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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1924
Page
4
The Iowa Good Roads Association urges a uniform fast buildout of roads across Iowa with hard surfacing where needed and gravel elsewhere. They argue a $48 per car saving on fuel and wear could occur, funded by a two cent per gallon gas tax over six years to create 3000 miles of hard surface roads and gravel the rest, reducing local assessments.
A witty line describes a girl near bandit status as jokes about the hairpin and clothespin industries nearly collapse while factories face losses.
A proposal outlines a state controlled primary road system for construction and maintenance. It calls for eliminating special paving assessments, funding via a two cent per gallon gasoline tax, and issuing 85 million dollars in serial bonds to pave interstate and primary highways with a 16 year interest retirement.
J Y Whiteman from the drainage district shelling corn along a hard road near Biggsville collided with a horse and buggy without lights that emerged from behind three slow state trucks. The buggy occupants Woodall family were uninjured alongside Whiteman who escaped unharmed. The car overturned but was righted and towed to town with help from truck drivers and bystanders.
Commissioner Landis requested a meeting with the six pennant contenders to discuss the possibility of a World Series and related arrangements. The session aims to settle the format and future of the championship contest for the season.
A radio planning note lists national league and American league clubs invited to a New York conference next Sunday. Presidents favor starting the series on Oct 2 after season close. Various stations across the country schedule music talks and orchestras through the night.
An assortment of light snippets includes a quip about coal and heavy under garments, a marriage request rejected with respect, club gossip about a lone patron, a courtroom joke about a devil, a birthday girl and teacher exchange, and Mrs. Robinson visiting Burlington with daughter Mrs. Mayo.
A collection of quirky notes on daily life and business. Ed Hammer dislikes pumpkin pie and is reminded to consider him for dinners. Two merchants bid for fortune, one wins by advertising and buys out a neighbor. A Washington wife flatters her husband with a burnt offering. Old bones turn into Mah Jongg sets as coffee grounds stump science.
Freddy’s foreign made watch refused to run and a jeweler’s autopsy revealed a dead cockroach inside the case. The jeweler notes the insect kept the watch going but died at its post. A humorous aside follows about a teacher and a quarrelsome mother.
A woman entering a store asking for powder was met with a blunt clerks reply offering three options face baking or gun prompting shock and debate over casual harassment in public spaces.
A town merchant forgets to raise an awning during rain and sneaks out in nightwear only to meet a dancing crowd returning home. A Washington man seals a cellar door in a storm, trapped on his porch for half an hour. A genteel buyer mistaking a fine escritoire for an antique jokes about finishing payments.
Mr and Mrs Benjamin McCleery departed to Somonauk Illinois after a visit at the W H McCall home. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Moothart moved to town from Havre. A bus struck J T Clarks hack near the branch bridge causing minor damage and scaring the children. Rev Myron E Hayes begins another year as Methodist pastor. Mr and Mrs Lee Lease returned from Davenport. Miss Mina McCleary returned to Keota after a brief stay.
Schedule lists westbound and eastbound trains including No 4 Golden State Limited No 12 Express and No 50 Lo Pass with departure times 6 56 p m and 6 20 p m plus arrivals 1 16 a m 8 40 a m. Washington Branch shows arrivals and departures for Nos 429 449 and 435 460 local freights with agent H W Russell noted.
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