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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1922
Page
4
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Bible Thought for Today notes Proverbs 22 1 that a good name and loving favor are more valuable than riches or gold. The reflection urges choosing character over wealth and highlights moral worth.
The writer argues oil shale deposits across the country can yield 25 to 50 gallons of crude per ton after refining. He warns not to panic about petrol shortages, predicting decades of oil from shale before full reliance on shale mining. Scotland’s long history of shale refining is cited as precedent.
A new undertaker jokes that lower death rates since the 1918 19 influenza epidemic mean longer lives but not fewer deaths. Authorities see a permanent decline in mortality while birth rates determine the undertaker’s workload. The message highlights easier starts for children despite longer lifespans.
A poem recounts Charles Augustus railing against speeding fines and jail for minor road offenses. He critiques double standards where affluent offenders escape punishment, contrasting supposed freedoms with harsh treatment of lawful drivers. The speaker laments the prison system and societal justice.
An editorial discusses rising deaths from heart disease and autos as child mortality declines due to modern care. It pleads for healthier living, extended life expectancy from birth toward 65, and social gains from longer lifespans. Katherine MacDonald promotes White Shoulders at the Fox.
White Gifts for the King Christmas program by the young people and a special choir at Prairie Flower church on Sunday evening December 24 at 7 30. The Tooman Leather Shop promotes King Buffalo bags including patent leather weekend and overnight cases.
A Christmas program is scheduled at Prairie Flower Church on Sunday evening December 24 at 7 39 o'clock.
A collection of humorous snippets and quips on gifts jokes and social satire. Notes on Christmas presents lending money memories and a poke at editor gossip. A New Jersey naturalist rabbit tale and a Congo journal advertisement about a muscular bigsti kan florwak operator.
A riddle asks how many peaches Johnny started with as he gives halves and halves again until one remains. Separately Blaine Holmes reacts to a car discussion and a flirtatious traincar remark about matrimony as two quick snippets of chatter appear in the column.
A sweet faced elderly woman shopping yesterday peering nearsightedly at a small cup, causing a minor moment of confusion in the store.
This fragment blends a convoluted family riddle about in laws and generations with short local notes. It references a widow with a step-daughter, family ties through marriage, a playful riddle about relationships, and brief notices of community events, visits, and a newborn. Including names Glenn Sammy Corinne and others, it reflects a small town table talk style.
A humorous anecdote depicts a farm family featuring Dr W W Bowers and a son who turns 21 on Monday. The father explains the pay shortfall by noting the son was born at noon and came of age only last Monday noon. The piece blends rustic humor with moral flavor.
Plenty of good dry cobs for sale. Call H. A. Baxter. Ethel Mae Lowry left this morning for Fairfield to spend the Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lowry. Mrs. Chffles Stearns of Almworth shopped here yesterday.
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