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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1924
Page
4
A railroad company notes six automobile versus train crashes over a weekend on a specific road. Examples include a touring car hitting a passenger train and a coupe striking a tank car. The piece cites 250000 grade crossings in the US and argues 25 percent of fatal auto accidents involve trains, urging heightened caution and vigilant driving to reduce deaths.
The Iowa Anti Saloon League reports on the three presidential candidates with Calvin Coolidge listed as favorable, John W Davis favorable, and Robert La Follette unsatisfactory. It notes Coolidge vetoed a 2.75 percent beer bill while governor of Massachusetts after passage by its legislature.
In acceptance remarks, Coolidge asserts enforcing prohibition as duty and Davis questions enforcement of the eighteenth amendment. La Follette defends referendum but opposes Volstead law, praising prohibition as world changing and urging no compromise on the dry standard.
The Democratic platform branded the Fordney McCumber Tariff as the most unjust and dishonest measure in history, arguing that its operation has left 6,000,000 unemployed workers without work while seeking relief through policy reforms.
The piece asserts tariffs boosted wages exports and duties, highlighting increases in national revenue and imports. It argues the tariff policy has helped all Americans and questions opponents’ criticisms while noting large totals from two years of manufactured exports and import duties.
The Dearborn Independent discusses a enduring third party concept centered on independent voters. It credits Calvin Coolidge as today’s leader of this forward looking faction and criticizes the La Follette driven progressive movement as excluding the independent vote.
The Iowa Republican headquarters urged backing Steck over the party nominee for President Coolidge and Senator Brookhart. Many voters may ignore the recommendation and appear set to vote for Brookhart, a trend evident in this stage of the campaign.
A Fox Theatre screening of Why Men Leave Home features Lewis Stone as the husband with Helen Chadwick and Alma Bennett as the wives in a comic marital triangle. The First National film produced by John M. Stahl and presented by Louis B Mayer stars Mary Carr William V Mong Hedda Hopper Sidney Bracy Lida Leslie Er H Calvert and Howard Truesdale.
C. H. Burlingame the Midland Packing secretary treasurer and a defendant in the case was present when a farmer from Iowa Falls testified he bought 250 shares at six percent notes in full payment. He was told by a salesman the stock would yield at least seven percent and perhaps more and he received one dividend. The trial concerns use of the mails to defraud by officials of the defunct Sioux City company.
Tentative plans by the Republican National Committee call for a radio speech by President Coolidge on the upcoming Monday night, election eve.
The great man, crowned with fame, retires to his den to read a cheap detective story of crooks and gore. He locks the door to avoid Buttinski eyes and gazes on tales of horror from Portland, Maine while admired as one who meets stern tests. In his den he peruses The Slee-ered Sleuth of Slinker's Slough amid popping guns and corpses bleeding as mighty little distracts him from the deathless bards.
A collage of seasonal advice and quips notes Halloween rowdiness fading from dragging a wagon to cider and doughnuts. Weather forecasts warn of a cold snap guiding duck hunters to marshes while a conductor grants quiet tolerance for drunken behavior. A joke on three kinds of men ends with a satirical question.
A clergyman gently warns a soon to be wed couple about the gravity of marriage. The bride interrupts with a humorous boast about her readiness, listing household goods including four quilts two sets of dishes ten sheets twelve pillow slips and a new six quart kettle.
A column urges cheer in hard times with verses about laughter defeating gloom and warns against envy of dress. An Iowa youth is sent to reform school for being unmanageable. A satirical note mocks wives and a bold line questions women’s satisfaction with their faces.
In a compact scene, villagers debate a neighbor's honesty while an elderly man jokes about his pigs obeying only when called. A brick barrow man, drenched by August sun, quips about the last war and the sun as he passes by, capturing a slice of local life.
Three boys compare parental talents with creative earnings. A song writer’s son notes a morning town sale for twenty five dollars after an evening composition. A story writer’s son recalls fifty dollars for a tale. The preacher’s son claims his father preaches half an hour and twelve men must carry the collected money.
A secret romance unfolds as a couple hides their affair under a moonlit veil. The lover boasts of a careless prank that signals danger to the father, who will shield the dye until a plumber can fix the water pipe.
The essay extols Iowa as the most American state with few extremes and many chautauquas signaling civic vigor. It contrasts Iowa with New England and notes immigrant influence washing away old stocks while urging readers to support a strong civic turnout.
In Lincoln Nebraska on Oct 31 Rev S P Smith 40 and his daughter Ruby 19 were killed when their car was struck by a Missouri Pacific passenger train at a railroad crossing near the city. Rev Smith reportedly was the oldest student at Nebraska Ry an University and Ruby a senior there.
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