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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1923
Page
4
The notice states The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish all news dispatches credited in the paper and to republication of special dispatches locally. It reserves all rights for local news and special material.
On Friday July 20 1923 a meditation cites John 3 19 about light and darkness. It notes condemnation for those who prefer darkness to light due to their evil deeds.
The writer describes a calm Sunday in Lake Placid during a trip with a convention party. Delegates from Oklahoma distribute candy and cigars aboard the train while Malone ice cream charms guests. Local citizens offer cars for tours of Saranac Lake and Malone, a town of seven to eight thousand, as Adirondack scenery adds enchantment.
In a humorous verse from Hugh Hengag to Walt Mason, a town booster scene unfolds as villagers praise colorfully painted shacks and hedges. The narrator visits the dump at nine fifteen and extols local effort, urging decor and progress to earn the town lasting renown. The piece ends with Pontown's boastful creed of shared praise and neighborly support.
The author describes Lake Placid Club as an exclusive, invitation only resort with cottages, dining rooms, a new Agora theater, and free concerts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Visitors enjoy swimming, golf, and high fashion while rhythms of Sunday schools and time zones create a lively, refined summer scene.
A person notes they saw an ad in the Journal and uses it as the opening to introduce themselves. The exchange highlights how classified notices and newspaper ads can prompt direct outreach between reader and advertiser.
A brief chit chat notes practical tips on staying cool with a handkerchief, choosing clean light palm beach clothes, and the quick shift from Christmas savings to vacation spending.
A reader letter from a Journal subscriber mentions lakes and bathing beaches with a puzzling closing line about grabbing a bathing gun and leaping into a Ford. The text also includes a humorous tale about an elderly colonel who destroys golf clubs rather than lose his temper after a sour bunker experience.
Tim Judd, recognized local tenor, has been placed in the county insane asylum. his illness traces to a January 23 incident when he attempted to sing Brighten the Corner Where You Are at a noonday meeting in the railroad roundhouse.
A quirky quote about leadership contrasts with a fable about Jack and Jill misadventure. A humorous line about an automobile show notes discontentment with current cars, blending proverb and local color in one item.
A reader ponders best conduct when a woman loses a heel and cannot walk asking whether to offer a shoulder or help repair. The note compares discomfort to riding a crowded day coach at 2 AM and recalls misdirected greetings in public.
A whimsical fragment from a newspaper page shows Claude Lemmon and Robert Grimes, one a hopeful job seeker and the other a sleepy child at prayer. A factory ad seeking a boy draws a long line of applicants and a humorous note from a would be worker.
Orville Todd became unconscious after grabbing a 240 volt wire at the Hughes Curry packing plant on Monday night. A physician attended him and he remained in the same condition for about two hours, suffering the effects of the shock.
A vivid slice shows a tire problem at a park railing with a pink dressed passerby and parasol. Park occupants note a party mischief while passers by tote packages as a hot day hums with a dog, a boy on a bicycle, and a busy square.
Mr and Mrs T R Phillips Mac McKenzie and Lester Stumpf joined a Monday night boat trip from Muscatine. T R appeared seasick and pale but the group otherwise enjoyed the outing as described by Splinters.
Jos Wittmer born near Altkirch Alsace France on October 6 1856 died at Sandl hospital July 11 1923 at age 66 9 6 He came to the United States in 1867 with family lived in this vicinity until 1882 He travelled western states worked as a cook on a whale voyage and spent 11 months in Hawaii He loved flowers nature and travel He leaves six sisters and one brother Mrs Margeret Schantz Mrs Joe Wit trig and Peter Wittmer Noble Mrs Mary Wittritg Wayland Mrs Josephine Muser Olds Mrs Lena Conrad Milford Nebr Mrs Catherine Kaufman Yakima Wash Interment at Eicher Cemetery.
Regular County Teachers Examinations will be held at the Court House in Washington Iowa on July 25 26 and 27 1928 The schedule lists morning and afternoon sessions covering Didactics Orthography Reading Geography History Domestic Science Arithmetic Physiology Agriculture Music Grammer Penmanship and Economics Clara M Wallace County Superintendent announces the times and subjects for each day
A store force member records appreciation after a customer mentions seeing the advertisement in the Journal. The note confirms ad effectiveness and logs customer engagement for follow up.
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