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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1923
Page
4
The document states The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish all news dispatches credited in the paper and the local news herein, with rights of republication for special dispatches also reserved.
All are invited to come and go up to the mountain of the Lord at the house of Jacob where he will teach his ways and we will walk in his paths from Isaiah 2 3.
The piece surveys a Chicago conference on uniting opposition to the two major parties into a single radical movement. It argues unity is unlikely, favors patience with the old parties, and warns against drastic shifts toward instant rebalancing or revolutionary changes.
In a colloquial mood, Miss Fawn Lipcut complains that it’s nearly impossible for a girl to get her picture in the paper unless she wears a dress. She comments that most sleepers are those without cotton pajamas.
A verse lampoons bootleg gin drinkers amid Prohibition era satire. The speaker scolds a festive Peterkin for breaking Volstead laws, contrasting dainty reformers with dry towns and mocking those who ignore prohibition while claiming virtue.
The annual convention of the Iowa State Association of Letter Carriers and related postal worker federations opened in Sioux City Iowa with over 300 postal workers in attendance. Sessions conclude tomorrow.
In Serbia the lower and middle classes show that women are always helped last and may not sit down unbidden in the presence of men, reflecting strict social etiquette and gender roles.
July 9 Ames Iowa State college searches a field of athletic instructors to appoint athletic director and head of physical training. The committee includes Professors Woodrow Keldee and Mr Schleiter with other board aligned members awaiting State Board of Education approval. Fall plans show many from last year returning to college.
Paramount presents To Move and To Hold at the Fox Theatre with Betty Compson and Bert Lytell. The handling of native roles contrasts Hollywood primitive depictions with modern Native actors trained in Carlisle Haskell and Sherman schools.
A collage of humorous lines, theater quips, etiquette hints, and social weather. It includes jokes about fashion and customs, letters from society pages, a spoof correction, and brief musings on human behavior. Names and places are sparse but notable figures surface in the captions and jokes.
A brakeman fires three bums from a freight car on Saturday. the men quickly attempt to reboard as the train moves, illustrating stubborn persistence despite removal efforts.
A reader asks which state Alaska is in as part of a regular column. The note reflects local humor about health and winter fashion while commenting on Americans who saved for a rainy day and now regret it.
Mrs Zela Smith of Des Moines Iowa testifies that Tanlac improved her health energy digestion and sleep after years of poor appetite biliousness and nervous fatigue She says she can now do housework with ease and enjoys meals Tanlac is advertised as Nature's own remedy for constipation with over 37 million bottles sold Advt
A farmer asks about a horse that alternates between normal and lame, with editor's playful reply suggesting to sell when it looks well. A quip about addressing a shy suitor and a line about retouching negatives mocks self image. Ends with a homely saying celebrating individuality.
Reader complains the band concert last Tuesday night, meant for business people, had few attendees besides Donald Bell and Walter Conner, and chides the editor for a habit of sitting around.
A fragmentary scene notes fountain curbing and listening to a band. The line “It’s a wonder there are any flowers left” alongside the word Splinters evokes a quiet, artful moment amid urban details. No clear dates, places, or people are identified in the readable text.
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