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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1923
Page
4
A brief entry lists an office at 108 East Main Street with two telephone numbers Washington 6 and 54 Mutual 44. The item records contact details for a local business or agency in the era of shared exchange names.
A generic Associated Press rights notice appears stating AP holds exclusive rights to publish news dispatches and species dispatches in the paper and local news. The notice emphasizes AP authorship and publication privileges.
Abundantly satisfied they shall be with the fatness of thy house and thou shalt make them drink the river of thy pleasures Psalm 36 5 quoted for Friday August 17 1923 in the daily devotional.
The piece condemns young men entering Chau Tauqua grounds by the fence to dodge admission. It notes the act is theft and punishable, and hints officials may take action if necessary. It urges full financial support for the institution and labels cheating as shameful.
The piece surveys postwar tensions with coal miners and operators clashing over strategy while Samuel Gompers decries judicial injunctions and pacifists call for disarmament. Henry Ford proposes universal peace and a powerful U S navy as France builds a vast air fleet. European leaders warn of imminent conflict as U S envoys recount volatile Europe.
Walt Mason rhapsodizes about a resilient aunt who tends rhubarb in rain while others chase leisure. He contrasts idle women with her industrious scenes of cooking, canning, and keeping a house, praising practicality and steady work over vanity.
The speaker argues that hatred from war will linger for generations yet can fade if the world adopts an intelligent, collective drive for peace. Peace requires public resolve, not political ambition, and hinges on persistent effort to prevent new hatreds and war.
Quote reflecting on how people overemphasize small concerns and neglect life’s big objectives. Encourages honest effort to reassess values and align priorities with meaningful pursuits.
The narrator recalls a life shaped by the sea and notes that their grandfather served as vice president of a marine insurance company, quoting a line from Harper's Magazine about a maritime heritage.
An extraordinary claim notes that buried men hear every word from rescuers, while even loud shouts fail to reach them through the thick snow, highlighting a paradox of sound and silence in avalanches.
A Hollywood studio interview with Buck Jones from Fox studios yields a humorous fashion creed. He advises practical dress rules for performers and fans, stressing socks under shoes, single shoe usage, cleanliness, and avoiding patent leather hair. He notes oil damage to otherwise rusty heads and quirky sock tips.
A collage of humorous snippets and aphorisms ranging from weatherproof fashion to stock market jibes. It includes quips on driving, backhanded compliments, and a cautioned joke about a wed ding boil, plus a yarn about a Holy Roller meeting and a tongue reading joke.
A Chinese gentleman sends a pair of geese to the lady of his choice, regarded as emblems of conjugal fidelity. The gesture features in a traditional courtship custom illustrating steadfast partnership and social symbolism.
The Deston Transcript quips that Euphemia is a bucket shop a man uses as a modern cooperage bringing in a barrel and receiving back the bunghole in a wry observer’s joke.
The text notes sponge importance in daily life and describes a shift from traditional seed-like growth to cultivation grown from seed-like structures. It mentions the finest Mediterranean sponges prior to 1014 and contrasts with modern methods.
A Ford car arrives on two rims from the country. A boy puffs a pipe vigorously. A young woman wears bright red slippers. Five girls walk abreast, arm in arm. Two business men in a political argument. No block is struck. A wise man marries on his birthday and recalls only one date each year.
In Serbia the custom uses thick partition walls with stoves built into the walls halfway through to warm two rooms. This method serves dual heating and space efficiency in traditional houses.
A new method claims to photograph the brain of a living person without harming health. Researchers say the technique captures neural activity with no adverse effects, promising advances in medical diagnosis and neuroscience.
Charles Macklin, aged past one hundred, played Shylock in 1789 at Covent Garden, reputedly the oldest actor to appear on the stage.
A town man claims he can tell jealous women from others by voice. He notes jealous women say “Who is it calling, please?” while others say “Just a minute—If I’ll call him.” He adds a quip about millionaires working on a second million.
Indianapolis Star item offers modern home privileges and room and board with a gentleman preferred. Daughter seeks a congenial roommate at Woodruff 6110. Brief thanks note from a contributor mentions Dot mosquito as a splendid bird.
Los Angeles reports that jazz dancing has waned nationwide with modesty and reserve returning to dance halls. Fenton Bott, national dance reform head, cites reduced touching and overdone movements, credits the reform campaign and public choice, notes private clubs still stray, and says the new school of dancing stays as the west adopts reform faster.
Berlin July 28. A German organization, the German Russian Seed Growing Company, takes over 30000 acres near Moscow for an experimental farm. Similar to the Krupp concession in the Ukraine other German interests will seize 200000 acres of forest near MyarYbinsk with sawmills and cellulose factories planned.
Contents of three sacks of first class mail stolen from the Cedar Falls post office on July 27 were recovered today in a school house near Cedar Falls by two professors from the state teachers college.
The message informs the merchant that the ad appeared in the Journal, confirming receipt of the advertisement and its publication status. It serves as a brief acknowledgement of the advertisement placement.
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