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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1920
Page
4
A collage of quips and scenes from theater and social banter appears, including lines about stage managers calling for curtain, a foxed moon of jokes about weddings and milkmaids, and a remark on taxation driving asylum crowds toward new sums. The snippet mixes London and New York humor with a closing note on tax strain.
Uncle Niles Turner went over to Tharp's Cross Roads today to watch the accidents. Miss Gert Moots minds Mrs. Em Tanger's children until the campaign closes.
Ordinance 141 amends Ordinance 57 to establish fire limits in Washington Iowa. Boundaries lie south Jefferson Street east Second Avenue north railroad right of way and west Avenue B. In effect from publication after passage on November 1 1920. Mayor J Be Bover and City Clerk S J Kellogg.
Reader anecdotes span private rail ownership pride to military decorum and cross cultural humor. A station agent faces scrutiny, a foreman jokes about air cuts, and a West Point style commander seeks respect from a privately held unit. A tale from Portland recalls officers showing humanity with a mistaken goat abroad.
A Dubuque firm delivered a tobacco shipment to Maquoketa on November 2. Fourteen consignments were sent to local merchants with a delivery cost of 70 cents for the portion left at Maquoketa. The load highlights quicker delivery and lower per package cost than parcel post or freight. Merchants in Maquoketa buy most goods from wholesalers within a sixty mile radius.
The trip is seen as introducing a fresh era in transportation for the area, with the journey marking a significant shift in how people travel locally. The implications suggest broader access and potential economic impacts for the community.
In Waterloo, Egnat Tosoff, a restaurant proprietor, faced federal liquor charges after summer arrest and state liquor nuisance accusations. A grand jury indicted him on the nuisance charge and a federal $4,387.51 fine was assessed. unable to pay, the government filed suit in district court to preserve future recovery. This marks the first such action in Black Hawk county district court.
Sioux City reports the Okoboji Inn by Lake Okoboji will be rebuilt with golf and tennis facilities and more. Judge J L Kennedy heads a syndicate planning a $1,000,000 club and stock sale with over 200 subscribers. Improvements to start after the 1921 resort ceremonies. Land totaling 160 acres between the lake and Spirit Lake road will be developed.
A New York inventor creates a device that combines an incandescent lamp with an electric hair dryer to simultaneously light and dry hair, offering a novel grooming method.
Poem argues against public drives and fundraising pressures. The speaker rejects coercive giving, prefers supporting living and dead alike, and urges readers to stop soliciting neighbors for dimes. It critiques wartime drives as past and urges quiet, voluntary philanthropy.
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