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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1922
Page
4
Strickland Gillilan urges belief in active faith not passive waiting. He counsels strong effort during waiting periods and argues that earthly deserts favor those who endure with vim. The piece contrasts patience with strenuous persistence and personal resilience.
The article tours a fox farm eighteen miles from Winnipeg. Carl Elder guides the narrator and explains the business. A fine fox can be worth 3000 dollars, and recently 100 foxes yielded 60000. Pelts from the black and silver foxes fetch 1960 to 1200 dollars each.
A reporter visits a fox farm near Red River noting cement floors under dirt, elevated fox houses, and pens where mother foxes and eight kits roam. They describe pups as doglike yet not dogs, and discuss fur value, especially black and silver fox pelts versus red fox pelts. The piece crosses to river towns with Central European settlers and snowy winters, finishing with a stark smell remark and a remark on fox economics.
A humorous poem by Walt Mason describes a frugal narrator who imagines wealth and luxury while living simply. He boasts of tin watches pinked with comic detail, treasures his own goods, and dreams of a limousine and green mansion without rushing to spend. The piece playfully critiques desire and material status.
Amusements note previews Universal attraction The Man Under Cover starring Herbert Rawlinson at Fox Theatre Monday. The plot centers on an out and out crook returning to his hometown to thwart crooked oil speculators by building a fake oil well. The author Louis Victor Eytinge is a former Arizona prison inmate whose prison experiences fuel the story.
A humorous column riffs on packing for chautauqua, stocking blankets and furnace care, jokes about coal shortages and hootch, and ponders a cat and a sea of odd lines. Mrs Paul calls in to dispute a cat climbing a pole while a playful mock sermon ends with a quip about waiting for a woman.
In a small Ireland village a warning sign declares that until further notice every vehicle must carry a light when darkness begins, with darkness defined as the moment the street lights come on.
Alex Miller, famed love editor and former Washington Journal publisher, urged a Wilton audience to stay faithful to their hometown during a chautauqua event last evening.
A humorous report notes Jones dozing in a running bath and asks if the tub overflowed. The reply clarifies Jones sleeps with his mouth open.
In a casual exchange with clerk Jim at Cunninghams, Boscoe Sims recalls asking for Pep and hears a sheepish confession that Jim had been out late the night before. The lighthearted note captures a small breakfast moment.
In Loveland Colorado on August 10 1922 Dwight Eckerman writes to The Evening Journal claiming a true trout fishing tale far surpassing Iowa fishermen. He describes a mountain hike and camping at Lewn Lake with mosquitoes as large as sparrows.
A lively fragment sketches summer scenes including beaches, orchards, peaches, soft drinks, and vacations at a seaside hotel. A workplace joke about payroll hints at rising wages, while a soap advertising aside notes women’s exposed ears as good news for soap makers.
A traveler describes watching robins and giant mosquitoes at a Colorado lake. Mosquitoes pounce on jumping trout, a citronella oil smell disrupts them, and the group uses the oil to repurpose a fish haul into breakfast and meals for the trip.
Information from L. H. W. states Engine No 634 is pulling the Firefly while Engine No 661 has been on duty on the 29th and 30th.
Mr and Mrs Max Lowe announce the birth of their daughter weighing eight pounds born Thursday.
For over 40 years Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been marketed as a treatment for catarrh. The product includes an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that acts through the blood to reduce mucous surface inflammation. Sold by all druggists F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A caller claiming to be Frank Macon’s voice on the telephone last evening uttered a fragment about Mart, suggesting a misheard statement or plan. The brief exchange raises questions about the intended message and its sources.
Mrs J M Sibbett of Everett Washington says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her back hip and leg pains from female trouble. She reports feeling first rate now and recommends it to others. The ad cites persistent aches and irritability as common symptoms and claims the product relieves the root cause for many women.
Des Moines reports the third reunion of the 168th Infantry will convene at Camp Dodge on August 19 and 20. Officers from the east including Lt. R W Spalding of Lancaster New Hampshire will attend. Governor Kendall will review the veterans. Western Passenger Association offers half fare return travel with a certificate.
Train timetable lists arrivals and departures for WESTBOUND No 3 and No 13 and Washington Branch services with local freight patterns. It notes limited runs for freight trains No 87 and 836 and passenger trains Nos 429 450 835 836, plus agent H W Russell and daily operation statements.
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