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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1923
Page
8
Weekend visits fill West Chester and Fairfield with relatives and Parsons College students. Local residents attend funerals, shop for Groceries and batteries, and host oyster suppers at the church. Community announcements include travel to Des Moines and Keota, plus ads for rug weaving and tested seeds.
Mrs O F Harlan visits Richland while A P Bitting and Lewid Jones travel to Washington for meetings. Kron and others attend business in Highland Center and Washington. Reports mention sorghum price at Conner's Grocery, students and travelers, a hospital update, funerals, and a newborn boy named Joe Brandsford.
Thomas Jefferson as secretary of state and Alexander Hamilton as secretary of the treasury held diametrically opposite views on national issues. One helped shape the Democratic party while the other framed Federalist policy.
An Inland town schoolteacher aims to instruct students near a seaport. An irritated reader prods Johnny to read the next sentence and he declares, This is a ship followed by Yer lie It s a brig challenging the audience.
A reflection on human restlessness and shifting desires. The quotation questions how one can stay settled in a sea of changing tastes and beliefs, suggesting steadiness of conviction as a remedy to constant longing and fickle mood.
President McDonald of Parsons College spoke at a Presbyterian church on five propositions for saving the world through Christian higher education. He argued America as the world’s hope, the church as America’s hope, the need for Christian leaders from church colleges, and reliance on philanthropy to support these institutions.
A local colored man paid a dollar for a fortune told at the Elk carnival. The fortune teller claimed he loved chicken, had won money on crops, and had been jailed. He gasped and exclaimed the reading matched his thoughts.
A San Francisco Chronicle item notes a man left his car at a repair shop for a week and observed that the gasoline in his tank did not evaporate. The anecdote frames a curious tale about car fuel behavior and shop handling.
A Japanese person tends to place a flower in a recom not as an ornament but as a companion, reflecting a habit of pairing nature with daily life.
When a storm nears, the miles distance is about the seconds between lightning and thunder divided by five. The timing gives a practical guide to gauge how far away the storm is by counting seconds.
The passage argues that reforms succeed not by new actions but by undoing outdated rules. It cites Buckle on how valuable legislative additions arise from repealing prior statutes and that the best laws repeal former regulations.
A literary aside quotes Uncle Eben noting life would be fine if earning friends were as simple as earning enemies, as printed in Washington Star.
A brief fragment shows a hostess offering to continue sewing during a guest visit. The dialogue captures a quiet domestic moment with a nervous humor about wasting time and social etiquette. The tone hints at mid century newspaper style.
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