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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1923
Page
4
The notice details subscription options and pricing in advance terms. It enumerates weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly rates, including mail subscriptions by zone and outside zones. The table implies price differences by geographic area and payment cadence.
The Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights for all news dispatches credited in this paper and the local news herein. All rights of publication for special dispatches are reserved.
A religious brief for Friday August 10 1928 cites Matthew 7 21 asserting not all who call Lord will enter heaven but those who do the Father’s will. The item presents a devotional scripture reflection with a period voice and dated fixture.
The piece honors the late president Harding as a good neighbor. It emphasizes his friendly, accommodating, accessible nature and his lack of ostentation, noting how neighbors gathered in Marion and Obie to lay his body to rest.
Mabel Rice underwent an appendectomy at the county hospital Wednesday morning and is reported to be getting along nicely.
The aged pioneer ABE MARTIN kept a loaded rifle above his mantle shelf to ward off Indians, while his wife held no jealousy except for outsiders. A highbrow figure avoids fashion talk and would go unnoticed in white flannel trousers unless seen.
A devotional poem honors President Warren G. Harding praising his steadiness and service. It lauds his leadership through adversities, his unpartisan stance, and his sacrifice for the state's good. The piece frames his death as a doorway to fulfillment in Christian belief and posterity.
A collage of light quips and anecdotes features lines about Washington state pride a moat of social jokes and a moral drilled into everyday life. The items range from a visitor’s remark about Washington to a warden’s quip and a subway pipe moment, reflecting humor and irony.
Rev Robert W Thompson discusses the Martha and Mary lesson from Luke and Mark. He contrasts active service with contemplative learning, praising Mary’s foresight and sacrifice while warning against overbusy ministry. The piece urges worship, patient inquiry, and support for diweh and Sunday school.
A playful verse about Flanagin, a burly lad, amid wheat and rye imagery. The poem weaves farm language with a wry mock-heroic tone, hinting at Wood alcohol and a chorus promising a future in wheat.
David Bispham met Oliver Her eford in London and noted there were no sky scrapers yet. Hereford quipped that he had seen a sky that needed scraping. Mrs Murphy boasted she had that dope down pat as she shelved the medicine bottle.
A Washington woman notes her ice man cannot tell the difference between tomatoes on ice and ice on tomatoes. The quip highlights a playful mix up of verbs and nouns in a domestic scene.
A London Mail cartoon caption features Don ald and a sharp exchange about pay. The obstinate character replies about his wife and his survival on small pay, highlighting humor over money.
Fragmentary quotation discusses heaven and quiet in a line attributed to The Legionnaire, reflecting a terse exchange about fate or origin. The source provides a short dialogue snippet without broader context or identifiable individuals, organizations, places, or dates.
A rhymed verse tale about Ida Jane and her suitor Woozy Wood. Her father James Jigsmith objects to the match, while Ida Jane defies him and marries Woozy. After a return home, she laments heartbreak as the father warns against deceitful courtships and calls out parents wisdom versus youthful romance.
A fragment hints at women using humor and occasional film clips to entertain husbands during gatherings. It notes a woman admitting to trimming her hat and suggests onlookers remark on appearances and strength as women praise men’s virtues.
In a trench in France Mose and Sam drift into fear and wakefulness as shells explode nearby. Mose asks if they should seek religion. Sam dismisses the idea, claiming he found faith when the first bomb hit. The exchange underscores wartime bravado and faith under fire.
Dr Howland Hanson of Des Moines University will headline this year’s Washington Chautauqua Bible hour. A former pastor with over 15 years at a large Des Moines church, he will present popular topics such as The Bible How It Has Come to Us Genesis to Revelation and The Gospel Emanicipated.
Noting a plain report, the passage recounts Mike Robinson asking three men why they jumped from a Rock Island freight as it started, with Wallace remarking the incident was straightforward. The fragment hints at curiosity about the motive but provides no further detail or outcome.
A historical note explains purple as a scarlet and blue blend found at Tyre. It was reserved for high officials and, by Justinian in 532, restricted to the emperor, giving rise to the phrase born to the purple.
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