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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1924
Page
4
The notice states that the Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights for all dispatches credited to this paper and for the local news published herein. It also reserves rights to special dispatch publications and local rights as applicable.
A devotional note cites Proverbs 30 8 asking God to remove vanity and lies and to provide only what is convenient, avoiding poverty or riches. The brief reflects a daily scripture meditation.
The piece quotes Coolidge urging liberal thought with common sense as the nation’s asset and notes public calls for practical leadership. It recalls postwar debt and inflation, describing the war era borrowing, ensuing collapse, and the expectation that common sense would warn of a whirlwind.
ABE MARTIN notes a fine day to golf and write a letter of acceptance. He quips about another guesser, the woman who tried to save time and money by cutting her hair, implying a humorous misjudgment.
The speaker argues that postwar recovery requires deliberate self reform and debt repayment, condemning schemes to restore conditions overnight. He credits Harding era debt reduction and tariff measures for relief, warns against tariff tampering, and urges fair returns for capital while maintaining living standards and employment. He also endorses anti corruption, Europe reconstruction aid, and covenants to outlaw aggressive war.
The speaker defends American living standards and business, aims to reduce taxes for all, and rejects government favors in exchange for party support. He emphasizes upholding prohibition and the executive duty to enforce the law, pledging to perform his duty to the best of his ability.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard sets a dramatic tone in The Silent Command a William Fox production shown Monday and Tuesday at the Fox Theatre. Edmund Lowe plays Captain Richard Decatur who is dishonorably discharged as sailors marines and officers guided the realism.
Los Angeles reports the dirt track at Ascott Speedway will inaugurate night racing when it opens August 23. Lighting installation is underway to enable evening events.
Convention speaker Mr. Reno a dry goods and clothing merchant from Council Bluffs Iowa will address the Advertising Clubs convention on Wednesday afternoon August 27. He topics the modern disease gasolinitis and is known for blunt direct speech and plain common sense.
August 16 reports Pony Dick Wooten an 80 year old medicine man of the Wooten Valley tribe of Digger Indians was jailed on state medical practice act violations after investigations into several tribe deaths. He denied being the tribe’s medicine man but admitted treating members. Authorities cite three deaths linked to his treatments including wives of Ben Hancock and Mona Dick and a young woman, Jennie Byrd.
Walt Mason in Rippling Rhymes parodies a mismatched marriage between Charles Chigger and Rose McFish. Charles hoards eighty cents while Rose craves bright lights and shows, forecasting domestic tension as he saves and she spends. The poem teases marital folly and enduring haste to wed.
A collection of quips and reflections on weather at chautauqua and social quirks. Notes on rain, tents, heat in September, and social behavior from Mae June and others. Includes remarks on men, fashion, and youth attitudes in a playful column tone.
A visitor asks to see Lieutenant Barker at a private hospital but is redirected as staff reveal surprising kinship. A bedside tale about Georgie and a bedtime story unfolds into a light domestic moment. A druggist narrator jokes about throat tablets while a courting couple drifts into later life.
A man, shaving, finds his usual face lotion missing and asks his wife. She directs him to the other room where he uses toothpaste by mistake. He thanks her after applying it lavishly, then a look at his reflection reveals the mix up.
A collage of humorous clippings includes a fortune teller warning of a tall dark man with a scar over the eye, a Roxboro man arrested with two pistols and whiskey, a painter down with paint pots, a car bridge incident ending with a wife’s tongue lash, and a husband’s quip about having one at home.
A man known for a distinctive salutation has sparked local chatter as his greeting style becomes a recognizable social behavior. Residents note the phrase has spread across gatherings and online posts, drawing attention from neighbors and media.
A jumble of short, light anecdotes and quips about smoking health warnings taxmen barber shops and office life. It includes a somber doctor’s warning about smoking one lung nearly gone, a joke about coupons and a rug, and multiple quick exchanges on nuts jaw pain and insomnia.
New York reports Nora Bayes musical comedy star four times married is engaged to motion picture actor Lew Cody. Broadway representative released a London message quoting Bayes that they were brought together in a motor accident near Brighton and then decided to marry.
Chicago and Northwestern railroad reduces the grain freight rate from Iowa and South Dakota to Mobile to parity with New Orleans. The cut follows complaints by middle west grain producers and the local chamber of commerce.
A fragmented timetable lists No. 4 Golden Star Limited and No. 8 Golden State Limited trains with arrival and departure times, local passes, freight services, and Wilmington Branch arrivals and leaves. Authored by H. W. Russel, agent, the note shows daily and Sunday patterns, with multiple train numbers and inconsistent formatting.
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