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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1919
Page
4
A fragment describes an address at 108 East Main Street with two phones, likely Washington area, and references Mutual with figures 44 12 to 1.26 6.00 4.00 indicating rates or shares. The readable items suggest a financial notice or listing rather than a complete event.
A columnist argues the steel strike fails due to radical theories inspired by Bolshevism. The piece urges patience, insisting history shows gradual, deliberate evolution in government and industry, and warns against revolutionary change as impractical and dangerous.
A verse lamenting postwar hardship and wage demands. It mocks plutocrats and luxury, compares current discontent to the Spanish flu, and foresees a return to calmer days after this wave of unrest. The speaker references daily rides, silk apparel, and a gathering at the Blue Front store.
A clipped comment quotes Perry Chief lamenting the past when collecting a half dozen eggs yielded no payment. The remark recalls a bygone era of unpaid effort and the value of labor.
A brief editorial notes two untouched revenue sources in taxation, focusing on old bachelors and divorces as overlooked streams per the Sioux City Journal.
The Waterloo Times-Tribune notes that six hours daily for five days doubles coal costs, while three hours daily for two and a half days quadruples them. It laments a future where no one works at all.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes a paradox where Bolshevists in America stay in a free land yet strive to undermine its liberty and opportunity, suggesting motives that may be explored but remain unclear.
The Cedar Rapids Republican denounces an Alabama death sentence as a barbaric act while praising Omaha for its own cruelty. The editorial claims Alabama loses prestige in the South and Omaha's name now stinks among decent people.
Henry B. Walthall leads a stellar cast in a Paramount Aircraft feature based on Louis Joseph Vance's The False Faces. Directed by Irvin V. Willat and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the wartime drama co stars Mary Anderson and Lon Chaney. The Graham theatre shows today and tomorrow.
The Johnson relatives held their annual birthday dinner at Edgar Johnsons home in Brighton honoring Mrs Melinda Johnson 93 the oldest resident. Mary Snyder and B F E Johnson also celebrated birthdays as 37 guests from Des Moines Richland and other towns visited and shared baskets. George Wanerus bought the John Wanerus estate at auction for 8200 while Stemple White and Mattie La Grille planned visits from St Paul and Muscatine to stay with White relatives.
The Grace Hill Ladies Aid gathered at Mrs. Sam Henry’s home on a muddy afternoon with few members present. An all day meeting is planned next Wednesday with Mrs. Sam Richardson in Washington, and visiting relatives from Monument Kansas Wayne Illinois joined the family. Elam Johnson leads carpenters re roofing a barn for John McKinstry as other local activities and visits are noted.
A grandmother used Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken dull or gray hair. The ad promises easy nightly application with a brush or comb and claims gray strands disappear by morning after one or two uses. It markets the product as a delightful toilet requisite not a cure for disease.
A note signals the work Magnificent Ambersons by author related to Doubleday Page & Company. The line highlights rights or publication details for the title.
George confronts a transformed city as new tenements rise on the Amberson plot replacing the old Amberson hotel and mansion site. He notices a street sign mislabeling Amberson boulevard as Tenth street and, moved by the change, reflects on the city’s utilitarian repurposing.
In a rain soaked Sunday, Georgie Minafer confronts a powerful truth as the city’s famed Five Hundred, guardians of prestige, silently bury the Ambersons. The episode exposes social detachment, memory and drift in a vast metropolis while Georgie faces Eugene and Lucy in uneasy persistence.
From a distance, George witnesses a charming young figure in a landaulet depart, clearly resembling Lucy in height and manner. He feels a sudden, indefinable shock and doubts whether the visitor was Lacey, as Fanny is away and no caller is recorded.
A pithy reflection compares a single grain of time to a mountain of value, suggesting patience and foresight elevate small moments into lasting worth.
Corrected to December 8 1918 Westbound schedules list No 25 passenger No 3 passenger No 91 local No 92 local with varying times and weekday fractional services. Freight Nos 835 to 849 run daily except Sunday with specific leave and arrival times.
Washington Lodge No 26 A P and A M regular meetings Friday night each month led by W M L D Langworthy with secretary Glenn Be Mace Cyrus Chapter No 18 KR A Mi meets on the second Friday H P J W Morton secretary Bethlehem Commandery No 45 KT regular meetings on the third Friday J D Glasgow E C J W Morton recorder Washington Chapter No 08 OB S holds regular meetings on the second Thursday led by Mrs H Walker W M and Rose Ret Secretary visiting brothers welcome.
Covenant Lodge No 101 meets every Tuesday at 7 30 PM in the 100 F shall N Iowa Ave. Visiting members are welcome. Carl B Schneider Dobie grand R 8 Keller secretary.
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