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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1922
Page
4
A devotional verse recalls Jesus dining with publicans and sinners. He answers critics by saying he came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance, citing Luke 5 30 32.
The writer tours Glacier, Lake Louise, and Banff hotels owned by Canadian Pacific. They praise scenic rides and mountain scenery, describe hotel plans, water and heating, and note Swiss guides and Connaught Tunnel history. They plan to continue to Lake Louise and Banff after Glacier with Field as a stop en route to Winnipeg.
ABE MARTIN reports Lafe Bud and his wife quarreled over the length of their marriage. She claimed it felt like ages since their wedding, while he insisted the span was longer. The mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, resigned in a surprising move fueling talk of a gubernatorial run.
The speaker, an aging observer, reflects on reading detective tales and crime narratives. He claims to predict plot twists, identify villains, and anticipate police methods while noting the familiar remedies and sermons in stories. The piece ends with a resignation to lifelong familiarity with familiar tropes.
The Alberta railway climbs the Great Divide via the Spiral Tunnels lowering the grade to 2.2 percent. The two tunnels, 2900 and 255 feet, form a double back like a rough figure eight. Sir James Hector granite shaft stands near Lake Louise commemorating explorer of the pass.
Time is a priceless daily resource. The author urges using every hour to build health wealth and soul, stressing we cannot extend time and should avoid waiting for next week or tomorrow. Focus, discipline thought, and pursue one task to completion for self confidence.
Elizabeth Christina, wife of Frederick II of Prussia, born 1715 in Brunswick, endured a forced marriage from 1723. Frederick elevated her on his accession in 1740 and, on his deathbed, increased her revenue for benevolent use. She donated half her 50,000 crown income and earned praise as a translator and French author.
A collage of aphorisms jokes and anecdotes about life in small towns includes lines on survival and fitness sayings about gas masks and death notices a comic exchange about all day suckers and uplift progress plus a Tennessee schoolyard tale and a dog fears newspapers.
A doctor reports the patient coughs with much greater ease this morning after the physician says they have practiced all night. The exchange notes the patient efforts and the improvement in breathing ease.
A whimsical collection of letters and quips about oats prices and local issues. The note jokes about market quotes, street paving flaws, weed control, and a farmer’s pun on widow’s weeds. It captures small town humor and everyday concerns in Fairfield Iowa.
Federal enforcement officers describe bootleg production as unsanitary and foul with rotten grain black strap molasses and shorts used in mash. Stills are housed in filthy premises with insects flies and filthy containers as cookers. The report notes the conditions are deplorable but questions about the overall quality persist.
An ex serviceman visiting the Marshalltown Times Republican from the funeral of a war comrade urged the paper to state a simple truth The parade and flag bearing drew a crowd but only a few uncovered as the flag passed The man lamented the lack of honor shown to the flag and to the soldier who gave his life for his country
A new Norwegian law mandates that any would be bride show a cooking knowledge certificate. The article notes that in Norway a dyspeptic person is treated as a natural curiosity.
A mountaineer preacher known for red pepper seasoning faces a cafeteria mishap as a waiter questions the spice, leading to a humorous exchange and a brief scene of playful mischief.
Modern dress and beauty routines keep women looking young, while aging signs prompt many to seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the product maintains health and happiness for women, citing letters from readers and urging use at ages forty five to fifty.
A can opener slipped injuring a woman in the pantry. John Dore fell from his roof while inspecting a leak and wounded himself on the porch. While escorting Miss Brown home from a church social, Thomas Ware faced a savage dog attack on the public square. Isaiah Trimmer of Burning Creek was scratched by a cat on the veranda Friday.
Readers reply to the Journal’s clock puzzles. George Rudiger believes the Indian heard 200 strikes in a day. Louis Jones uses an adding machine and reports 156. Others weigh in as Madelyn jury voices resurface.
The speaker laments the hurt of a soldier and the indifference of those who once promised to honor his sacrifice. He asks why the flag is respected in life but not seen to honor the dead, urging those who refuse to honor the flag to answer.
In Nashua Iowa Effie Brown five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Brown had her left foot severed when a team drawing a mower bolted in a hay field on her father's farm. Her father was also injured in a similar accident years earlier.
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