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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1922
Page
4
In the Journal office a traveling pair of advertisers push cheap Pocket Directories featuring Washington time tables and city notes. They fill margins with ad space from $5 to $10 and leave town fast. The directories prove faulty as railway timetables are wrong due to following sloppy copy.
The author details North Dakota harvests and road misadventures near Washington county readers. He notes Frazier’s senate bid as a protest choice, describes eight horse plows, a mudhole rescue near Kensall, and the lively farm life of Mayville and Dave Miller. He praises Dave Miller Ditch work, tractor and horse teams, and local kinship among settlers.
A verse exchange between a bard and farmers contrasts poetic toil with farm labor. The farmer insists on work and progress, while the poet’s sung words inspire or mock depending on the listener, ending with a reminder that all labor has purpose.
A critic denounces ads that pretend to be genuine campaigns while the sellers drift to other fields. He urges readers to evaluate advertising on merit, warning that marginal space often yields no business and merely stains the craft with false virtue.
The writer recounts a swift trip with Allen Reed and Mary Fishburn near Larimore, describes farming 800 acres and three sons, notes meeting Helen Howe and Delson, recalls past gatherings at Wellman, and outlines plans to visit Park River Cavalier and Minnesota before returning home.
Iowa City sees heavy tourist and resident traffic with motorists urged to practice road courtesy. The piece promotes sharing the road, patient passing, yielding to horn signals, helping others, and maintaining a friendly, considerate attitude to prevent conflicts and improve safety.
Efforts of Keota and Harper in Keokuk county to secure passage of the White Way road have delayed construction on a $35,000 contract to build five miles of the road east of Sigourney. If the towns fail to win the road, it will run through the country with no turn and only one railroad crossing.
A column notes a headline about a woman in Scott County and comments on frequent public chatter in Washington County. The piece jokes about new radio laws warning listeners not to interrupt. It also quips that the Irish Question is turning to counting yesterday’s shootings.
A Chicago newspaper excerpt features a sharp exchange about kissing through a veil and a lawyer cracking a memory tax line. The dialogue includes a quip about Spivis leaving his wife and baby and a joke on recalling past events. It reads as light snappy humor from courtly chatter.
A diner asks a waitress for a spoon at Cook's Restaurant. The waitress replies she is busy and cannot assist. The brief exchange highlights a tense moment over a simple utensil.
The piece ridicules medical consultants and politicians, noting a public scandal. It portrays a physician’s inside informant role and a politician’s private vice, including domestic abuse and public drunkenness, ending with moral indignation.
A local man favors tomatoes with cream sugar sprinkled on baked potatoes and raw hamburger sandwiches. The note adds a trivia line about Mrs. W. S. Elton born in Golden Colorado.
A young lady recounts a witty exchange on the square story ending with a remark by a young businessman who drew marks on her blouse. She protested and he answered with a sharp jab that she had a blank look.
A then letter column lists reader notes and jokes about marriages herbs and oddities. It includes quips about waltzing girls, a parrot and monkey in a marriage joke, a butter hair memory, a dentist, a profiteer, leap year, and a brief note on medicinal herbs and Lydia Pinkham's remedy with a light promotional tone.
A terse summer scene describes extreme heat and drought with shallow water forcing fish to lie on their sides to avoid scorching backs. The speaker notes men chasing marriage with pretty film stars after viewing their photos, implying the cost of dressing them is perceived as low.
Des Moines July 19 Governor Kendall released a statement condemning threats of violence aimed at stopping men from working. He asserted the right to quit work and the right to engage in legitimate labor, promising full protection under the constitution and Iowa laws.
Macy Campbell head of rural education at Iowa State Teachers College will speak at the State Teachers College in Ypsilanti on Iowa school consolidation. He recently spoke at Warrensburg Missouri Teachers College and will visit Texas and South Dakota next. Economic gains for farmers boost consolidation interest nationwide. Campbell addressed Tipton community club on the modern school plant for the largest consolidated district in Iowa. Inquiries from Australia and New Zealand show global interest in Iowa consolidation.
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