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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1924
Page
4
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish all news dispatches credited in this paper and to publish local news herein. All rights for special dispatches are reserved.
A brief devotional note dated Wednesday August 14 1921 offers a reflective Bible thought for readers. The entry presents a single concise spiritual message meant for daily meditation.
Iowa land buyers show steady activity with cash sales across many counties. Prices hit several postwar levels with values ranging from roughly 176 to 310 per acre, signaling improving markets and anticipated broader demand as “Mr Better Conditions” approaches.
The excerpt notes progress toward normalcy as daily routines resume. It emphasizes steps being taken to restore regular operations and public life, while acknowledging ongoing adjustments and uncertainties ahead.
A Washington City dispatch notes that fines for Mayer act violations have netted seven million dollars for the government in ten months. The report argues enforcement tightens the net on bootleggers, predicting outlaw status in New York City similar to Iowa and other states observing the same trend.
The Berlin police chief issued a decree prohibiting children under three from acting in movies. Special dispensation may be granted for older children, but they must not work before school or after 6 o clock in the evening.
Quotes and quips mix with local notes as Robert Noonan of Crawfordsville visits town. The text riffs on talk of love, labor, fashion, weather, and gossip, weaving playful maxims and odd observations about daily life.
The Associated Press reports a slight uptick in Iowa industrial activity in July with gains in railroad shops meat packing cereal plants and flour mills. Des Moines Sioux City Davenport Dubuque Cedar Rapids Burlington Ottumwa Mason City and other locales show mixed changes including openings reopenings and labor surpluses while highways projects continue to demand labor.
Washington Aug 10 American ingenuity in developing the European taste for American tobacco has expanded demand abroad. T L Hughes chief of the commerce department tobacco section reports after touring 11 European countries that cigarette consumption has risen, notably in Germany from 12 billion in 1913 to 23 billion in 1923. America now accounts for about 35 percent of the world’s tobacco crop.
Southern Pacific Railroad reports saving 2,531,878.72 last year by reclaiming materials that would have been junk. Net reclamation saved 612,955.32 while scrap sales brought in 1,918,923.40 for the company.
All leading Tokio newspapers agree to drop their usual Sunday afternoon editions for the summer period. The move aligns with a winter policy shift, ensuring concentrated weekday issues and reduced weekend print volume.
Poem narrates James Jimpson as a laborer toiling from dawn to night and returning to a bustling home led by loving wife and fourteen children. It contrasts hardship and pride with a dream of a peaceful cottage to share with Sarah Jane and cheerful offspring.
A collage of light humor and social quips. The piece jokes about insects, buggy manufacturers, scandal, and everyday life. It playfully riffs on manners, temperaments, and modern communication with puns and snippets from society and religion.
The country newspaper editor asks readers who suffer frequent headaches dizziness fainting spells chills cramps chilblains epilepsy or jaundice to pay a year in advance to ensure a firm obituary notice. The quip links disease with subscription payment highlighting the paper's tongue in cheek humor.
A terse remark notes how careful handling of scarce materials can create significant risks or mischief. It suggests careful users must avoid exploiting minimal resources to cause harm or disruption. The tone warns against reckless ingenuity with limited means.
A young woman in a red sweater and light dress stood with two young ladies in a Ford outside Washington National Bank yesterday afternoon about 4 30. The observer noted hair, parasol, and attire and invites her to identify herself for a published card order.
A humorous column notes an optimistic man staying home all summer and mimicking a motor launch. It jokes that most people are not so bad after all and contrasts winter lovers with summer sentiment. A local mechanic warns about grease on seats and urges care with the steering wheel.
The report mentions Leigh Hunt Wallace and his wife on tour in Wisconsin and notes their daughter deposited SiS.00 yesterday, though further quotations are not yet received.
A Keota radio quip jokes about marriage transforming a man from bold to tame with a pun on buttons and shirts. The line ends with a playful miswording about changing marital status and attire.
A quip comparing old fashioned and modern wives and a pair of satirical definitions. The piece contrasts a wife who sings softly with a wife who demands division or separation. It includes brief humorous labels Cannibal and Pedestrian defined in relation to social behavior and traffic.
A carman angrily accuses a horse dealer after a horse he bought died the day before. The dealer acknowledges the horse’s death and hints at prior warnings.
A humorous exchange notes that before marriage a man calls a woman's intuition what helps her understand him. After marriage he says it is only suspicion that lets her see through him. The speaker then adds a sharp quip: a pessimist is a man who has endorsed his friends notes.
A playful exchange sparks a light hearted moment as a bride recounts a dream of separation and the groom jokes that he has married a mind reader in a humorous exchange.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Memorial Presbyterian Church posts a bulletin warning life is cheap at this corner Price care less driving after several automobile accidents near the intersection aimed at reducing crashes and saving lives and souls.
Mabel Updyke arrives from Bloomfield to visit at the J. and Pease home, enjoying a social call and meeting local residents.
The notice lists train numbers such as Golden State Limited and Local Pass services with arrival and departure times. It shows eastbound and westbound trains, freight and passenger notes, and an agent H. W. Rubsel. Some times and words are unclear or garbled.
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