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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1923
Page
4
The Associated Press retains exclusive rights to publication of all news dispatches and local news in this paper. Special dispatches are also protected from republication.
The narrator recounts a July journey from Malone to Saranac Lake via scenic eastern mountains. They praise New York state police patrols guarding routes and forests, noting forest fire towers, vigilance of rangers, and well maintained Adirondack roads despite some rough sections.
Poem extols a calm domestic life with aunts in chairs and lamplight. The speaker favors reading a thick volume and playing dominoes, finding contentment in a simple night indoors rather than wandering. Nostalgia contrasts old family evenings with modern restless society.
A reader recalls meeting a man who had been driving in the country and could tell by the dust in his ears. A humorous aside notes a crease in a fat man’s trousers as an odd sighting.
A conversation notes that a conjunction is a word connecting things such as the horse and the fence. Thomas defines the conjunction as linking the two items and offers an example in a childlike sentence.
A customer asks for cucumbers. The new grocery clerk replies nothing but bananas. The exchange captures a humorous blunder as the shop shelves show a single fruit variety this morning.
A health humorous piece advises cooling tips in a lawn shade with fans and drinks. A Kentucky remark urges soap and washing faces for clean beauty. A doctor quip about digestion features an old colored woman and a joking exchange on stomach movement.
Five young ladies left a local barber shop yesterday afternoon after getting their hair bobbed. The playful scene sparked chatter about future barber chair access for men in the community.
A pointed note on avoiding grudges and the impulse to seek revenge by pressuring the newspaper to publish damaging items. The author cautions against hostile rumors and suggests restraint in confronting disputes publicly.
Harold Lloyd plays a timid country boy who overcomes fear to capture a criminal thrashing a bully and winning the girl. The Hal Roach production for Associated Exhibitors runs for two days at the Fox Theatre with a cast including Mildred Davis Anna Townsend Dick Sutherland Charles Stevenson and Noah Young.
A travelogue describes tours to Adirondack and northern regions, noting camping scenes, mountain scenery, and a stop in Saranac with Camp Intermission hospitality. The writer recounts meeting William Morris Jr and Harry Lauder’s camp manager, plus local liquor talk, health sanitariums, and tubercular patients at Saranac.
The statement notes that a mother typically bears the burden of raising children while the father also contributes. It emphasizes shared parental responsibilities in family life.
Washington correspondent reports weed cutting eases trial work and outlines a two column plan for Ottumwa Diamond Jubilee Homecoming August 7 to 11. He proposes ad rates 2c per word 12 hours in advance, 3c per word 24 hours, 4c earlier, and urges secrecy to protect his Ot tumwa reputation.
A letters page questions plans to allow men to edit the By the way column next Monday. The writer asks if Shavings Splinters and Shingles will be included and jokingly suggests barring them for that day.
A fragment lists types of pins from safety pins to rolling pins as a playful catalog of everyday items reflecting the many stages of a woman’s life. The terse line blends common tools with decorative pins.
A brief aphorism from William Bacon condemning parsimony as a vice that withholds generosity and charity. It laments the many paths to enrichment but notes parsimony is among the most harmful as it restrains humane acts.
A humorous notice from a California zoo recounts three visitors misidentifying an orangutan as a bamboo and then as a boomerang. The gag hinges on language mixups by Irish or Scotch men.
The text notes that tigers are not native to Africa and are confined to Asia including India, Siberia, Persia, Java and Sumatra. It emphasizes there are no wild tigers roving African jungles.
Theodore Roosevelt argues that parents must enact justice first with children and grant mercy only after addressing faults. He rejects gentleness alone and urges firm discipline before leniency.
A quotation from Julia Ward Howe on liberal education providing knowledge and disciplined thinking as foundations of freedom.
A California woman has had her teeth set with diamonds as a display of wealth. The remark suggests such bling could impress people in the Midwest where Lowans are headquartered.
The notice lists train times and local freight numbers including Nos. 429 and 449 Local Pass and No. 835 Local Freight with daily service except Sundays. Agent H. W. Russel signs as the station representative.
Local shopkeepers in Washington share narrative ads highlighting their goods and community ties, inviting readers to notice craftsmanship, promotions, and storefronts through a creative ad-reading approach.
LODGES Washington Lodge No 26 A P A M regular meeting first Friday night each month W T Carson WM Arthur Goodin Secretary Cyrus Chapter No 18 R A M regular meeting second Friday night each month D L Carbaugh HP Arthur Goodin Secretary Zeredatha Council No 21 RAS M regular meeting first Tuesday night each month W C Bell I M Arthur Goodin Recorder Bethlehem Commandery No 45 KT regular meeting third Friday night each month HT Carris FE C Arthur Goodin Recorder
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