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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1925
Page
4
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A daily devotional notes strength in the Lord from Zechariah 10 12. The message encourages walking in the Lord and relying on divine support.
The Colorado legislature repealed the state primary law but the governor vetoed the measure. He faults the current primary as defective yet rejects a return to the old convention system. He urges strengthening reforms while noting widespread disillusionment with primaries.
A fragmented crossword puzzle appears with numbered clues across and down. The readable text lists hints for many entries such as curtain for motion pictures links solar sun and road names, with items like roadhouse, garden tool, metal in nat, sea eagle, and more in a nostalgic newspaper puzzle page style.
A child reads a tale of Pete who helps a frail woman cross the street then grows greedy after a dying dame wills him money. The poem mocks false virtue and moral vanity as lawyers profit from charity while Pete contemplates future schemes.
The piece reflects on Colorado’s early adoption of woman suffrage and contrasts it with the national movement. It laments that local progress has been uneven and argues the fault lies with the people, urging preparation for self-government and the hope that full suffrage will eventually be achieved.
London April 14 The British Air Ministry release outlines a future in which airplanes carry troops and equipment over long distances. The Royal Air Force book predicts much larger machines with two or more powerful engines capable of sustained high speed flights beyond 100 mph.
The article predicts sea staying flying boats and other cooperative naval machines. It mentions gun potting planes for wireless direction, gunfire torpedocarters and new fighting scouts designed to take off and land on ship decks as unit components.
Mark G. Thornburg says farm hog shortages will push prices up in the year ahead to promote farmers profits. In Iowa the Lutheran conference ended with Rev. A B Leamer elected president and Rev L D Koser as secretary. Cedar Rapids reports auto driver H C Andrews arrested after nine people injured while boarding a street car. Des Moines notes a cooperative plan between the farm bureau federation and the farmers union to hold a May 12 conference on marketing to aid farmers.
April marks a new building high in Sioux City with permits totaling 1 127 935 dollars. The Northwestern railroad laid off 154 motive department workers in Des Moines. State Rep Harrison of Oakland Ta faces investigation that will not be pressed further.
The Fox Theatre screens The Silent Accuser tonight for two days. Peter the Great stars as a transforming dog hero who shifts from gentle pet to snarling fighter. Cast includes Eleanor Boardman Raymond McKee and Earl Metcalfe. Chester M Franklin directed the screen adaptation from Jack Boyle's story with Frank O Connor assisting. Charles Dreyer drew the photography and Cedric Gibbons designed the settings Sophie Wachner produced the costumes.
The third National Colloid Symposium will be held June 17 19 at the University of Minnesota drawing researchers from across North America. Prof Herbert Freundlich will be the guest lecturer as experts discuss colloidal chemistry’s role in industries like sugar rubber paints dyes leather plastics glues jellies and cereals.
A 110 foot iron and wooden Hindenburg statue in Berlin’s Tiergarten, funded during war, was ordered removed after the revolution. Unable to raise funds for transport, the statue was sold for one gold mark, the body sold as old wood, and the head stored for potential future public display amid Kapp revolt guards.
A travelogue note from a resort town describes water service at a bar with a five cent pitcher and drinking glass, a valley street layout, flood memories with a drowning, a detective with a shoulder scar, salt superstition at breakfast, hog farm advice from an Arkansas writer, and lively bathhouse rooms with singing visitors and busy attendants.
An Arkansas Gazette advertisement for a barber shop at 707 W. 7th St Little Rock offers haircuts at 10 cents and ladies cuts at 15 cents with experienced barbers inviting patrons to give them a trial.
The Benton Courier and allied correspondents report lifestyle glimpses from Jim Elliott buying a car to plans for Walter Slay planting cotton. Fetial chatter covers Charlie Ward’s barber shop, Oscar Bunten’s gate visit, and a musical camp featuring Olin Chaney on violin and Charlie Short whistling.
Health advice emphasizes liver and stomach health for success in weight control. The text promotes Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a harmless preparation that removes intestinal mucus and reduces inflammation linked to stomach liver and intestinal issues including appendicitis. Sold at all druggists.
In Moorish custom wives who do not bear a son may be divorced with tribal consent. The practice reflects gender and lineage priorities within the community.
In a kitchen scene the porridge laments being only sensible and healthy while ice cream seems desirable. The coffee and eggs argue gently about purpose as a child’s breakfast arrives with siblings and a mother’s care, ending with the porridge choosing to be “proud porridge.”
Anxious to Please Bobby in Sunday school follows his mother’s warning to obey the teacher. The coat fitting ends with Bobby revealing the garment is too small and declaring he wore none, but was told to do as instructed.
Fragmentary OCR note lists playful alliterations featuring Sally, Charlie Chalmers, Clara, Mary Myles Minter and a malted milk reference. No clear event or outcome, reads like a jumble of names and phrases from a tongue twister exercise.
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