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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
4
Harmony jokes clash with Weather Man forecasts as a new street flusher raises concerns for pedestrians. Elmer Mason helped purchase the cleaning wagon while over a hundred United Presbyterian ministers visit as Washington’s department stays mild and welcoming all year.
The Sioux City Journal notes Hindenburg favors signing peace terms, citing his harsh memory of defeat and his resolve not to suffer another lashing. His stance reflects caution born from past losses.
The Perry Chief notes the corn crop will be about ten days late but states there is no expected necessity to take up a collection for the town farmers.
A Marshalltown Times-Republican editorial notes that Winnipeg's strike costs more than a large city fire and argues that all big strikes are costlier than conflagrations, with everyone losing without insurance.
The Kansas City Times asks whether the conflict involving Turks and Greeks is connected to wars between Hungarians and Rumanians, Czecho-Slovaks and Poles, or Poles and Ukrainians, or if it is a new, separate war beyond current armistice lines.
The brief notes allegations that bodies of deceased individuals have been exhumed ignite debate about burial practices. Officials urge restraint while investigators review any proof and legal channels.
A speaker laments new shoes that pinch, making him indifferent to others suffering and global turmoil. He imagines Kaiser Bill, Prussia, and European ruin as distant, while his own small pain dominates, and every other sight feels flat and stale. The poem pivots on misplaced priorities and personal discomfort.
The Vinton Eagle offers a biting quotation suggesting that if the bodies of Jefferson era Democrats were exhumed they would be found standing on their heads. The remark reflects partisan tone and historic political critique.
Norma Talmadge headlines The Probation Wife a Select Picture by Joseph M. Schenck. The film follows a fast cafe girl reforming through love after a marriage to a wealthy New Yorker, with three strong characterizations by Talmadge. See it Monday at the Fox Theatre.
In St Joseph Missouri on May 23 a booze run from Mount Ayr Iowa misled Sheriff Elmer Nicholas and Deputy Frank Lewis. A bait car with liquor was staged to pass a road at a set time and it ended with the car stuck across a bridge, allowing the officers to detain two men.
A rum runner caravan fled through Ringgold county toward Des Moines with captured treasure as local officers hint that airborne surveillance may counter bootleggers. The booze hounds reportedly relied on a fleet of autos to slip past authorities while the loot was moved to town.
Burlington officials discuss placing a stadium site plan before voters at the next school election. The plan centers on acquiring the Stony Lonesome hollow to serve school and factory leagues, offering a central field for baseball and football and promoting health and community use.
Slack half a cup of lime with about half a pint of water until slacked. Add a quart of water, stir, let settle, and decant. Repeat with fresh distilled or rain water, shake for a day or two, then settle and use the clarified water.
Officials explain the May 1 1920 tax on soft drinks ice cream and related items sold for consumption at the point of sale. The tax covers entire purchase prices with specific exemptions for home consumption boxed goods hotel restaurant or club sales and certain non taxable beverages. Penalties for evasion are severe and pooling purchases to dodge the tax is discouraged.
The Mint reports 18 secret treasure trains moved silver bricks from Philadelphia to San Francisco for India shipments. Each brick weighed 62 pounds and was valued at $1,000, with trains carrying $5 to $10 million per trip. Guards with pistols and shotguns secured transfers at multiple hubs.
Instant relief claim for head cold or catarrh by applying a small amount of Ely's Cream Balm in the nostrils. The antiseptic cream supposedly penetrates air passages to soothe swelling and clear congestion, promising open nostrils and easier breathing.
A historic advertisement urges readers to try FATONIC tablets to relieve acid stomach indigestion belching heartburn and related pains. It claims instant relief absorbs excess acid and tailors digestion improving health with a money back guarantee and low cost.
An exhortation to begin each day with hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach and alimentary canal. It claims flushing waste improves appetite, digestion, skin, and overall health, urging readers to buy phosphate from drug stores and become advocates of the routine.
At 5 10 p m the timetable lists express and local trains with numbers 11 49 29 87 and 89. The fragment shows arrival and departure entries for the evening schedule.
Fragmentary OCR shows times and days with references to Calvert agent and multiple timestamps. The readable items include early morning and afternoon hours on Wednesday and Thursday, suggesting a transit or service schedule fragment without complete context or destinations.
Relief in sight. S S S offers long standing Rheumatism treatment by blood purification. The Swift Specific Co advertises its remedy and invites readers to write for personalized medical advice from the Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta Georgia.
Lodges Washington Lodge No 26 regular meeting first Friday each month. Chapter No 18 regular meeting second Friday. Bethlehem Commandery No 45 regular meeting third Friday. Washington Chapter No 8 regular meeting second Thursday. Names: L D Langworthy W M J W Morton Secretary. C Prus. Moe. Glasgow. H P J W Morton Recorder. Mrs R H Walker W M. Mrs Rose Reid Secretary. Visiting fraters welcome.
Covenant Lodge No 101 of the I O O F holds weekly meetings at 7 30 pm in the I O O F hall on N Iowa Ave An open invitation is extended to visiting members Carl B Schneider is noble grand and R B Keller secretary
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