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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1924
Page
4
Hogs sold for 9.35 dollars on the Chicago market the highest price in months with forecasts of ten cent hogs in weeks ahead Corn prices exceed one dollar and farmers brighten as conditions look up The Journal notes a positive mood and even the office feels energized concluding with playful jab about Iowa
The Journal reports John Hammill was nominated on the first ballot at the Des Moines Republican convention. The Journal's full leased wire service provided the breakthrough news a few minutes before press time, ahead of other evening papers.
Beginning early this morning the Washington stores participating in Dollar Day saw a strong demand for dollar bargains. The trade continued all day and at times.
A speaker defends individual dietary quirks from fish to beef to raw eggs, arguing personal choice and lawfulness matter more than public scolding. He cites friends Charles Chigg Pete Potlatch and James Jumbleson as examples while condemning prunes and sauerkraut shaming and dismissing aggressive food lectures.
Dollar Day draws large crowds as Washington merchants showcase bargains. The event, praised for bar gains and substantial savings, attracts shoppers from distant areas and aims to build goodwill for Washington. The sales spur reflects improving financial conditions across the state.
The Monmouth Illinois daily papers the Review and the Atlas have merged forming a new daily under the Review Atlas name. Editors Hugh R. Moffet and Wallace Barnes unite under the merged publication aimed at serving readers and advertisers with a single small town daily.
Douglas MacLean plays Dudley Ainsworth in The Yankee Consul a new comedy at the Fox on Thursday and Friday. He impersonates a Yankee consul to avert trouble on a heist like wager while a heroine played by Patsy Ruth Miller and a strong cast support the romps and misadventures.
The Olympic team of Philippine Scouts from Corregidor Island won the eight-team Manila army base ball league championship. Their victory advances them to China to compete in the Far East army baseball championship. American Marines at Peking and the 15th U S Infantry at Tientsin are set to enter teams.
A condensed schedule of daily broadcasting on multiple stations from WMAQ to WCHD detailing times and programs including orchestras talks and concerts across Chicago Buffalo Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas New York and more. The listings cover 5 to 12 show blocks with music talks dance and educational segments.
A miscellany of brief quips about golf bites, ice cream ladies, oboe dreams, knickers and girls, busy housewives, railway sandwiches, Manila clerk homesickness, Washington shopping ads, and love at first sight. Pokes gentle satire and light social foibles in a breezy 1920s tone.
A collection of light jokes and quips on aging, social missteps, golf in twilight, and a correction about a local circus ownership mix up. The piece blends self deprecating humor with street wise insights and a playful correction to the McCleery Brothers circus affair.
A poetic fragment describes night falling over an Iowa village as a youth with a windshield bearing symbols in red sweaters glides by. The piece hints at absence in the village choir and notes Dayton as the source.
A jumble of lines blends slang and aphorisms about relationships and ambition. The speaker references Daisy, a plumber, and blunt social remarks, mixing dated phrasing with stray maxims about happiness and perception.
Helen Wood has returned from trips to Clarinda and Centerville as a championship tournament is planned to take place at Tientsin.
A humorous column notes a wealthy widower draws an older admirer, while a student misreads a test question about the word canard. The piece wryly critiques gullibility and social norms, as Mrs. Butts reflects on propriety and modern behavior.
A quirky 19th century catalog lists foes of women as double chins nickel drinks exposed ears corsets mice crow s feet and cotton hose, framing a satirical critique of fashion and propriety.
In Washington County District Court Iowa William H Singleman files for divorce from Mary Singleman alleging they married in March 1913 at Rock Island Iowa and now live apart The petition seeks legal action from Mary Singleman and directs her to respond in the Clerk of District Court office
Arthur W. Cutten, the Beats Market trader, booked nearly 2 million dollars in profit selling July corn at 1.10. Unlike typical hustlers, he stayed in a broker room chair off the floor while bids ran, and he is described as a dirt farmer, owning 800 acres west of Chicago.
A divorce suit claims husband and wife wed, then desertion began in May 1918 without fault of the plaintiff. Petitioner seeks dissolution of the bonds of matrimony and costs. Defendants are warned to appear before noon of the second day of the September 1924 term or default and judgment will be entered as prayed.
In Hettstedt Germany a water works company was fined 2500 dollars for profiteering by charging 12 7 cubic feet for one cent, vastly above the prewar rate of five cubic feet for a cent. The two owners received six months imprisonment.
Local pass No 429 and local pass No 835 and local freights Nos 1 through 449 run daily except Sunday under H W Russ operations. Daily passenger service includes Nos 429 and 835 on local routes with freight movements interspersed.
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