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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1919
Page
4
Opinion on the United States steel strike frames it as a battle over union recognition rather than wages or hours. It argues the conflict reflects postwar social and industrial wars with radical leadership within labor, while praising unions for aiding workers and warning against a drift toward socialism.
The poem mocks rising prices and profiteers while a seller laments high costs for goods and comments on the opposite side with livestock and milk sales. It contrasts lament over inflation with a farmer’s practical gains and losses.
The quote contrasts lazy and industrious people with ambitious and spendthrift types, arguing no justice is achievable under any system of communism ever devised. It examines systemic fairness and human behavior in economic regimes.
A New York vaudeville manager offered five figures to General Pershing for daily war talks in vaudeville houses. Pershing did not reply at first. after two weeks, the manager asked if he had entertained the proposal. Pershing sent back, Your proposition has entertained me.
In a clipped comment from the Des Moines Register a remark notes that offering to bet dollars to doughnuts shows weaker odds today, reflecting cautious wagering language.
A quote attributed to the New York World warns that some days the American people will wake up to find they cannot earn a living by quitting work. The remark reflects labor and economic frustrations of the era.
The Marshalltown Times Republican notes prices for hogs at seven dollars, flour at one dollar forty five cents per forty eight pound sack, and porterhouse steak at fifteen cents, prompting questions about how to spend money.
President Cararaza of Mexico says his country does not seek entry into the League of Nations. He likens the stance to a skunk avoiding a hen house after finding doors secure and walls hole free.
Paris reports the American Red Cross plans a municipal hospital at Montdidier using Red Cross barracks. An inscription will honor American soldiers who fell at Cantigny, the first American battlefield in France, where troops advanced bravely last summer.
The state's horseshoers convention says there is no fear of competition between horses and farm tractors. They argue horses will stay in farm work because average farms are too small for tractor profitability. A farm under two hundred acres isn’t large enough for a tractor, so horses will continue to be used regardless.
Fragmentary prose describes urgency around pushing and pulling mules and taking action now in Iowa, with unusual terms “halifaets” and figures marked up in the context of existence and worth.
A humorous quip from The Passing Show and a Farmer Corntassel remark appear in the Washington Star exchange. A child asks about trouble while bathing with a sibling, provoking the line about two sides to a nut. The snippets showcase light, proverbial banter from contemporary witty pages.
A fragment shows Gwendolyn asking about engagement to Harold and her father quipping about becoming the senatorial branch of the family. The brief exchange hints at political ambition within domestic life and a humorous tone.
In a primary school exam a pupil lists sneezing sobbing crying yawning and coughing as the five senses. The student claims a sixth sense is an extra one shared by some people here snoring. The Boston Transcript notes the humorous misinterpretation.
In a late 19th century drama, Lucy bids farewell to George as he leaves town with his mother. A drugstore scene reveals Lucy’s cold detachment and Fanny Minafer’s fierce critique of George’s arrogant heroism. The mantelpiece blaze consumes mementos, while Lucy faces loneliness and a looming sense of desertion as winter nears.
Summer catarrh links to blood infection and winter flare ups. Warning about neglect and growth, urging treatment with S. S. S. to attack the root of the trouble. Write to Swift Specifics Co. Dept. 53 Atlanta Ga for medical advice.
The sapphire was worn against venomous bites and to banish apparitions. Emeralds were believed to prevent giddiness and strengthen memory. Rubies were thought to ward off plagues and grant cheer to the wearer.
A compact reflection on the danger of extreme views informing judgments. The quote implies that rigid data or formulas always miss unforeseen factors that alter outcomes. It cautions against relying on absolutes in reasoning.
An article from the Eventing Journal promotes Jad Salts and lithia-water remedies for urinary irritation from uric acid. It describes bladder weakness as common and solvable by taking four ounces of rad Sakte with breakfast for a few days to neutralize urine acids.
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