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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1922
Page
4
An editorial argues liquor sales on American ocean steamers should be barred by a shipping subsidy amendment. It contends that dry ships would attract travelers, reduce wrecks from drunken crews, and push foreign competition out, with Congress weighing the subsidy bill to enforce prohibitions at sea.
In a plainspoken moment ABE MARTIN vents at a clerk who chats while overcharging customers causing his annoyance and turning patience thin in a small town scene.
A humorous verse fragment depicts a weekend at a cottage with Walt Mason’s light verse about leisure, family, drinking, and the shift from saloon life to domestic calm as the week ends.
The article discusses President Harding's stance on expanding U S sea commerce with government and industry support from both parties, noting regional skepticism and the aim to reduce reliance on foreign powers. It also covers liquor sales on American sea going boats, citing previous legal interpretations and the three mile limit.
In Crawfordsville R J Ferguson shows a July 30 1843 letter by his great grandfather James Moore to his grandfather John Ferguson. Written with a goose quill from Roan Tenn the letter notes no envelopes or stamps and describes early postal practices. The Ferguson family emigrated to Iowa and settled near Washington.
In under three months after labeling the American Legion as made up of bums and tramps a receiver takes over the Illinois Staats Zeitung. The transfer follows a published statement stirring surprise and disgust at the periodical’s stance.
The agent presses Snages about life insurance while Snages laments the idea of being more valuable dead than alive. He argues that if he dies the agent would not find another husband like him, and she retorts that she would not want another like him.
The remark argues that labor union efforts overlook factors driving reduced hiring. It contends wage pressures, automation, and policy shifts undercut employment growth and produce stubbornly high unemployment.
A nostalgic slice of Iowa life quotes George Fitch on corn, July evenings, and grand opera. The piece recalls ordinary men with egg stains on vests and a dryly satirical take on measuring the thrill of a kiss by a calculating scientist.
The Iowa corn song, famed "that's where the tall corn grows," was sung by Iowa fans and even a Massachusetts delegation during conventions, boosting state promotion. A Kansas editor notes appreciating summer heat reducing wardrobe needs.
A disjointed poem recalls Elisha Jinks drinking seven times behind a hardware store and witnessing a strange cross between a flying machine and an early plesiosaur. The speaker notes contentment as an elusive rainbow’s end.
A Des Moines Tribune special edition honoring Texas delegates to an advertising convention features the rattlesnake tale on its front page. A reader reports mules that lay down on popcorn and froze to death, and a claimed authority denies the tale saying a mule lacks imagination.
A New York traveler in Chicago reports a note reading Twins this morning More later Sadie. The remark hints at a cryptic message while the reporter reflects on honesty and aging with a wry observation about people who lie on politics yet tell truth otherwise.
A humorous letter to the editor recounts an embarrassing moment when a young lady asked about codfish balls and the writer jokes about whether the editor has a fairy in the home or a lit tle miss in the engine or cellar.
The verse piece praises nature with buttercups and violets in a peaceful glen and praises a farmer's helper bringing fresh eggs. It also notes wartime debate over scrapping battleships versus airplanes, and mocks historical hair color debates about George Washington and W. J. Bryan. It ends with a brief desk communication addressed to the editor.
Readers recall a local barber shop debate over Reisters installing a pasteurizing machine. An explainers claim the device removes pasture flavor from milk and cream, tempering wild tastes. The piece closes by asking if normalcy is returning.
A man notes his wife is ill and, with reluctance, declines a proposed measure. He thanks Leigh Hunt for the suggestion but says they will not use it.
A test challenges the community with a land division problem. A man bequeaths 120 acres to his widow and three sons on the condition that the land be divided equally so each son’s tract joins the mother’s and all tracts share the same shape. The original tract is described but not completed.
A playful note presents a woman wearing a red hat blue sweater green skirt and brown pumps and reveals the hat price as eight dollars. The piece asks how she acquired it with a punchline that she told us.
Miss Dorothy Hack of Crawfordsville visits Miss Doris Hitch in Lafayette Illinois. A local quip notes Abe should not marry the girl as townspeople kiss her and the town is described as not very big.
A quirky verse recalls a paradoxical night at sea with a shining sun and snowing rain. A barefoot girl sits on grass while chaos unfolds with organ music and a church fire. The preacher proclaims Holy Smoke as the scene shifts to a heavenward end.
A reporter visits Rev. A R Oates who grows tomatoes outdoors and ties vines to poles with pruning to strengthen stalks. His first ripe tomato from his own vines marks a claimed Washington first with several large tomatoes developing rapidly in a favorable season. Others are nearly ready.
The article describes Pasteur’s breakthrough in hydrophobia treatment, highlighting its virulence in France and its impact on humans and animals. It notes the treatment becoming a household term and credits Pasteur with saving thousands from a feared death.
In Boone county district court Judge H E Fry set a $10,000 probate fee for Healy and Breen of Fort Dodge for work on the Wallace Farley estate. The estate, valued at about $720,000, made Farley one of Boone county’s wealthiest men. The case reflects disputes over maximum statutory fees and court discretion in probate matters.
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