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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1908
Page
6
Commissioner appointed by President Roosevelt urges farmers to form cooperatives to reduce farm drudgery and improve life for families. He stresses practical steps, community action, and joining forces with other rural residents to raise living standards.
A column lauds Roosevelt’s convening governors on natural resources and the commission to study farmers, urging broad reform. It highlights Pinchot and Page as drivers, calls for road building, landscape planting, farm co operation, and social life, and notes the commission's work and deadlines.
The speaker champions a broad crusade to improve agriculture and rural life through better roads, forests, landscapes, and school grounds. He argues such efforts will lessen urban congestion, attract youth to farming, and boost national prosperity, with cross‑sector support from societies, newspapers, and educators.
In a London Graphic item a mother aboard a public vehicle clashes with a gray suited man who scoffs at her crying baby. She retorts that his own youth showed harsher judgment, then the man bolts amid mounting scrutiny and insults.
A dialogue jokes about Nero’s hair being long. The editor notes Nero’s flowing locks while the author reminds that Nero was famed as a celebrated fiddler, implying the hair detail is irrelevant to his musical reputation.
A brief whimsical exchange features a little girl claiming a father mother and grandfather while the old man asks about the grandfather's age and the girl replies she does not know but notes the grandfather has been around a long time.
For Sale extra good farms and town residence and business property at bargain prices near and in the vicinity of West Chester Washington county Iowa all within two or three miles of town and as good a market as is in Iowa Also have a first class elevator and coal business and six business lots 23tf J. D. Dayton West Chester Iowa
Frank Macon to sell the old Fish Burn farm at public auction December 3 at 1 o clock. The property lies two miles west and a half mile south of Crawfordsville.
Kidney complaints arise from impure blood and weak nerves. DeBell's Kidney Pills claim direct action to strengthen kidneys and cleanse the blood, stopping the cause of kidney and urinary troubles and restoring health and energy.
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