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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1920
Page
4
Deputy Chief Scout George F. Fisher argues outdoor life combats rising adult death rates and low birth rates. He asserts the Boy Scout movement fosters a love of nature as a lifelong recreation and hospital for body and spirit, urging Americans to embrace outdoor activity to extend life.
The poem portrays Hapsburg princes and duchesses facing hunger and ruin as luxury ends. They vow to endure hardship and accept honest labor rather than decline into nobility’s ruin, joking that a duchess could be a cook and a duke run errands.
The article argues that sustaining birth rates and improving product quality require child training and outdoor life. It favors ample fresh air and exercise outdoors where ozone benefits health, urging continued support for the Boy Scout movement started in Washington for long term dividends.
In a speculative note the writer argues big crops ease economic fear and Washington might become the site for an aircraft school with a repair garage and both express and passenger facilities. Air navigation is in infancy and a city embracing it gains rewards while autos shift away from horse and buggy loans.
A farmer in Gallatin County wakes to a barn fire and, amid heat and smoke, rushes to save a door. Neighbors pull him to safety as he explains he was counting his income tax on that door, a remark reflecting rural life and tax worry.
A new unsinkable lifeboat designed in Europe features automatic doors that close over occupants if the craft capsizes. The invention aims to improve safety for sailors by sealing the vessel immediately after an upset.
The document lists a Republican ticket for national state and local offices including President Warren G Harding and Calvin Coolidge as nominees, Albert B Cummins for U S Senator, N E Kendall for Governor, John Hammill for Lieutenant Governor, Walter C Ramsey for Secretary of State, Glenn C Haynes for Auditor, W J Burbank for Treasurer, Ben J Gibson for Attorney General, Fred P Woodruff for Railroad Commissioner, and several judges and district officials. It also notes candidates for Congress W F Kopp, Representative C F Letts, and various county posts with names and counties. The text ends with a directive to tell him I saw your ad.
Des Moines reports Charles D. Reed of the Iowa crop service says frost danger has passed for the season. The weekly bulletin notes warm early autumn, heavy corn yields, silage and fodder completion, and widespread rain and wind damage in several counties. Reed adds winter wheat sowing progress and eyeing October 1 for fly control.
Clara Belle Shockley born April 2 1860 near Talleyrand Keokuk County Iowa died September 29 1920 at her home in Sigourney Iowa She united with the Baptist church at Talleyrand in 1875 Married Nicholas Roberts February 15 1888 They had four children Stella Schremp Charles Milo Milford and Vida Gilmore five grandchildren Surviving are brother Charles Shockley sisters Hattie Shuman and Nettie Seeton Her life was a quiet sacrifice to family and community with no complaint through long illness.
Perry N. Smith of Exira died Sunday evening. He left five wives all living and divorced. He once lived near Brayton and married there. his first wife later divorced and lived in Harlan with two daughters. Smith also spent time in the Dayton home for soldiers and died while a guest of L. M. Parrot.
The text notes that Los Angeles is the largest city in the United States by area, covering 365 square miles.
Mrs Anna E White of Decatur Illinois recounts twelve years of stomach trouble including loss of appetite severe cramps headaches and insomnia. After starting Tanlac she improves after one bottle and gains twenty pounds with overall wellness noted. Ad mentions Sherman Bros Washington and Mac Gugin Drug Co Wellman as sellers.
The Fox Theatre presents While New York Sleeps a three story drama tracing gaiety in New Yorks cabarets and East Side life. Director Charles J Brabin crafts a tense plot with a millionaire wife and blackmailing cad as a burglar complicates the scene.
A mid 20th century-era sentiment urges steady action despite mood to perform duties daily. It extols enduring effort in summer and winter until death as the path to achievement and honor. The quote attributes the idea to G. H. Morrison.
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