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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1924
Page
4
The excerpt praises Ralph Waldo Emerson as a thinker shaping spiritual and practical views. It cites his warning that wealth has checks and balances and that political economy rests on noninterference with supply and demand. The text argues for limited legislation and minimal meddling in markets.
A verse admonishes advertisers to tell the truth and avoid false claims in selling goods. It warns that shoddy clothing and flimsy wares will ruin reputations, while honest merchants gain loyal customers and lasting respect.
Chilcote Library announces new fiction and juvenile titles including Bennett Riceyman Steps and The Gates of Oliver Burnham C L The Queen of Farrandale Burnham C L A sane lunatic and Don Quixote edited by Howells Christie R S Little David Conrad Joseph The Rover Curwood Gods Country and the Woman In the Fog The Bar Sinister The Coast of Folly The Shadowy Third The Godspards of Pinecroft Great Grandmother Nowhere Else in the World Mary Johnston Greatan The Happy Isles Old Forever Alfred Richards The Squire Scarborough In the Land of Cotton Mother Mahree A Line a Day The Turning Point J Hardin Son Willsie The Exile of the Lariat New Juvenile Books also listed with Susanna's Auction Great adventure of Mrs Santa Claus The Pied Piper of Pudding Lane and more.
A dense list of radio stations and programs outlines daily schedules from KDKA to WWJ with concert, talk, children, and farm segments. It pairs station names with times and formats, reflecting a bustling era of live broadcasts and program variety.
A column taunts gossip and meddling in public life. It mocks readers who pry into others affairs and urges minding own business rather than spreading rumors and defaming people.
Mrs Jones jokes with six year old Willie about cutting his meat as he defends his ability by saying he has handled tough meals at home. The fragment ends with a wry note about envy becoming sour admiration.
A collage of quips and reflections from a driftwood column including jokes about men and women, a nursery line about the alphabet’s letters, a somnambulist hotel anecdote, and a local Lebanon ad for a bakery business with a long oven.
A quirky inventory of household remnants and keepsakes collected from a long-ago era. The list includes a boiler a kettle-lid broken Maggie items a demijohn and other odds and ends, ending with a note that all but the car is in the shop.
A Merion businessman, entertaining a house party, overheard his butler whispering angrily from the dumb waiter about delaying soup as the ladies prepared for dinner. The remark reveals an informal scene inside a private residence during the week.
The piece asks whether a gentleman may visit a lady and how a Lady’s Beau affects etiquette. It questions if a curtained door and outside observers matter and who should know when a Beau travels with other ladies. It probes privacy and social boundaries.
Railway time table snippet lists eastbound and westbound departures and arrivals for multiple lines including No 4 Golden State Limited No 12 Express and No 50 Lo Pass No 30 Lo Pass with times. Washington Branch local and freight services, and connections for B&Q and M&StP lines show daily service variations and Sunday exceptions. Agent credits H W Russell, J C McKay.
LODGES Washington Lodge No. 26 A J and A M regular meeting first Friday night monthly W M L B Lupton Secretary Arthur Goodin Bethlehem Commandery No 45 KT regular meeting third Friday night monthly H Ty Carris E C Arthur Goodin Recorder
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