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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1923
Page
4
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A daily devotional note cites Psalm 1071 urging readers to give thanks to the Lord for enduring mercy. The entry emphasizes gratitude and divine kindness as timeless guidance.
A columnist argues that the current protective tariff drives national prosperity, noting post Wilson and Harding shifts, employment rebound, and factory revival. The piece cites Lincoln era tariffs as a model and quotes a County Agent publication praising the tariff for farmers.
In a rural vignette Ivy Bentley, a widower, demands his prospective wife be sober reliable and morally steady with a swift temperament. The townsfolk comment on the social pressure and the difficulty of appearing prudent under scrutiny.
In a humorous verse, Walt Mason lampoons Aunt Doreas a vigilant widow with a sharp tongue who hunts imagined vices and moral crimes. The piece contrasts her stern campaigns with a past where she might have found marriage and steadiness, now roaming a village in pursuit of perceived evils.
Marvin Cohen of Chicago declares Tanlac improved his stomach trouble and overall health after years of indigestion and weakness. He says he can play basketball again and urges others to buy Tanlac from druggists. over 35 million bottles sold.
A writ of general execution directs a public sale of the goods and real property of A G Long and Mrs A G Long. The sale is at the East End Garage east of Washington Iowa on February 6 1923 from 9 am to 4 pm with the sale starting at 2 30 pm. Items include car accessories and tools gathered at the East End Garage Shannon Heights. Lloyd Easter is the plaintiff and Charles M Denison is the sheriff of Washington County Iowa with terms cash.
A mosaic of old notes and poems from 1786 and later edges includes Burns style lines on rough roads, social satire, a hotel bedbug tale, a self served cafeteria scene, a request for a boy’s guidance on growing up and language, and a note about a $6.25 printing order from Leigh Wallace.
Interior scene in Fairfield Iowa where four Washington city fathers including Eldridge McElhinney Putnam and Lewis wait for service in a cafeteria. They seat themselves and order but after ten minutes show annoyance then after fifteen minutes receive no service amid amused looks.
L W Grosscup asks readers to fill the squares so sums reach 15 in every direction. A playful note references a caller named Ah Shucks who cites Webster defining shucks as nut coverings, a detail the paper hadn’t considered.
Me.stouffer Funeral services for A W Stouffer of West Chester were held at his late home at 156 Wednesday afternoon conducted by Rev Mr Nash of the West Chester Methodist church. Pallbearers were Samuel Philip and Roy Stouffer Morris Crayne Arthur Dayton and Low Bauer. Burial was in Keota cemetery.
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