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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1922
Page
4
A devotional note urges keeping the servant from presumptuous sins to avoid dominion of the tongue and thoughts. It cites Psalm 19 13 14 and asks for Lord to make meditation acceptable and to grant strength and redemption.
A rhetoric piece in the News-Advocate argues that lax immigration and weak Americanization efforts harm local communities. It cites about 3000 Greeks in the county, notes only a minority seek Americanization, and calls for deportation avenues, stricter laws, and English-language education to curb perceived lawlessness.
A humorous verse portraits Jane as a flirty town beauty who spurns suitors to pursue law. She rises from wishful student to a respected attorney and judge, yet final lines hint at loneliness and the cost of solitary achievement.
Des Moines Capital laments rude motorists who ignore others and endanger safety. The piece contrasts modern drivers with horse drawn era courtesy and argues for public shaming of aggressive road behavior. It urges respect for common rights on land and water.
A persuasive editorial argues that courtesy on roads and highways is essential and criticizes selfish driving. It calls for adherence to the golden rule of considerate motoring to restore pleasure and safety in automobile use.
A list of ten practical rules for forming and sustaining new habits. Emphasizes recording resolutions, avoiding temptations and discouragement, aligning with supportive people, seizing opportunities, making commitments, and preventing lapses until the habit is secure. It notes the brain is affected by keeping resolutions, not merely making them.
Athletes in the upper house indulge in golf tennis and swimming while work proceeds. Senators like Joe Robinson of Arkansas mix rivalries on the floor with friendly rounds at Potomac Park and country clubs. Golf seems to level the field among foes as they keep in trim for sessions.
The piece blends light anecdotes about weather chatter from John Applegate and a humorous exchange on rain forecasts with playful quips on vacationers night fishing and prices rising. It closes with a punchy aside about a Chicago professor claiming women ruled the world for 10 000 years.
A teacher asks students for their greatest ambition and Jimmie replies he wishes to wash his mother's ears. The item then notes Charley Thomas's funeral in Ottumwa with a puzzled reaction about an undertaker singing in the quartet. The piece ends by doubting Washington undertakers would join in such singing.
A reader writes from Arkansas recalling a 21st birthday pursuit of a judge Benton’s son. The note blends travel reminiscence with local color as a train stop near Booneville ignites a tale of a young man chased by horsemen after a lawful act.
A playful note from a reader reflecting on aging and share plans to blackberry along Crooked Creek. The exchange jokes about chiggers and chloroform with a coy garden suggestion between a fan and a co-ed.
A brief Chicago item notes a girl at the Donald Bell residence enjoying summer air and being instructed to chew her food well as part of a domestic vignette.
A playful verse reimagines Maud Muller as a modern laborer who would swap haying for a tractor. The poem jokes that Washington Tractor dealers could insert tractor names at a rate of 20 cents per line.
A local column recalls Joe Wolfe’s rattlesnake stories from Dutch Creek days. Db. C. Robertson notes hoop snakes and copp snakes in rural memory, joking about a pitchfork sting. A Washington boy overhears his father dictating a letter and reports home to his mother.
A playful column invites donations for original material, hints at a Contributor's Day next week, and asks readers to send in their contributions. It mocks stylists and jokes about a drug store encounter with a man’s comb, ending with a humor about needing a stout man’s comb with rubber teeth.
Chief Justice Taft commented on the dinner party chatter in Washington calling it highbrow and amusing, noting the discussion centered on books and reading. The quotation appeared during a lively exchange among guests.
In the evenings after camping Mr Bland switches on the aerial to listen to a broadcasting station. The music or lecture entertains the group until they retire for the night.
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