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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1922
Page
4
A devotional line quotes Ezekiel 33 11 urging readers to repent turning from evil ways. The message declares God does not delight in the death of the wicked and calls for conversion.
The Journal reports 27 fatalities in November across Iowa, predominantly automobile accidents with six railway crossing related. It urges slower driving near squares and parked cars, especially on Washington streets, and advises pedestrians to watch their step and new drivers to avoid busy streets during learning.
A nostalgic reflection on meeting kind people but feeling underlying suspicion, and the challenge of aging past fifty with memories of potential distrust and caution about others. The narrator notes the tension between cordial moments and fear of being harmed.
Walt Mason offers a humorous verse about moving from a drought prone Kansas to a sunny climate only to trigger relentless rain. He portrays himself as a hoodoo who brings storms wherever he travels, with flood imagery of rivers, creeks, and swimming cows.
The speaker argues against reckless driving endangering children while acknowledging cars as essential travel and commerce. He notes automobiles killed twenty four people in Iowa in November, out of twenty seven highway deaths, highlighting the need for stronger regulation.
A miscellany of humorous vignettes about boarding house life store sales and streetcar manners includes a lighter note on a thinner boarding house crew a camisole exchange a seat with a tack a minister twin Floyd Ellis and a stray ad complaint. The column closes with a nod to continued Went-ads and newsroom banter.
A speaker recites pun laden lines provoking a beating as a militant general argues strategy. A meek listener asks how long it takes to sting a wasp while comments on accounts and salary pockets surface in the crowded hall.
An exchange notes odd rides where hourly hires trap passengers behind a lumbering truck while trip hires zoom by so fast passengers must cling and endure the ride. The remark ends with a confession line about the speaker's discomfort.
A humorous 1920s vignette centers on a couple overheard by a boy who mocks a date and a girl named Ethelbert. Jack reveals a mistaken identity about a past romance as Hubert Craig delivers a playful tale of a kid threatening to reveal after seeing adults through a keyhole.
A midnight fire report notes a person smoking in bed at 2 a m and death by 3 a m. The terse item adds a quip about facial muscles from a frowning to smiling, then questions overtime work.
A collage of local quips and scenes includes a bank scare with a clerk revived after a swoon, a joke about a tractor stuck by a creek with hungry fish, and notes on a high turnout at Carlson's sale. It also references a man hiding debts, a parsonage hitching joke, and crowds at the Congress hotel during Ernest's sale.
A small group gathered Wednesday at the Mannhardts home for a six o clock chop suey dinner. Eleven guests attended plus the hosts, with the table prettily set and the after dinner hours enjoyed by all.
Local workers and job seekers congregate for a communal meal at the parish hall seeking nourishment and fellowship as shortages press households. Volunteers from the church and neighborhood organized cooking and serving to feed attendees.
A humorous exchange highlights a man dismissing medical advice after butchers’ style slang. His wife challenges him as he recalls being told not to smoke. The tale uses regional dialect to depict stubborn resistance to health warnings.
A poem about a passenger train journey to a promised Golden Gate. It contrasts freedom and equality with travel conditions including racial references and rules. The speaker invites readers to hope for a better journey if they have merit and stay true.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine with an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation. Claims widespread success and availability from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
A critique argues actions outweigh words and urges setting fresh benchmarks instead of finding fault with Od onew. It calls for practical reforms and measurable goals to replace rhetoric with tangible progress.
Mrs Galloway of Carter's Creek Tennessee writes she was bedridden for years but after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sonative Wash she recovered fully. She praises renewed strength for farm work gardening poultry and house chores and offers to publish her testimony to help others. The notice suggests many women find renewed vitality with the remedy.
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