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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1923
Page
4
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Prompt reflects a devotional line from Psalm 34 8 urging readers to taste and see the Lord is good. The dated reminder frames a daily spiritual inspiration under a religious publication banner.
A commentary argues that France demands hard terms from Germany, aiming to compel repayment for wartime damages. It notes France fears renewed European conflict, recalls past invasions, and urges patience while France insists on payment to deter German evasion.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason humorously warns drivers to heed safety on the road. A narrator urges vigilance, signaling, and keeping the road in sight to avoid accidents, while poking fun at overbearing safety rules and the consequences of careless driving.
England enacts a new law requiring grain and similar commodities to be sold by actual weight rather than by measure. The change aims to protect buyers from inflated harvest valuations, prompting retailers to adjust selling methods to comply with the weight based system.
Iowa state banks saw deposits rise by nearly 45 million dollars in 1922, per the state bank commissioner’s Dec 29 call. The consolidated figures show 905 savings banks, 403 state banks, and 21 trust companies totaling 576,922,051.61 in deposits with a 25,667,512.66 surplus and 12,453,721.05 undivided profits. The report notes mergers reduced capital stock by 590,500 from 1921, while deposits, credits, and cash increased significantly amid a net bank count decrease of five in two months and fifteen for the year.
A jumble of asides on grippes and seeds, beards and perfume, fashion quibbles, and a comic feature about Bloody Gulch Pete. Also random quips on bill collectors and a rough-cut line about a five year old learning to chew.
Luther Walling of Viroqua Wisconsin announces his wife Clara Walling left him and that he will pay no debts she contracted. He notes two years and three months of marriage and minimal support including a dress and stockings. Mrs Luther Walling requests excusal of her husband for a big mistake.
A column combines playful puzzles and verse with quips about readers and printing. It includes a coin puzzle about placing pennies in moves and a humorous dog poem lamenting city streets and cops.
A farmer near Ainsworth applies for a patent on a nest that aids laying pullets. The birds begin to lay about a mile east of town as the by the way note describes the system and its early results.
The article outlines replacing the old quarter with the hundred weight as the standard. It explains weight variance by country origin and notes buyers gain a square deal while retailers face adjustment. The term corn now covers wheat barley oats maize dried peas beans linseed potatoes and grass seed clover veitchos turnips cabbares and peets.
A fragment from a dated quotation noting life’s paradoxes with religious imagery. The line hints at divine and diabolic forces in human life, reflecting a pessimistic view attributed to Mme. Swetchine.
A fragment describes a Prater Beatty qualification bringing new membership to a fraternity. An American and an English man compare their fathers their parenting legacies in a brief exchange reflecting humor. The text ends abruptly discussing a chimney shaft builder father.
A lively note from Manhattan's Farm and Home Week features a shirts tearing contest and horse shoe pitching for prizes. The idea sparks debate over including women with a dish washing contest and a burned steak contest by the hired girls union.
Zane Grey adaptation When Romance Rides stars Claire Adams Carl Gantvoort and Jean Hersholt. The photo plays Wildfire with horses valued at 200000 and features Ted Sloan in the saddle. Plot follows a rodeo race, Cordis conflict, and a daring rescue ending with the hero’s timely arrival.
Chicago on January 25 reports two blazes. One struck the American Linseed Oil company house and another tore through a five story structure housing manufacturing firms. The total loss is estimated between 350000 and 500000 dollars.
A report notes a swallow in Oregon that eats about 6 000 flies in a day, highlighting the bird's role in natural pest control and its daily feeding capacity.
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