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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1920

Page

4

Russia's Hope Within From Inside Russia’s Struggle for Freedom

Gregory Zilhoorg, a former Kerensky cabinet member touring the country, argues allies caused Bolshevism by interference and that Russia must endure its own suffering. He says Russia faces famine and epidemics, with chaotic postwar conditions and factional revolutions. He warns salvation will take years or a century, and that Russia must work out its government from within.

Russia Kerensky Gregory Zilhoorg

Weather Woes and Whimsy in a Loyal Climate Tale

A speaker laments a climate of longing for storms and winds while praising a tropical paradise. He contrasts tourist praise with personal desire for a cyclone, twister, or cold wind. He dreams of a harsher climate before seeking a better afterlife beyond the earthly vale.

Jane Kansas

Liberty and reform amid revolutionary risk in Russia

The speaker warns that if Soviet rule fails to save Russia, other governments must be tested. More revolution, suffering, and bloodshed may follow as civilization seeks an ideal brotherhood under a merciful Providence guiding nations toward unity.

Russia

Perry Woman Joins Fire Department as Honorary Member

Mrs. Fred Ling becomes the first woman voted into the Perry fire department. She and her husband Fred Ling were honored after a banquet for about fifteen men. Mayor Jack Bruce led the toast as Ling’s home’s rescue efforts were praised and both were named honorary members.

Perry Team Fred Ling PERRY Perry Fire Department

Coffeyville Plans New 5 Story Hotel Project

Coffeyville Kansas votes to build a modern five story hotel with about one hundred twenty rooms at a cost near $300000. The project is led by the Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce and designed by Shepard and Wiser Kansas City architects.

Coffeyville Kas Kansas Town Q Public Enterprise Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce Shepard & Wiser Kansas City

Newspapers consolidate Manson papers in Iowa

The Journal in Manson Iowa absorbs the Democrat and plans to publish a merged weekly under the title Manson Journal. Jack Dalton sells his property to T D Long and may continue job printing locally.

Manson, In Journal Democrat Jack Dalton T. D. Long

Open air show captions hint at playful banter

Quotations from Baltimore Sun and Baltimore American suggest a light open air performance titled Pop What a tentative perform ance. The fragment hints at an official scorekeeper for reprisals and a seaside tent scene with a child asking about the show.

Sonny Baltimore American

Just One Thrill After Another Movie Notes

A New Concord Ohio review notes actresses who seem to find perpetual emotion in The Black and Magneto screening. The brief mentions film mood and star appeal.

New Concord Ohio

Not if he marries the wrong woman he doesn't

A light quip from the Yonkers Statesman referencing a caution about personal choices in marriage. The remark contrasts a man profiting from mistakes with the risk of a poor spouse making a costly error.

Flatbush Bensonhurst Yonkers

Jazz Popular in China Sparks Orchestra Interest

A Baltimore American flavor quote notes jazz gains popularity abroad with a remark on a Chinese orchestra illustrating why the style appeals internationally.

China Baltimore American

Wise man busy day and night in Ohio publication

In New Concord Ohio the saying notes a wise man who has no time to worry. He stays busy by day and too sleepy by night, as quoted in The Black and Magenta.

New Concord Ohio

Small boy plays on esplanade with careful mother watching

A middle class boy in neat dress romps on the esplanade, rolling on the concrete while his mother watches. She points out two other boys in immaculate attire during a pause in the game.

Captain Waters Plans to End His Days in Local Town

In a humorous anecdote from the Boston Transcript and echoed by the Kansas Farmer and Mainland Breeze, Captain Waters contemplates dying in a small Topeka area town noting it offers little reason to leave and death would be a welcome relief after years there. The tale centers on a lone, reflective lodging exchange with the town landlord.

Kansas Mainland Breeze Topeka

No city has solved the problem of reckless speeders

A Detroit Motor News feature notes no city has yet tamed speeding drivers, with Venice cited as a example. The piece underscores persistent traffic safety challenges and the search for effective enforcement.

Venice Detroit Motor News

Expensive Both Ways The Elder and Younger Quote

A Detroit getaway caption echoes a humorous exchange about saving. The elder urges saving for a future expense while the younger plans to save after a dry spell ends. The light exchange captures practical thrift humor.

Detroit

Boy Scout Offers Help Across Street To Old Lady

A light exchange underlines a courthouse joke as a boy scout offers to guide an elderly woman across the street while a judge observes the moment. The humor hinges on the contrast between youthful courtesy and old age assumptions.

Boy Scout Old Lady Sonny Judge

All Objectors Freed From Prison For Refusal to Fight

Secretary Baker announced that all conscientious objectors imprisoned during the war have been released. Thirty-three men, including Benjamin J. Salmons who hunger-striked in a government hospital, were discharged on orders reviewed with the adjutant general.

Baker Benjamin J. Salmons Secretary of War

Movies in South America before 1014

Historical note states no American films were shown in South America prior to 1014 with predominance of French productions, followed by others.

South America

Girl Posed as Man for Nineteen Years

New York police report Eleanor Howard a 24 year old woman who for 19 years posed as a man. She wore male attire the entire time and claimed to pass as youth 18 or 19. Howard pleaded guilty to vagrancy and was sent to Florence Crittenton home pending sentence in women's court.

New York Essex Market Court Eleanor Howard Francis X. Mancuso Florence Crittenton Women’s Court Philadelphia

Popocatepetl Reported Smoking By Climbing Americans

Four Americans from Mexico City ascended Popocatepetl over four days and confirmed smoke and steam emission. El Universal had claimed an eruption, while others denied the sighting as a cloud. The hazardous ascent settled the long heated question about the volcano.

Mexico City Mt. Popocatepetl el Universal Universal

Milwaukee climber dies from exposure on mount Popo

Henry E Juergens notes Popocatepetl in eruption with steam and smoke, crater 800 feet wide and 1000 feet deep. Four Americans reached timber line after a six hour ascent from Amecameca through knee deep snow.

Grapher Milwaukee Henry E. Juergens Popo Amecameca Timber Line

Child Without a Country Russian Refugee Travels Far to Be Denied

Evodokia Gorelkina a 12 year old Russian refugee held at Ellis Island after immigration authorities refused her admittance. Fleeing Tomsk she reached Vladivostok with aid from the American Red Cross and traveled with 700 refugee children aboard the Yomel Maru en route around the world. The Red Cross arrival at Vladivostok sparked renewed efforts to aid the youths.

New York United States Evodokia Gorelkina Ellig Island Tomsk Evodokia Red Cross Vladivostok

Alls Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Deafness

An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrhal deafness by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It describes how inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes hearing loss and promises a hundred dollar reward for any case not cured, with orders through druggists and free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio

Evodokia Reunited Or Deported After Port Case

At a Finnish port a children reunion attempt failed as Tomsk remained under bolshevist control. Evodokia could not locate her parents and Red Cross workers brought her to the United States. A special board of inquiry declined admission since she was unaccompanied and likely to become a public charge.

Tomsk Evodokia Red Cross United States

Local Masonic and Shrine Meetings Listed in Notice

Daily railroad passenger and freight service notes appear alongside regular meeting schedules for Cyrus Chapter No. 13 R A M Bethlehem Commandery No. 8 K T Washington Chapter No. 98 O E S and Damascus Shrine No. 10 W S of J. The notices name officers and timing for each group and invite visiting fraters.

Washington Lodge A. F A. M Charles Freding W. M Arthur Goodin Myrtle Speer Damascus Shrine No Moose Hall Rose M. Reid

O O F Covenant Lodge Meets Tuesday Evenings

O O F Covenant Lodge No 101 holds weekly meetings at 7 30 in the IOOF hall N Iowa Ave A cordial invitation is extended to visiting members Ray Boyer noble grand Roy Maple secretary

T O. O. F.—Covenant Lodge No. 101 1. O. O. F. Hall Iowa Ave Ray Boyser Noble Grand Roy Maple

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