Col Brookhart’s sweeping win signals larger duty ahead
Reports show Col. S. W. Brookhart won 76 of 99 counties with over 41 percent in a six candidate field. The piece argues the victory imposes national service duties beyond local concerns and calls for broad, principled leadership in the U.S. Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. S. W. Brookhart
Sth
United States Senate
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Dixie
United States
Far West
Window Washing Ends the Workday for a Tired Executive
The text notes the daylight window cleaning as the best part of the day and observes a businessman finally taking a long rest after a tiring period.
A New Plan to Fight the Weed by Walt Mason
A poem argues reformers should use moral suasion rather than harsh laws. It praises gentle outreach to smokers and drifters, rejects punitive statutes, and says reformers who preach sinning should stop shoving their views. The speaker admits to smoking but supports compassionate change.
Fight Evils Still Rise In Unexpected Places
A reflective note describes the ongoing battle against evils that persist despite efforts, surfacing even in modern times. It emphasizes vigilance and continued action against such threats wherever they appear.
Washington Iowa appoints W P Rawn city engineer for street project
The Washington city council directs street improvement work including grading curbing and paving, appoints W P Rawn as city engineer to prepare plans and supervise the project, and requires bidding advertisements forms of proposal contract and bonds for the work. The measure follows a June 6 1922 resolution and is to be paid as per the city contract with Rawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Washington
Iowa
W. P. Rawn
W. P. Rawny
A. N. Alberson
Face Is the Mirror of Health Ad for Lydia E. Pinkham
An advertisement urges readers that a pallid tired face signals illness and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to strengthen nerves and tone the body against fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Heaton Leaves Fairfield Park In Final Will
Fairfield June 9 Hiram Heaton who died May 19 from a fall at Washington Iowa left Woodthrush Park Fairfield home as his estate. He bequeathed a sampler to Susan Fulton a picture to Mrs C D Leggett a monument at his Glasgow grave and 1500 to Jefferson County Hospital. Executors named Mrs Elizabeth G Whitney and W G Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Hiram Heaton
Washington
Iowa
Woodthrush Park
Lockridge
Mr. Heaton
Susan Fulton
William Savage
C. D. Leggett
Old Besgie Millis and the Wind Seller of Stroemness
Bes sie Millis, known as Old Bessie, operated in Stromngss Orkney, selling wind to skippers from Stroemness Port. She boiled a kettle and offered prayers for a sixpence, a practice said to ensure the wind for mariners departing Stroemness. Sir Walter Scott noted her belief that wind would come though sailors sometimes waited. Her hilltop home exposed to gales reinforced her claim to wind control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Millis
Stromngss
Orkney Islands
Bessie
Stroemness
Walter Scott
Tessie
Heat, corn, and pageant life in Iowa news notes
The piece riffs on midwestern summer heat praised by Loyal Lowans and paving crews praised for efficiency while playful lines lampoon Ford tracks. It mentions George Breitenbach and his six sons in a July Fourth pageant list and notes John Temple Graves praising Iowa as a cultural center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Democrat
John Brown
Gene Breitenbach
Geo. Breitenbach
Poem Fragment Reflects Gentle Courtship Dilemma
A brief verse depicts a man rising quickly to offer a seat and the question of who should stand versus sit. The exchange suggests polite courtship and social expectation in a civic or literary setting.
Chamber banquet praises business amid civic glow
A chamber of commerce banquet leaves business with good will as attendees praise local conditions. A street scene features a boy and his kittens. when asked their names the boy replies Joe and Jerry and jokes about Cook and Peary, calling them not polecats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Little Willie
Joe
Jerry
Cook and
Peary
Willie
Family Siblings Argue Over Glass of Milk
In a domestic moment James is corrected by his father and brother John. The exchange features James declaring he has no syrup while John assists in correcting him with a practical farmhouse tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
James
Bananas Only For Morning Customer Inquiry
A new grocery clerk replies to a customer asking for cucumbers that she has nothing but bananas in stock this morning. The playful exchange highlights a humorous misalignment between customer needs and supply.
Ill Negro Patient Misunderstood By Doctors
An elderly African American man in Kansas City grows ill and calls a physician of his own race. After no improvement, he seeks a white doctor who checks his pulse and tongue. The patient, asked about temperature, replies he has not missed anything but his watch yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Epigry of Hal Hake Sleepers Bell Toll
Epigraphic note recalls Hal Hake lying in rest with a bell toll and a hut without a brake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Hake
Better to Have Saved and Lost Than To Be Bossed Forever
A compact moral couplet contrasts the value of saving and losing with the burden of lasting domination. It frames virtue in defeat over tyranny, urging restraint and principled conduct despite power. The line preserves archaic diction and conveys a cautionary stance.
Censorship urged for sensational hobos in press glare
Critics decry coverage of traveling beggars who roam from Jackville to Jerusalem exploiting sympathy. They argue such stories glorify vagrancy, distract from real news, and inspire youth to wander, panhandle, and cheat, labeling the tramp a picturesque yet harmful stereotype.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackville
Jerusalem
Kokomo
Abide with me proposed as new motto for coin
The Credo dialogue notes ongoing agitation over a new national motto for the coin and reveals a personal leaning toward the phrase Abide with me as a preferred option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Credo
Cole
Cave Girl at the Fox Promises Thrills and Scenic Winter Fun
The Cave Girl screens Saturday and Monday at the Fox Theatre. The Yosemite Valley is shown in winter splendor, noted as a premier outdoor setting. The film blends adventure romance and comedy as a cave girl encounters a party of New Yorkers, culminating in a perilous waterfall escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Theatre
Yosemite Valley
Guy Bolton
George Middleton
Drake University President Resigns Appeals for Immediate Succession
President Arthur Holmes of Drake University in Des Moines offered his resignation at a trustees meeting. He asked to be relieved by July 1, 1923 and urged immediate appointment of a chancellor to assume the president's duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Arthur Holmes
Drake University
University Board of Trustees
F. 0. Nor
Flea Hop Count Question Stirs Curiosity in Town
Kenneth Jackson calculates a flea would need to hop sixteen thousand three hundred nine times to reach a target. The remark follows a playful debate sparked by a girl who refuses to waste time on a fool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Jackson
Yale College Grants Leave to Head of Liberal Arts
Ton, who has led the college of liberal arts for nearly fifteen years, has been granted a two year leave of absence to devote himself to writing several religious works under Yale college auspices.
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Ton
College of Liberal Arts
Yale College
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