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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1925
Page
4
The text states that The Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights for newer dispatches and local news in this paper. It outlines rights of publication for AP and local dispatches.
A devotional note cites Revelation 1 8 with the phrase I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending saith the Lord. The Almighty.
The piece questions suffrage outcomes and the appeal of political power for women. It notes that leaders who fought for suffrage face disillusionment, argues against sex antagonism, and recalls the National Woman’s Suffrage Association’s dissolution meeting with about three hundred veteran suffrage supporters in attendance.
Abe Martin notes a gathering of friends at Tell Binkley’s apartments above Peerless Auto Laundry. The group enjoyed storytelling games and real beer. A Miss Fawn ha in Home and Mother cautions that a properly dressed summer woman's outfit including a choker and complexion kit should not weigh more than two pounds.
Puzzle list with numerous partial clues including Repast One Pen for sheep Cry foray Neuter pronoun Weaving twigs and many scattered terms across horizontal and vertical sections. The text contains jumbled fragments, mis-spellings, and garbled phrases related to crossword entries and definitions.
A poem in which the speaker extols the locomotive’s right of way and the dangers of racing a train. He imagines dramatic injuries to his whiskers hat and garments if he tried to outrun the engine, urging respect for railroad signals and safety.
Mrs. Catt, president of the Association, challenges women to engage in politics and reform fashion. She cites discontent as fuel for progress, notes clothing industry control by men, and warns against a sex war while citing remarks from Sir Arthur Currie on war’s emptiness.
A noisy collage of social quips about wives husbands and rural life. Readers vent about husbands traits and travel from Arkansas, with jokes about hospitality young mothers and playful poems. The column urges a county picnic at Sunset Park, noting appetite for deviled eggs fried chicken and pie.
A rustic verse urges patience and steady footing to endure hardship on the road. The accompanying essay humorously describes a goose, noting its awkward motion, damp environment, and roles of ganders and sanders, with a playful line about preferring to be a gander.
An advertisement promises easy payments and a cheerful refund. It touts prewar self help lines and claims a 4 week program to achieve home life goals, featuring a movie star quote and a claim of rapid personal improvement.
A collage of quips and notes from 1925 includes jokes about engagement rings and immodest airs, early stage lighting history crediting Edison, Chinese students seeking work, a claim about the largest building in Brooklyn, and a marsupial fact about the opossum with a laundry joke and a banner line about girls.
Mrs. W F Haight of 450 S Eighth St credits Doan's Pills with curing her backache kidney pain dizziness and morning fatigue after recurring attacks She recommends the remedy to neighbors and fiends as a dependable relief source Doan's Pills are sold by dealers nationwide Milburn Co manufactures.
A playful tale describes a brook waking from winter and greeted by two banks. The brook recounts hibernation caused by cold earth and ice, then joyfully resumes its song and flow. Passersby note the cheerful return and the banks extend warm welcomes. The narrator brook reflects on its gentle, gurgling daily life.
A man aged seventy one has a thirty four year old son. Fifteen and a half years ago the father was three times the son's age, at fifty five and a half and eighteen and a half. Three years hence the father will be twice the son's age, at seventy four and thirty seven.
A Sunday school tale explains why young John arrived late. The minister asks the cause and John replies that he wanted to go fishing but his father refused. The lad adds there wasn’t bait enough for two, indicating the father’s rationale for staying home.
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