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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1924
Page
4
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A devotional note presents Proverbs 3 5 urging readers to trust in the Lord with all their heart and not rely on their own understanding. It emphasizes faith over personal insight as daily guidance.
The notice apologizes for an incorrect crossword solution in prior editions and states the Friday evening puzzle has been corrected in today’s paper. It describes human error and promises fewer mistakes in future editions.
Uncle Sam urges readers to begin Christmas shopping now to ensure timely gifts and neatly wrapped packages. The reminder emphasizes early purchases to help storekeepers and avoid late deliveries for holiday dinners and celebrations.
Abe Martin notes Lige Bentley supsended by a chain of misfortunes including a missing wife since June and a daughter vanished with a bandit last month. His home was sold for taxes last week and he drifted into a late night carbon trouble. Mrs Lafe Bud visits town for the first time since snub from Literary Digest poll invitation.
A columnist mocks the last minute Christmas shopper who curses storekeepers and delays gifting. The piece urges early shopping and promoting Christmas seals sold for the Iowa good health program, noting its yearly funds and broad health impact.
The column traces Emma Goldman from her free years in the United States to her exile in Russia Berlin Socialist Germany and England. It argues she condemned America but now prefers the United States as the best country, despite her past campaigns against its system.
Brookville Pennsylvania editor Dan T Balmer argues veterans should remain nonpartisan in Legion meetings while stressing their strong electoral influence. He notes Coolidge vetoed the bonus bill, yet many ex servicemen supported him otherwise, saying the Legion's future will be shaped by noble, unitary ideals.
A Los Angeles Times note discusses the heavy share of taxpayers burdened by state and local levies amid ongoing war costs. It argues these levies dominate the tax load despite national wartime expenditures and calls for reassessment of fiscal priorities.
A string of editorials critiques Moscow status and US policy. The Chicago Tribune argues no moral or material gains from engagement with the Soviet regime. The Providence Journal and other papers condemn postwar direction and moral decline. An Illinois law bans sale of rare wildflowers including trillium and lady slippers.
Paris reports July to September 1924 food prices at 373 versus 333 in 1923 using 1914 as 100. Lyons at 369 is lowest among big cities, with critics praising Premier Herriot for public markets and anti profiteering efforts. Other cities show Lille 473, Grenoble 468, Bordeaux 438, Marseilles 429, Tours 527.
Berlin reports that German Reichstag members earn only 140 dollars a month, a quarter of cabinet ministers’ pay. They also enjoy free rail travel nationwide in first class, a perk noted with a wry understatement.
Walt Mason pokes gentle fun at early Christmas shopping filling stores with dolls, knives, trinkets and toys. The poem depicts frantic crowds, long lists, stressed shoppers, and the irony of holiday cheer amid chaos as people buy gifts for family.
Puzzle clues list for a crossword with numbered across and down entries. Instructions emphasize starting with certain sure words, using cross letters to deduce others, and include many entries from 1 to 46 with various hints such as sailors, patience, and everyday objects.
A collage of jokes and light anecdotes ranges from domestic mishaps and barber shop chatter to misread signs and mispronounced words. The snippets mix humor about radios, cars, and social quirks with a New York history quip and a playful legal quip about FOB terms.
A man admits to never having kissed a girl as he removes cigars from his vest and steps toward her, signaling a tense intimate moment.
A collage of quirky exchanges and puns spans jokes about cakes insults and misheard lines with a sharp tone. It mixes banter about religion Corns Moses and a joke about red shade and safe products in a playful if dated style.
A playful account notes a young woman from Mars bootlegging in space and a late arrival to a game. The crowd finds humor in a scoreless sixth inning while a fan asks for the score and a radiant reply says they have not missed a thing. A bold claim about roller skates near Niagara Falls closes the piece.
A humorous domestic exchange shows Mrs VanSwamp urging William to hold the baby's raf fle to amuse the child as a new chill creeps in. The lighthearted quip highlights family banter and playful affection in the household.
London Punch argues the lengthening of skirts stems from fashion to keep the waist above the hem, noting the trend as a practical solution rather than a stylistic shift. The brief item reflects period style commentary on clothing norms and male commentary on female dress.
A humorous exchange shows a minister asking a bride and she replying with a playful vow about taking the man as he is. The bride declares if he improves he may die and if he worsens she would retaliate in love and humor.
Cape Town reports the death of Yank Allen a Texas native and famed hunter who spent 17 years hunting lions for the British South Africa Company's ranches. He credited lions as plentiful as bison in his district for the past decade and claimed his accuracy with close-range shots.
About 15 000 to 20 000 enumerators will start the nation wide census of agriculture on December 1 and continue until completion, expected by January 31, 1925, under an act of Congress.
The text describes a nationwide visit program addressing over 6 million farms. It notes 1920 census figures of 6,448,843 farmers and farm property valued at 77,924,100,338 dollars. Question 178 requests data on tenure. acreage, debt, crops, livestock, facilities, and radio use. Information is confidential and not for taxation.
Eastbound and westbound train times listed for Golden State routes and Washington Branch services. Includes arrivals departures for Nos 4 12 60 30 3 29 49 11 and local freight and passenger services with notes on daily operation and exceptions.
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