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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1923
Page
4
George Barr McCutcheon’s Viola Gwyn recreates early 1800s Indiana and Lafayette’s frontier atmosphere. The Journal will serialize the tale soon after Christmas, featuring a lovely heroine and a vivid period setting.
Community members have long supported the Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs. A recent flood caused serious damage to the orphanage property, adding to ongoing running costs and prompting renewed local help efforts.
In a humorous quip Abe Martin muses that people buy their own lounging robes and safety razors at holiday time to feel connected. He quips that the only safe way to fool with wheat is to enter the baking business, reflecting a sly rural wit and local character.
The piece argues that tolerant Britons endure insults from foreign statesmen authors and visitors. It asserts the public remains calm under scorn, facing mockery of manners, roles, and national character without responding with violence or protest.
An appeal explains the home operates without public funding and relies on voluntary gifts. With winter and rising needs, the facility asserts dire finances after a September loss and urges readers to sacrifice for its vulnerable children. The message warns against neglect leading to court costs and moral decline.
A historic public exhortation argues that Americans possess unmatched wealth of materials and moral authority and must share freely or risk losing the best of what has been received. The speaker warns against selfishness and stresses communal obligation for future success.
The Presbyterian church at Kings Highway, St. Louis, Mo, lists December 30 to January 4 meetings for the Lord's Supper on January 6, plus a Christmas program planned for Friday evening December 26 and a New Year's Eve watch party. The piece emphasizes punctuality in worship and daily life, citing scriptural examples and urging timely arrivals at God’s house.
Archaeologists uncover a burial chamber in southern Norway believed to belong to a Viking queen. The chamber contained a complete equipment for the afterlife including a furnished kitchen, beds and multiple rooms, signaling elaborate funerary rites.
The piece recalls a forecaster’s open winter prediction and urges timely shopping with a cheeky quip from Dr. A S Smith about depopulating Iowa in six hours by filling cars and driving to a border. It ends with a question about neighboring states' views.
A whimsical note describes a patient mule valued for work and virtue. The text adds a playful line about keeping the lawyer away with a kiss and a nod to home industry.
A fragment notes a married man stating music often plays around two in the morning. It adds a proverb about a wise woman seeking what she cannot have to bargain for her desires.
A young couple parks by the road and helps themselves to apples and pumpkins from a farmer’s chard. They thank the farmer on leaving, then claim they took tools from the couple’s car during the visit.
The bride impresses with a culinary touch as her ice cream melts smoothly on the palate, delighting those who taste it. Her sweet treat stands out as a highlight of the event.
A humorous collage of quips and jokes on romance, school chatter, yells from fans, and playful proverbs. The piece weaves light banter about college life, sports, and social quirks with mock wisdom and rustic humor.
A western general merchandise shop prints a debt reminder in local weeklies asking all creditors to call and settle. It also targets those unaware of their debt to inquire, and chides those who refuse to call by staying put long enough for pursuit. The missive ends with a shopper query about Pat Pending tied to Christmas toys.
A lawyer told a man in court he was particeps criminis meaning an accomplice in the affair. The dialogue adds a family remark about explaining terms to children.
A queen bee lays about one hundred thousand eggs in a single season, illustrating the prolific reproductive capacity of social insects in the hive. The figure highlights the colony’s growth potential and food needs during peak activity.
James Work of Washington Iowa will manage stage for Enter Madame a three act comedy to be staged by college students Saturday night The play selected by Burns Mantle as a top show of 1920 21 ran in New York Garrick Theatre to packed houses for over a year
The production is directed by Professor W. H. Trumbauer with business publicity stage and property managed by student members. A small for sale ad may help promote the show.
A collage of quotes and anecdotes on language errors, signs, and education. The editor explains typographical missteps from a printer’s past, noting how common phrases lose impact and how signs like STOP can dull readers if overused.
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