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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
4
A speaker recalls a line from Paul Lawrence Dunbar about God assigning work. The narrator once resisted, felt hypocritical for delaying, but ultimately chooses to drop current tasks and perform the good work God has appointed for them. The poem reflects duty and personal vocation.
A recent observer notes the Kaiser grows elderly and worried after failed offensives in France in 1914 and 1915. He recalls former German might and culture, now overshadowed by militarists and enemies, as the neutral and hostile world judge his ambitious past.
Miss Tawney Apple buys pink silk hose as Abe Martin quips that conservation of skirt material could win the war. The joke likens people to fashion, suggesting once you figure them out, it may be too late.
The piece denounces the Kaiser as a ruinous tyrant who sought global domination and glory at the cost of others. It laments his leadership, calls him insane and condemned, and predicts lasting curses and a weak, embattled Germany instead of honor.
Dr. J. Wilson, local Food Administrator, notes sugar limits are generally accepted as a wartime necessity. The public avoids typical candy gifts and purchases substitutes like gum or bananas while expecting readers to buy their Liberty Bonds without solicitation, supporting the sugar rationing move.
A man addressed his wife as Honey in a pleasant tone and shortly after shortened it to Hun. The same tone conveyed a harsher meaning understood by allied troops in Europe, suggesting a shift in perception of the term.
Judge Wade rules Liberty bonds are not subject to local or state taxation. The Iowa Loan & Trust Co and Des Moines National Bank sued the city after it refused to exempt Liberty bonds from taxation. The ruling clarifies that state power to tax bonds could hinder wartime government operations.
The government under the War Industries Board orders all subscriptions stopped at the paid-through date, effective October 1. Journal city collectors will issue advance-pay receipts this month to prevent stoppage and publishers must comply or lose paper supplies.
The ruling states that varying state taxes would change Liberty Bond values and undermine uniform value across the Union. This case marks the first test of Liberty Bond taxation and its impact on bond worth.
Des Moines reports H R Worral of New Hampton urged one day publicity blitz to push the Fourth Liberty Loan quota. The Chickasaw county drive previously hit its mark in one day. Robert B Wallace of Council Bluffs stressed careful worker selection and unity in patriotism, warning against political compromise with the Hun.
Hoard's Dairyman comments on global food relief, portraying Turkey, Germany, and Austria as starving or rioting for food while the Allies receive sustenance and support from the United States over the past year, emphasizing relief and solidarity.
A poem mocks weather prophets amid ruined crops and failed harvest hopes. It blends humor with rural resilience as farmers vow to endure reverses and still praise alfalfa oats and bacon despite the wind and spoiled corn.
Paris reports preview vivid tales from American black fighters on British French and American fronts. A reluctant Sambo embraces duty after corporal prods. A training grenade mishap prompts a premature thrower to explain nerves and timing after the pin is pulled. A sea voyage tale recalls a frightened sailor mistaking a sailing ship for a whale and a tree.
Readable brief sketches show African American draftees in France joking about army service and German foes. A Texas soldier reacts to his first German encounter in a POW camp while another asks about slang from the front and learns a grim joke about over the top as a greeting in French.
Elsie Janis recounts a World War I scene a Texas black doughboy faces a German in combat. He brags that his razor will be his last peace time tool, steps over the trench, and the German taunts him with a racial slur as they collide in a brief exchange.
Weather advisory urges preparation for shifting conditions. An advertisement from Lemmon’s Pharmacy promotes Foley’s products for colds and sore throats, noting Poley’s Honey and Tar as effective and non opiate.
The stage reports D. W. Griffiths Hearts of the World as the year's top amusement in the city with critics calling it superior to Birth of a Nation. Carlton W. Miles, noted critic, underscores the acclaim.
The Minneapolis Journal lauds Hearts of the World as the best photoplay, praising its harmony of story and setting, use of romance in a French village, and strong anti Hun propaganda. It notes superb photography and lighting by D. W. Griffith and announces a limited Gra lam Theatre engagement at special prices.
A Gray's Bus and Transfer truck horse was led up stairs to the sidewalk on Fourth Street in Des Moines, fell down a rear stairwell at the American Lithographing and Printing plant, and was freed after a long rescue by police and civilians.
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