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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1923
Page
4
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On Friday July 6 1923 a Bible Thought highlights Jesus as the healer. The devotional notes that after sunset people with various diseases sought him and he laid hands on them healing each one. The passage cited is Luke 4 40.
The Dearborn Independent quotes Luther Burbank lamenting that his thousands of plant varieties go to waste. He argues humanity needs only a few plants, while many creations remain unused or become ornamental. He warns not all discoveries will be adopted promptly.
Reckless fans damaged a car on Lafe Bud Night with two headlight breaks and a bent fender claiming no fear. No injuries reported and authorities investigating the incident.
Poem fragment recalls merchants lamenting unpaid bills as rent, groceries, and fuel costs mount. A butcher, grocer, and dealer voice distress over debt and slow payments before the first of the month, with customers chasing money for gas and tires.
The speaker reflects on human progress and the danger of civilization decaying into “weed-dom.” He cites plant breeding as a metaphor for selective heredity, warning that a growing variety of people can overwhelm the capable and decent, unless the unfit are restrained while the fit pursue living and letting live.
The Tappenish Washington Review condemns I W W rhetoric opposing the Constitution and asserts none should claim constitutional protection without swearing to defend the document. It calls such attitude a gross inconsistency requiring drastic remedy.
Reports in the Anthropological Journal confirm two bone harpoons found under peat at Holderness Yorkshire are Maglemose age dating 10 000 to 20 000 BC. Verifications by committees match Kunda Estonia harpoons and gain support from Prof Sir W Dawkins and other experts.
A collage of witty lines, editor jabs, and random musings from Whitesboro Texas. Aphorisms and jokes touch on laziness honesty and vanity, with brief soapbox quips about fruit pianos and street crossing prudence.
The quote references Silas Ross who played Lincoln in last year’s pageant and prefers staying home for cooling shade from a maple tree. It ponders whether his judgment matches Iowa’s Cleanest City standards, suggesting he may be overly critical.
Mose Potts, a ditch digger on a Virginia planter's farm, limped to the house claiming a giant turtle in the mud caused him to strike with a spade and sever his toe. The tale is told with humor as the employer and hen observer react to the bizarre incident. The note ends with a quip about Splinters and uncertainty.
A reader urges a garden contest highlighting the Bruns Seed Company trial garden between East 6th and East 7th streets. The note praises intensive cultivation, proper soil and seed, and the value of a well kept garden to the neighborhood while urging community gratitude for diligent growers.
Federal aid highway construction for the year is projected to cost about 258 million dollars, up from 223 million last year. The outlook improves after last year's railroad and coal strikes, as the federal aid system is now completed in 33 states under the new law, enabling a definite program.
Seattle reports Alaska’s mail network uses almost every transport form from ocean steamers to dog teams and reindeer. Seaplanes will join the system soon. Mail travels Seattle to Seward by steamship then railroad to Nenana before reaching mining camps 300 miles inland in nine days.
A narrator recalls a sign painter finishing a mural reading Lachie's and Gent's Restaurant. The exchange questions why an apostrophe appears before the 8, and the painter asks back what is meant by the mark after the letters.
The notice lists eastbound and westbound train arrivals and departures with numbers and times. It notes daily operation except Sundays for several local passenger and freight services and names H. W. Russel as agent.
A collage of domestic vignettes recalls etiquette at table miscommunications a proposal scene by a beach resort owner and childhood memories of gardens bees and hens. The fragment ends with a quip about a fire alarm and a short circuit.
Regular meetings listed for Washington Lodge No. 26 R A M Damascus Shrine and other bodies with dates on first or last Fridays or Thursdays. Officers named include W M W T Carson secretary Arthur Goodin, plus visiting members welcome and scribe roles.
A pithy quotation contrasts breaking free with clinging to a fault. It explores moral tension and wisdom from Confucius, highlighting the paradox of choice and restraint in character.
Geneva says the League of Nations was informed that over two million people of both sexes are enslaved in Abyssinia with the slave trade rising yearly since the war. Abyssinia plans to seek league admission but must abolish slavery first.
A San Francisco hardware firm received an Orient request for quotations on male water sheep. Staff puzzled over the term until an outsider suggested hydraulic rams, which proved to be the correct interpretation.
The Boston Transcript notes that outcomes hinge on whether experiences leave us improved. It argues growth comes from learning and applying lessons, not merely facing events. The piece emphasizes resilience, reflection, and proactive change as keys to lasting progress.
Dustin Farnum appears in Bucking the Barrier at the Fox theatre with Arline Pretty leading. The tale set in It Far North follows a Klondike miner as Lucian Andriot captures vast snowscapes under Colin Campbell's direction.
A briskly spoken quip about speed appears in a Boston Transcript item. The fly claims to move at record pace while perched on a revolving phonograph disk, illustrating a humorous moment in the paper’s pages.
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