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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1922
Page
4
Verse from 1 John 4.7 emphasizes loving one another as love comes from God. The reflection urges living by God’s love and recognizing those born of God. This daily thought frames love as a divine attribute guiding personal conduct and fellowship.
John Waysmack and J R Maxwell report heavy losses at Muscle Shoals Alabama, claiming up to forty thousand dollars and criticizing real estate speculation around the Tennessee River district. The letter to the Journal discusses power plans and the potential value of Muscle Shoals as a land boom while noting the area’s river features and dam projects.
A playful topical verse urges readers to cease chasing rumors about Wilhelm and his rumored royal past. It imagines the former monarch seeking solitude, asks press and public to forget gossip, and portrays him craving a quiet, uneventful life away from attention.
The letter argues that damming the Tentesser Valley will control river flow from Knoxville to the Ohio, provide cheap power, and enable iron and fertilizer production. It envisions making the Tennessee River navigable to connect the upper south with the central west, boosting rail and sea access, and spurring a vast industrial revolution tied to the Muscle Shoals project.
The passage notes that those facing hardship may still find a path to recovery and suggests optimism for a quicker restoration of prosperity.
Local chatter hints Ford Day is set for next Monday with crowds expected. Passwords circulate as the public weighs fortunes, quirks, and jokes about clocks, cars, and oddities in a column of wit and everyday life.
A sprawling clatter of guidance and flirtations from Columbia University social circles reveals a New Hampshire job seeking girl attracting twenty eight offers and ninety three proposals, while a beauty contest winner vows to teach rather than act. Other notes lament fashion trends and wartime weaponry fears as Mrs. Fairbanks comments on bank books.
A narrated vignette features a doctor patient exchange about a sick wife with caricatured dialect. It also recalls H A Pants born near Appleton Wisconsin and childhood memories of Indians nearby. The piece notes a conservation craze and war reducing shirt pins from 1237 to 1219.
A visitor asks to see Lieutenant Barker at private hospitals but is refused by the matron who cites a policy restricting such visits. The exchange highlights security and access controls in medical facilities.
An advertisement by Sherman Brothers Druggists touts Vinol as a square deal medicine with government approved statements and a money back guarantee. It claims no fraudulent testimonials and prints the complete formula on labels for doctor and patient scrutiny. Vinol is advertised for fatigue, nervousness, anemia, coughs, and colds with 20 years of local sales and many satisfied neighbors.
Visitor identifies as brother of the inmate and Matren as his mother while Robb discusses possible jail delivery connection. Casebeer and Fahnestock deny near the jail the night of the escape and call the sheriff's statement false and malicious. Lawsuits filed by John Holland and C H Miller. Robb says he just discovered something but provides no comment.
Two $25,000 suits filed by former deputies against Winfred E. Robb, sheriff, claim slander over statements about George Casebeer and Harry Fahnestock reported by the Robbbi newspaper reporters. The suits allege Robb said Casebeer and Fahnestock were seen by Deputy Wilson while fleeing the jail.
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