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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1924
Page
4
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AP and Radio Digest list vast broadcast lineup with KDKA Pittsburgh and KFKX Hastings rebroadcasts, KHJ Los Angeles children’s period, KPO San Francisco dance music, WGR Buffalo dinner music, WGY Schenectady orchestra, WHAS Louisville concert, WJAZ Chicago orchestra, WMAQ Chicago glee club and theatre revue, and many others detailing times from early evening through midnight across major markets.
A public notice from the Washington Advertising Club promotes the American comedy It Pays to Advertise to be staged at Graham Theatre on March 4 and 5. The cast promises three hours of hearty laughter and a lively evening of entertainment for local audiences.
A short daily Bible thought quotes Ecclesiastes 5 Ecclesiastes asserts that no person can control the spirit at life or in death and there is no release from the destined path a concise moral meditation for readers.
A reflective piece celebrates George Washington on his birthday and urges a revival of reverence for the Constitution’s framers. It highlights Washington as a central builder of the republic, his refusal of kingship, and his service in revolution and as first president, noting his practical wisdom and lack of flashy epigrams.
A medley of reflections on duty, prudence, and preparedness from an aging statesman. The text urges concise business talk, warns against relying on foreign favors, praises military readiness for peace, and endorses liberty, justice, and humane action including freeing slaves. It closes with advice on social order and practical habits like reading ads in the Journal.
In London on February 22, Charles G. Amman as parliamentary under-secretary to the admiralty announced in the House of Commons that the MacDonald government will lay down five cruisers and two destroyers as soon as parliamentary sanction is granted, in response to the unemployment situation.
A fragment titled Prologue portrays a tense vocal exchange between She He and Father of She with exaggerated utterances. The unconventional piece conveys raw emotion through chant like dialogue and a breath sequence.
A humorous framing of welfare aid and workplace virtue. Frances Stewart recalls a Chicago story hour moment about a boy seeking a tale of a man who threw up a window sash. Another joke notes a newlywed husband learning his wife’s stinginess as she jokes the neighbors’ toast and eggs.
The Fox Theatre will show Emer son Hough's "The Man Next Door" next Monday and Tuesday. The story follows Bonnie Bell Wright, daughter of Wyoming's richest cattleman, raised by rugged cow punchers under the indulgent yet stern guidance of Curly the ranch foreman.
An old man Hutch asserts a blunt truth and Tam agrees with Ali bet. He urges doubling prayers beyond the expected outcome, signaling a wary belief in fortune and faith.
An appeal case in Colorado heard arguments from a testy lawyer and several inexperienced attorneys. After closing, one junior attorney spoke again and the judge challenged the interruption. The judge told the senior attorney it was impertinence to assume the court was listening to him.
A concise note on currency scarcity and the frustration of not finding two dollar bills in circulation. It reflects a local reader’s remark about money availability and common small cash preferences.
The Altoona Tribune notes ten marriages in Wilson Kansas during January and reports fifteen divorces observed in the same period. The item highlights local family life and civic records for the month.
Wright sends Bonnie Bell to an East finishing school where wealth fails to buy true friendship. David Torrence plays the old cattleman, Alice Calhoun his daughter, and Victor Schertzinger directs a Lloyd production with Morrison and Frank Sheridan in supporting roles.
Southbound and northbound trains listed with departure and arrival times including No. 4 Golden State Len and No. 3 Golden State Eames. Local passes and freight services shown with daily except Sundays note and agent signatures N. W. Russel and J. C. McKay.
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