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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1923
Page
4
The text states that the Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights to all news dispatches credited in this paper and local news, with rights to republication of special dispatches also reserved. It emphasizes ownership and licensing of content.
A brief July 1923 notice offers a moral verse from Proverbs 15 17 about choosing love over material abundance. The entry presents a brief meditation titled A Love Feast and quotes Better is a dinner of herbs where love is.
The Journal notes a new diabetes treatment called insulin attracting national interest through Woods Hutchinson's June article. John D. Rockefeller Jr. gives 150,000 to fifteen hospitals in the United States and Canada to train physicians in insulin use, with Town City Hospital and Washington County Hospital in Iowa City as beneficiaries. The Iowa City Hospital July training aligns with Rockefeller Foundation efforts to disseminate the therapy.
ABE MARTIN mocks slick routines and a famous swimmer, noting how records may fall and how some folks act with pride. He contrasts a bragging rider with a weary horse to lampoon vanity and showmanship in public life.
Poet Walt Mason notes aging and thrift with humorous verse on saving coins and planning for later life. The speaker reflects on modest savings, annual journeys, and enjoying simple comforts while warning that youth fades and prudent savings pay off in hard times.
A local urging praises the Rockefeller Foundation offer to finance and coordinate county level aid to the poor. It argues a single competent head could end overlapping efforts and streamline care, marking a practical step for lasting human welfare.
Mason City Post of Legion prepares a major athletic program for the Iowa Legion convention August 16 and 17 featuring Joie Ray Charles Brookins Erle Wilson Leonard Paula and Deac Wolters. The mile world record bid includes Bukee or Watson, with Brookins Wilson Morrow and Noll in the relay and a tug of war between Sioux City and Davenport. About 34 boxing rounds are planned with an admission charge for Legionnaires. A 4,000 to 5,000 expected crowd fills the two-day event under organizer Slip Hayden and committee.
Des Moines Capital reports that the Rockefeller Foundation has funded Iowa public health and medical education for a decade. In the past ten years it has given over 18 million for public health, 24.7 million for medical education, 22.3 million for war relief, and 10.4 million for other philanthropic work, with 1.1 million in administration. An additional 15.5 million has been pledged to medical schools and health projects. The foundation promotes health worldwide, supports education globally, and has cooperated with 27 American states and 50 foreign governments. It has also contributed 5.68 million to charities named by Rockefeller, including a 1 million gift to Hoover’s child feeding plan and another to the Palisades interstate park for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut residents.
Italy records the world’s lowest milk consumption per person at about four gallons annually, a striking figure highlighted as a benchmark of national dairy intake. This statistic underscores cultural and dietary differences shaping Italian milk use.
The oceans hold about 4,800,000 cubic miles of salt, sufficient to blanket the surface of the United States with a 16 mile deep layer. This striking fact underscores the vast scale of saline content beneath the waves.
Jimmy expressed no fear about returning home after an evening with a neighbor but noted a dislike for the color of the surroundings as darkness fell. He spoke calmly, indicating his concern was aesthetic rather than safety related.
Dr. Richard H. Hoffman discusses a Vienna developed treatment by Prof. Wagner Jauregg that uses malaria inoculation to combat the paresis infection, proposing a new cure strategy for general paresis.
A collage of humorous and human observations on everyday life. Notes on powder burns and safety, summer pleasures, cafeteria manners, social distinctions, saving for a rainy day, and a tongue in cheek query about whether fishes smell. Ends with a quip about opposites and money in marriage prospects.
At a recent wedding the bride Miss Jane Helper and the groom Mr Newton Lord were mentioned. The groom reacted angrily upon seeing a newspaper headline reading Lord Helper in the usual wedding format.
A verse about a man and a freckled boy fishing together. The narrator recalls his gear and pride in his rod reel and baskets while the boy has only a beaded pin on a string. The tale playfully claims the man caught ten fish while the boy caught none. A final line urges empathy by asking readers to see themselves through others’ eyes.
The Lions and Rotary Clubs discuss a proposed baseball game but show little interest. W C Harding offers to handle base running for the Rotarians yet fails to spark excitement. J D Glasgow proposes a preliminary ping pong or authors match to test metal and seed a potential diamond clash, or delay to fall for football.
Rail service notes indicate Westbound No. 429 and No. 449 local passes along with freight No. 835 and local passengers 429 430 daily except Sundays, with initials H. W. RUS listed.
The Fox theatre screens Souls for Sale tonight and Friday, Rupert Hughes’s vivid holly wood story of motion picture life. The Goldwyn feature follows the original Red Book serial and Harper Brothers novel, with Hughes supervising cast selection and editing for a lifelike portrayal of film colony dynamics.
A brief, humorous exchange shows a junior clerk noting the bell signals the boss, while Othe Boy suggests the bell stopping abruptly might reflect a changed mind, reflecting workplace banter and streetwise humor from New York.
The message urges readers to begin preparing for an upcoming vacation by prioritizing rest and recharge. It emphasizes planning breaks ahead of travel and securing energy for a smoother trip experience.
A child questions whether angels arrive immediately after death or must pass many tests. In lighter notes, readers tailed by a Gibbons crowd outside the Journal office, a park cannon fired by big firecrackers, and spring onion jokes mix with love season humor.
A garbled passage presents quoted pleas about curls and death, notes on people hiding keys, a questioned bouquet, and a description of Jack Kearns in arena attire. It mentions a Kansas City incident where a motorist injured a pedestrian and offered his car to the victim, ending abruptly.
The document lists regular meeting nights for several local Masonic bodies and chapters. Lodges and councils meet on specific Friday or Tuesday evenings each month with named officers such as W. T. Carson, Arthur Goodin, and D. L. Carbaugh, detailing dates and secretaries or recorders. The entries cover Washington Lodge No. 26, Cyrus Chapter No. 18, Zeredatha Council No. 21, and Bethlehem Commandery No. 45 with respective meeting nights.
A collection of satirical comments about spouses and social types. The lines joke about marriage, vanity, work, love, and aging, with asides on character and propriety. Notable themes include lengthy marriages, devotion, and contrasts between public image and private life.
Mrs Peck laments her husband growing thin as Mrs Port leigh jokes that she herself is slimming from a strict diet. the brief exchange appears in a Boston Evening Transcript script.
A freshman recalls chaotic emotions and a disrupted romance with a Latin teacher. The scene shifts from idealization to disillusion as the encounter ends with conflict and a sense of broken love.
An English critic ranks Wordsworth line Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns as the finest in English poetry. Tennyson called it almost the grandest in the English language, for conveying the sense of the abiding in the transient.
A century ago New England opponents of gas street lighting argued artificial illumination disrupts divine order and that night should remain dark as ordained by God. The debate framed lighting as a clash between modern progress and religious doctrine.
The piece argues that knowledge grows through discussion not error avoidance, noting that one error confronts another and truth emerges from debate, stressing that entrenchment leads to stagnation and progress comes from thoughtful dialogue.
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