paper. The notice also reserves rights to special dispatches.
A devotional note cites 1 John 3 22 teaching that what is asked is received when keeping commandments and doing what pleases God.
The piece argues that high school attendance rose tenfold between 1890 and 1920, with more rural students enrolling. It contends higher education enhances understanding, citizenship, and national governance, aided by better roads and expanded facilities reaching smaller towns.
A long horizontal and vertical crossword with numerous clues covers topics from water to weather to anatomy. Clues include great bodies of water worship and a popular shelfish among many others, inviting puzzle enthusiasts to fill the grid.
The verse riffs on tipping in everyday service from waiters to barbers and porters. It humorously explores giving a cent for small favors and promises to tip the crew who ease his day. The narrator champions tipping as a social aid while noting critics.
The piece argues Senator Wheeler faces two indictments amid calls of persecution. It notes defense claims of conspiracy in Shepherd’s case and questions about the fairness of dual charges across regions. The column urges full investigation while cautioning against assuming guilt.
Two and a quarter tons of gold were flown from London to Paris by two aircraft. The speed of air transport and reduced pilferage risk motivated the choice. The bullion was placed in metal bound cases and guarded from departure in London to arrival in Switzerland.
A fragmented listing outlines nightly radio programming across multiple stations including KFDM Beaumont WEE Boston WGN Chicago WEAF New York and more. Entries show varied acts such as orchestras concerts operas lectures and vaudeville style performances with times and performers like Gold Dust twins and Pennewick hour.
A three year national study by the American Council on Education starts with questionnaires to 20 000 secondary schools on French German Italian and Spanish. It will survey more than 700 colleges to assess language needs for understanding English and measure readers eye movement with delicate instruments.
A column laments low turnout and celebrates long serving Mayor Alberson while hinting at a change in leadership. It reflects on suffrage history, urges participation, and notes political mood along the Potomac amid garden planning and seasonal chatter. The piece weaves humor with civic pride and requests reader help for the column.
A letter to the Chicago health department requests intervention to compel a neighbor to repair a side goiter like protrusion on a house. The writer notes repeated requests ignored and rain makes passage impassable.
Alfred Noyes exhorts readers to travel light with only a bundle and stick yet a heart full of kind words and a song to share, turning travel into a gentle act of aid.
The family wakes Dolly to witness a rare eclipse as the earth passes between the moon and the sun. Dolly recalls the event with confusion and wonder, later boasting about the unusual sight that happened after midnight.
A foreign boy in night school learns four quarters make a whole. He digs a hole in his yard to prove the lesson and says his teacher taught there are four quarters in a hole.
A family doctor calls Betty Jane in the yard twice and then shouts but she answers saying she is not sick. The anecdote hinges on a child mishearing and responding with a bold humorous remark.
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