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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1923
Page
4
A short devotional from August 20 1923 notes that a scorner seeks wisdom and finds it not while knowledge comes easily to one who seeks it. Quotation from Proverbs 146 stresses the value of understanding over scorn.
A national plan for good roads would unify states under federal guidance, replacing 48 varied state approaches. Proponents argue federal aid aligns state interdependence with a single, harmonized highway system to connect all regions efficiently.
Verse recalls a coastal hut where spring endures and harsh weather stays away. Grown friends and long unseen figures visit from youth, trading memories for the gray, creaking present as they gather by the ocean.
The author praises a harmonious approach to road building aimed at long term benefits. Towa mud is described as sticky yet useful, with drainage improving road service by about one hundred percent. Positive remarks about Iowa roads emerge during briefly wet periods, contrasted with past slanderous comments.
Brighton IA residents report moves to Washington and Kirksville for education and work. Milford Brier plans a closing sale as the family relocates to California. Hyde family reunion attendance and local visits are noted along with hospital and stroke updates.
The community saw many short trips and drop-ins as residents visited relatives and friends across nearby towns. A Brinton's Bridge birthday picnic drew 50 to 75 attendees including ties to Fairfield Grace Hill and Brighton. Families from Searsborough Clinton and Des Moines joined the celebrations and fairs.
A fragmentary note recalls a common soldier carrying seed lodged in his boot on a northern tramp from Vespa sian legion. The boat reaches Dover, ages, rots, and is cast aside, yet the next spring Britain gains a new flower from the seed, symbolizing resilience and renewal.
Berliner Tageblatt reports a Dutch origin warming device for cold street duty. An electric heated iron plate is set on drafty corners so traffic policemen can stand and warm their feet during cold days in Amsterdam.
A collage of quotes and small notices from a bygone issue. Snippets include jokes on cannibalism tastes, shingle scribbles, farm prices, and a plea to settle accounts with goods or cash. Pieces mention Shakespearian lines, road signs, and local column humor with mixed dated references.
David Walsh recalls defending a man named Davis who sued Clinton city after breaking a leg. Walsh won at trial and on appeal to the Supreme Court. After settlement, Walsh gave his client one dollar as damages.
A serialized mystery excerpt follows Reginald’s tense moment as the door yields to his father’s entry. Night air and dim street lights amplify the haunting mood of the dark moon. The narrator hints at danger and looming twists.
Des Moines IA August 29 Iowa top horseshoe players begin the state championship at the Iowa State Fair grounds with ninety entrants including Frank Lundin New London and Frank D Jackson Kellerton both former national champions. The five annual event offers six hundred and twenty five dollars in prizes.
The remark suggests that many women feel their pain goes unrecognized when they must endure hardship without speaking out, highlighting the social pressure to endure in silence and the impact on visibility of female hardship.
A reflective column argues that most men choose to discuss rather than hide their lack of knowledge. The piece critiques silence and urges open dialogue to improve understanding and decision making.
Iowa goat exhibitors at the state fair report rising demand for goat milk priced around 50 cents a quart. They note hospitals use it for infants and digestive patients, and describe goats as efficient milk sources across Toggenburg Nubian and Saanen breeds.
A father rejects a marriage match noting the suitor is barely twenty while his daughter is twenty eight. He tells him to wait ten years to see if future ages align as love and consent are considered. The exchange reflects parental interference in marriage plans.
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