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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1918
Page
4
The piece argues the war will not end soon unless the central powers collapse and Russia is stabilized. It condemns Russian Bolshevik chaos, warns of a German controlled Russia, and calls for driving German forces from Russia to restore political liberty and national development.
The War Board orders that from October 1 daily newspapers may only be sent to subscribers who pay in advance. The Journal will cut off all arrears on September 30 and will continue only to deliver to those current with payments. The policy applies to all U S daily papers and aims to prevent nonpayment.
Floyd Gibbons, famed Tribune war correspondent, will speak at Fairfield October 15. The Fairfield Community Club organized the event and secured one of the two anticipated speakers for the occasion.
The Des Moines and Oska loosa reports note assigned dates for Gibbons and a second by Des Moines, while Oska loosa remains quiet. Ainsworth resident walked after his Ford failed, recounting five passing cars with no offer of help, prompting questions on passerby manners.
A carpenter helps a driver with a blown tire after passing him earlier without incident. The driver’s rude horn and the carpenter’s refusal illustrate roadside courtesy and the practical limit of the Golden Rule. A reader, Rush Morris, questions the use of a four foot sidewalk with two feet of grass and weeds.
The speaker mocks German leaders for boasting victory over Russians and challenges Ludendorff to face the Yankee strength. He questions German plans and warns that a single Yank can outmatch multiple Teuts, urging action rather than retreat.
A Wapello correspondence notes Louisa County has the state’s largest Liberty Bond quota at 876,850 equal to 73 per person while Washington’s quota stands at 1,443,100 about 72 per inhabitant. The piece suggests bond resisters would feel small if neighbors’ views were known.
Five Ham mond youths riding atop a box car were killed when six cars of a northbound freight train derailed at the Lincoln highway crossing on the Chicago Indiana Southern line. The victims were Robert Colgrove fifteen Albert D Jarchow seventeen Edward Smith nineteen Roy C Rhodese sixteen and Adolph Woylemeller sixteen all residents of Hammond. The boys worked in munition hints.
Germany via the Swiss legation warns the United States of reprisals if no satisfactory reply is received by October 1 to a protest over American soldiers using shotguns. The note is reported from Amsterdam dated September 80.
A cablegram to the Armenian National Council of America from Deetor Araration of Baku reports 8,000 Armenians deported from Alexandropol and other relocations in Trans-Caucasia amid widespread dispersal by forces in the region.
London reports 50,000 prisoners captured in Palestine by Gen Sir Eden and Allenby. Cairo dispatches say captured guns have risen to 520. The notice hints at ads of interest today.
Copyright notice from 1918 attributed to the McClure Syndicate appears in the fragment, indicating syndicate ownership of the content.
The Kaiser criticizes American political change and election rituals, notes race relations and the negro problem, admires American invention and food conservatism, comments on naval masts and tea, heckles skyscrapers, and praises Wright’s aviation feats while opposing foreign stars earning huge sums in New York.
Last summer Donald climbed a cherry tree in the yard to pick scarce ripe fruit. He dropped cherries to Buster as Luster watched with about twenty cherries in his hat. Donald called down that he could reach only so far, and Buster urged him to come down saying there was enough for a stomach ache.
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