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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1925
Page
4
The article notes railroads boast a fifty percent improvement in freight service over five years. Managers inherited outdated systems after government ownership and raised wages, yet efficiency rose as overhead costs grew. By 1935 the average daily distance a loaded freight car travels rose from 25 miles in 1920 to 37.4 miles in six months of 1935.
ABE MARTIN reports Lib Hulsizer now runs the jazz record counter at Monarch 5 & 10 after thirty years at home and rearing seven children. Lafe Bud notes on receiving an invitation to Joe Kite’s reception this day.
Walt Mason’s rhymed farewell to Dee Dingbat chronicles his long stay in Pikersville his modest life and loss of kin. The town gathers to bid him goodbye with kind words and a warm front door welcome though parts of the community stay distant.
The article argues freight cars moved 27.4 miles today versus 25 miles in 1920, signaling improved service and lower railway expenses. It notes increased freight volume with 100,000 fewer cars, thanks to longer trains, faster times, and other innovations. It stresses railways are essential to national development and must remain safe profitable ventures.
University of Iowa debates under Prof. Albert Craige Baird as he reorganizes a record-setting program. The Cambridge team will close its American tour at Iowa, meeting the Hawkeyes on November 19 before sailing to England.
The National Grange, oldest U S farm group, widens to western farming communities as L J Taber conducts a 25000 mile tour. Dues paying members total 000,000 with 3100 grange halls valued over 20 million dollars. Taber says farmers face slow recovery aided by cooperative buying and selling.
Sept 21 a Nevada cloudburst near Rochester washes soil from L L Loony's land and exposes a vein of ore. At 20 feet he digs to find ore assaying eighty dollars per ton and heads to the smelter with the first carload. Cloudbursts are common on the desert and often viewed as plagues.
Eastward the Cambridge squad will travel to Bhowa to debate. Coach Baird, holder of degrees from Wabash Columbia and Union Theological Seminary, has written two books and judged debates. Cambridge will back one of four proposed contentions including The future of civilization depends more on the arts and humanities than the sciences.
A compact note contends that readers gain full insight only after perusing the paper’s ads, suggesting advertisements reveal ongoing commerce, prices, and local notices alongside the news.
Florida case over Palm Beach oceanfront properties tied to the Croker will nears closure this fall. Heirs Howard Croker Ethel Croker White Richard Croker Jr and Florence Croker Morris claim the land deeds and transfers to Bula Croker were invalid and seek dower rights. Defendants have until October 1 to respond to Judge Call’s ruling dismissing the quash motion.
Pauls, a Fairfield lumberman, was elected trustee of Parsons College replacing F D Mason who resigned. The board approved new articles of incorporation and discussed raising 60 000 dollars to raise the Bible endowment to 150 000 if completed by March 1926 with a 50 000 dollar matching gift from the Presbyterian church Board of Education.
In Copenhagen on August 30 Mistress Nina Bang, the first woman Danish minister and head of education, bans singing of the state anthem claiming it is war like. The anthem was sung in a theatre she attended and she remained seated while guiding cabinet colleagues to adjust their coats, with plans to overhaul the Danish school system using a German method.
In Des Moines twenty four burlesque company members were arrested on obscenity and indecency charges. They posted bonds of 300 dollars each and are due to appear Friday. In Burlington a Friday church meeting will elect conference officers. Also in Burlington Lester E. Burrell was arrested for impersonating a federal officer, noted as a former Federal prisoner.
A collage of quick gags and quips fills the page from jokes about the millinery exchange to a banana slip incident and a farmer’s shotgun scene. Humorous vignettes include a color legend, a nurse thermometer joke, mortgage notices, and traveling salesmen boasting in a Chicago hotel.
A Kansas writer argues over the meaning of Alma mater and notes confusion about terms. The piece satirically questions knowledge of Latin phrases and social roles, highlighting misinterpretations among readers and scholars.
The writer cites a western girl poet urging readers to ride life like a bucking bronco to a finish. She advises holding on through jolts, laughing when possible, and growing tougher. The remark about spelling arrears and a fashion note follow with playful tone.
Lottie Ophelia sits on the floor with an awful bump and a hump in her back. The verse calls her an unbalanced chump in a harsh, derisive line.
A dialogue features Maynard Brown and guests in a banter about home life and a dinner meeting. The host and guests joke about tensions with a wife and a recent quarrel, touching on themes of jealousy and domestic friction.
A reader describes in a terse, cautionary note how he observed a seventeen year old girl in a town park. He confesses lingering thoughts and follows her briefly, then claims to awaken from a hazy daze as the crowd stirs. The piece signals moral concern and personal restraint.
The speaker recalls taunts about a girl’s dress from bystanders on the park path. A critic suggests the girl is to blame for her attire while a second remark targets her clothes. After passing through the crowd the speaker hears a boy of seventeen say we thought we would wait for you, revealing a moment of realization.
Haskell Institute in Lawrence is enforcing strict entry as true Americans only. The fall term opens with 1,040 American Indian students from almost eighty tribes and states, led by a Sioux majority of 119 from five Midwest states. Oklahoma and Alaska show notable representation among diverse tribal groups.
Iowa City professor of English at the state university signs a contract to edit five consecutive dictionary editions for a major Chicago publishing firm.
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