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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1919
Page
4
The article warns that non migratory flies breed locally and urges lime or kerosene to neutralize hatching places. It notes a seasonal nuisance and urges guard efforts to keep the city clean and pest free. It also comments that the Big Four’s extension to Germany had mixed support, implying harsher terms if they had won.
Veterans of three American wars will march together in the Decoration Day parade next Friday. It will be the most pretentious decoration day services ever seen in Washington.
The article argues that Jes merchants in Washington gain reliability and progressiveness through extensive advertising backed by good merchandise and courteous service. It claims people trade with firms they know best and that advertising creates business friendships.
Two typhoid cases appear in the city, breaking a months long period of clean records. Officials suspect the illness stems from shallow wells, prompting warnings and inspection of local water sources.
The clipping comments on land prices rising in Iowa and road quality unchanged since homesteaders arrived. It cites Anthon Herald and McClure's on Germany and a Kansas City Star remark. The piece ends with a remark that supply and demand set prices, but seller nerve matters more than in the past.
Poetic satire reflecting wartime anxieties and postwar upheaval. It mocks anarchy, bombs by parcel post, and erratic social order while urging resilience after four years of conflict and the cost of returning to normal.
Blake Arnold, a former inmate who forged a check to cover a gambling debt, pleads contrition as he faces a five year state penitentiary sentence. Lettie Vivian waits through hardship while Arnold earns a pardon and returns home in time to join a soldier’s circle and seek reconciliation.
Local editorial piece asserts the newspaper will determine what demands should be pressed, shaping community action and policy priorities. The brief cites the need for clear citizen guidance and collective accountability from public and private institutions.
The sole representation from the Republican side centers on Senator Borah and the fear that he may actually exit the party, a claim linked to the threat reported by Perry Chief.
Miss Haskell thanks the editor sweetly and says she does not think she will need an ad. She bids goodbye and exits, leaving the editor to determine his profit on his own.
Des Moines Register records Clemenceau’s remark that while it is hard that anyone must pay for the sins of the Hohenzollerns, someone must pay. He questions whether France or those who aided the Germans should bear the cost.
An Omaha man in an old suit dusting the car and helping around the house was stopped at his gate by a hobo who warned it was useless to enter, claiming the meanest woman in the city lived there.
Poem praising wartime sacrifice and Liberty Loans. Mentions President Wilson going to France and vowing freedom for France and Belgium. Written by Martha Rosella Brown.
A reader asks the Citizen to mention in locals that Miss Haevkell will start a dancing class at 2 30 PM next Saturday. She declines paid ads, seeking only free notice. Her mother agrees no ad is needed.
New photograph shows Lieut. Gen. Sir David Henderson of England after his appointment as director general of the world league of Red Cross societies established in Paris. The article notes his leadership role and the formation of the international body.
Margar ita Fisher to appear at the Fox Theatre Wednesday in Put Up Your Hands a comedy drama by the American Film Co The show features gymnasium scenes with Bull Montana and a plot of a mining town rescue and marriage plus a supporting cast including George Periolat Emory Johnson Kate Price Hayward Mack Gordon Russell and William Mone The piece promises novelty and Fisher’s versatility amid humor and romance
Washington Iowa Independent School District invites proposals for furnishing and installing furniture and equipment for the new high school building. Bids requested for 200 chairs 275 steel lockers and vacuum cleaning apparatus. Proposals due by 7:30 p.m. June 5 1919 and may be read at the Secretary R W Thompson office. The district may reject any or all bids. Dated May 20 1919.
A selentiot notes bees find patches by a winding course and retrace it next time, not a straight line. Visiting bees to a hollyhock tend to approach 25 yards to one side over the wall rather than directly opposite.
A Cleveland style quip notes that if statistics existed showing how many men suddenly feel an urge to set homes on fire as cleaning season nears, the public would be stunned. The quip attributes the remark to an Indianapolis Star line.
When seals are born they are snow white making them invisible on the ice they lie on. Their eyes and noses are black and when startled the young seal closes its eyes buries its nose and stays still.
A fragmentary note lists two passenger counts or labels as No 3 and No 9 percent, unclear in context. The readable text shows the two items side by side, suggesting a catalog or roster entry without full explanation.
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