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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
4
The Journal reports a playful letter from J. D. Dayton of West Chester claiming locals get mad and cuss when their paper isn’t delivered. The editors doubt the extent of cussing and note regional differences in meaning while addressing political remarks on congressional rule changes and party dynamics.
The insurgent Republicans join Democrats in a clash over current House rules. They push for liberalizing the rules, recalling a earlier partisan struggle in the same chamber.
Iowa Supreme Court handed down decisions across counties including fraud and land cases. Cases cover Witham vs Union County on land takings, estate tax refunds, foreclosures in Greene and Belle Plaine, divorce in Allamakee, administrator claims in Fremont, and multiple mortgage foreclosures and quiet title actions across Audubon, Marshall, Benton, Hardin, Jasper, and Crawford counties with opinions by Arthur Faville Preston and others.
Des Moines Iowa January 15 Iowa's law of divorce and remarriage will not be changed by the special session Senate File 215 was reported out and indefinitely postponed indicating the measure is dead for the session The committee in charge felt the new feature was too controversial for a session with a heavy agenda and may postpone other bills with new matter that would slow code revision progress.
The code commission noted enforcement problems with the one year remarriage ban for divorced people. A proposed clause would let the innocent spouse remarry after three months with court permission. The measure faced extended House debate, was referred back, and then stalled by Senate in a bid to tackle additional provisions.
Iowa basketball coach J. M. Barry prepares the Hawkeyes for two foreign games after a 26 26 tie with Purdue. Michigan is an unknown foe while Ohio State, among the strongest teams at the Buckeye school, is slated for Monday.
A concise rundown of tomorrow’s radio lineup across networks in multiple time zones. KDKA to WW45J list music talks, orchestras, lectures, children stories, and dances with times from 6:00 p. m. to 11:30 p. m. on stations from East to West.
Iowa swept Purdue behind improved handling and shooting as the first half ended 17 15 and a ten point margin grew in the second. Janse led with fifteen points, Schick added strong forward play, and coach Barry concentrates on defense with eleven conference hurdles left. A weekend trip to Ann Arbor and Columbus tests the Hawkeyes as they aim for a top Big Ten finish.
London January 17 The defeat of the government appears foregone as labor’s no confidence resolution led by Ramsay MacDonald nears a vote. Even with expected support to survive the condemnation, liberal and Scottish Labour amendments threaten the outcome.
A playful mix of snowy imagery and humorous vignettes about winter chores and drifted streets. The piece notes a boy of twelve counting livestock, college girls and statistics, and a comically abrupt Sears Roebuck letter ending with a reversal.
The text compiles snippets from a domestic quarrel about a three year old winter suit and a compliment from a customer. It also includes a nurse like line about a boy pulled from water and a wry note on peroxide making women lighter.
A quirky clip shows a doctor, a soldier, and a California farmer with potatoes. The doctor notes hopelessness, a writer praises clean forks, the guard recalls long duty, and a Californian refuses to cut a potato for any man.
A humorous dialogue sketches wary couples and a funeral banter while a burglar intrudes on Banker Johansson. Exchanges touch on engagement chatter and casual debt humor as the scene moves from domestic |
A humorous quip frames heredity as a father’s belief that his son will follow his ways until the son starts acting foolish. The line uses playful wit to comment on family traits and behavior.
A Backwoods narrator recalls a man who befriended a rattlesnake that loyally trailed him. The snake protected him from a burglar by wrapping its tail around the thief and rattling to alert help, a tale told with rustic charm and local color. The piece blends tall-country humor with a note on a bride finding a home for her dog and other quirky bits.
MOSBACH Baden January 17 German officials and Baden state representatives say Berlin would breathe a sigh of relief if Grover Cleveland Bergdoll left Germany. Bergdoll, sentenced by a US army court martial to five years for draft evasion, lives at his uncle’s Eb erbach hotel near twenty miles away.
Idaho jockey Parke explains hats fly during races as wind grips peak of cap when he rides, yet he keeps riding hard for wins. Fellow riders Earl Sande and the Fator brothers hail Parke as a rising talent, noting he won his first race last March.
A short note states a merchant was told I saw your s in the Journal. The line records a reader’s claim about a sighting appearing in the newspaper.
Details coach and freight train numbers with arrival and departure times for the Washington Branch and Golden State routes. Notes several local passes and freight trains, with daily except Sundays designation and agent H W Russell listed.
New York January 17 Ivan Parke a 17 year old apprentice jockey star of Md Western and Southern tracks often loses his cap while riding. He accounted for over 100 victories in 1923 and finished many races without headgear earning a New York tabloid sobriquet.
A church revival scene features a young woman declaring she changed from devil to God and a male voice asking for a date for tomorrow night. A printer's error interrupts the moment, hinting at a broader misprint in the Bos- paper.
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