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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1924
Page
4
Poem excerpt narrates a restless trek through hills swamps and rivers. The speaker complains of fatigue and costly garters while in dialogue with the Old Doe about health and perseverance offering a fatalist but humorous meditation on striving and rest.
A catalog of radio listings from stations in Chicago Dallas New York Newark Pittsburgh Oakland and more. Entries note times programs including orchestras bands talks dances and concerts with mentions of youth lessons and church broadcasts. Names of stations and city areas provide full scheduling snapshot.
A mosaic of humorous quips on weather camping trips and society, including a weather note about cool conditions, jokes about heat and comfort, political banter, and light satire on vacations. The fragment references conventions and politicians, plus jokes about tan lines and chiggers.
A Methodist temperance board denounces Bob La Follette for his Pro gressive stance and wartime conduct. They allege his platform omits prohibition and law enforcement and warn voters that supporting him risks a minority president and shared blame for future government.
Langdon Warner of Harvard returns from Western China with manuscripts about 2000 years old, some Sanskrit texts, a bronze mirror, and early sculpture. The finds include a ninth century statue and cliff temple carvings dated around 350 A D, destined for the Fogg and Peabody museums.
In Fairbanks Alaska a new service delivers the News Miner Citizen to cabins roadhouses and camps within about one hundred miles by airplane just hours after publication. Papers are attached to parachutes and released near subscribers saving weeks versus the old dog team method.
A shopper advises a merchant to remember a simple prompt: tell the seller I saw your ad in the Journal. The line emphasizes confirming advertising exposure and prompting attentive service.
Citizens voice concern as weeds grow taller each season and request timely mowing. The poem-like note laments recurring neglect in the town, urging action from authorities to maintain pride in the community.
Island hair ropes prized by St Kilda settlers are formed from years of hair gathering. Women save combings religiously to provide long ropes for prospective brides, lengths often reaching forty to fifty feet.
A humorous exchange maps Caesar’s victory to exam day as students joke about battles. The piece uses playful wordplay to contrast a historical event with school life.
A June themed column blends marital guidance with playful didactic tales. It also taunts flies with a whimsical breed of jokes and notes political chatter from Cleveland to New York, hinting at possible candidates like McAdoo and Cox amid Augustime speculation.
A夫 dialogue shows a wife boasting of savings from household funds while a bootlegger considers a sanity defense. Uncle Bil Bottletop claims that the accused could use his own liquor to bolster a plea of insanity.
Tucson reports Dr. Charles T. Vorhies of the University of Arizona says the tiny coral snake has the deadliest venom in the Southwest. He notes only coral annulated and rattlesnakes are venomous in the region, with the gila monster and other items deemed harmless.
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