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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1923
Page
2
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An editorial argues that western resentment against eastern wealth and property rights could push back against the money center dominance. It urges mutual protection of constitutional and prohibition laws, predicting the movement will spread nationwide and eventually benefit all regions. It ends urging readers to tell merchants they read about it in the Journal.
A devotional note urges serving the Lord with gladness and entering his gates with thanksgiving and praise. It quotes Psalm 100:2 4 and reminds readers of God’s goodness and blessings.
Harding Memorial Week runs December 9 to 16 to fund a suitable resting place in Marion for President Harding. The effort aims to keep his home as a Shrine and to educate men and women for government service, honoring a president who served as a useful citizen. Contributions are requested through any Washington bank.
The committee urges rapid fundraising in Iowa this week to finish the Harding Memorial campaign before holidays. Contributions of any size are welcome, with dollar donations acknowledged from headquarters via an engraved certificate featuring the former president. Bank drop-offs will forward sums to headquarters.
In a New York interview William Allen White of Kansas denounced eastern violators of the 18th amendment. He warned that persistent defiance could provoke a west ready to defy the fourteenth amendment on private property rights.
A collage of humorous clippings and quips on daily life and travel, from fashion and shoes to train adventures and social witticisms. It notes oddities like night shirts worn all day, masked bandit intrusions on a parlor car, and lighthearted banter about conversations, etiquette, and jazz tunes.
A reader denounces a long-time Winfield Beacon writer, denying the claim that Frank Macon instructed impersonating a bear at a community Christmas tree. The letter questions the bear idea and notes Winfield’s newspaper history, suggesting possible overactive imagination.
Folkloric quatrain recounts Jack and JJ venturing up the hill for liquor, Jack stumbles while Jill speeds down, a cautionary line suggests few young men have ever heeded such warnings.
A witty line about life and longevity warns that aiming high is safe when the range equals a lifetime. It contrasts boasting of matrimony with vanity and self conceit in a brief, humorous aside.
Daily market data from Chicago shows opening hog receipts around 85 000 with 6 910 holdovers. Cattle receipts near 34 000 and sheep 28 000 with mixed price shifts across weights. Reports include grain futures from Beach Wickham Grain Co and cash bids for rye wheat corn oats and rye with varied price moves.
Miss Hilda Freding left last evening for Chicago for a few days visit before returning to her hospital work in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
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