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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1923
Page
4
The Acenciated Press holds exclusive use for publication of all news dispatches credited in the paper and local news published herein. All rights of repubication of several dispatches herein are reserved.
Psalm 34 10 verse offers a devotional line about the young lions lacking hunger while those who seek the Lord will not want any good thing.
Report from St Louis after the Rotary International convention notes hot, humid weather and big crowds. Observations compare corn growth along the line with rapid progress in the heat. St. Louis Municipal Opera offers free shows in a natural amphitheater with extensive seating and distant sound, alongside paid seats.
Walt Mason muses on art versus happy endings in fiction. He notes authors drift toward despair yet life offers hopeful outcomes where virtue is rewarded and the hero finds a just finale despite grim world conditions.
The piece praises public generosity and leisure provided free in cities, noting bathing beaches parks and excursions. It highlights President Harding briefly addressing Rotary delegates, emphasizing that true reward lies in service over political gain as St Louis welcomes visitors warmly.
About 100 to 125 golfers from outside Cedar Rapids will compete in the Iowa State Golf Association championship in July at Cedar Rapids Country Club. Local entries likely exceed 50 with 20 clubs already paying dues to qualify. The club prepares its course and plans to dedicate a new 135 by 105 foot swimming pool, 12 feet deep, during tournament week.
An excerpt from The Wild Heart by Euma Lindsay Squier describes a star falling and leaving a light trail, prompting a wistful reflection. A Siwash Indian chet's saying about stars as flowers from Paradise eases a soul’s passage into the Great Darkness.
A cautionary line likens memory to a purse that cannot close when full, causing items to spill. It warns against gluttonous curiosity and feeding on many things, lest greedily hungry memory ruin digestion of knowledge.
Washington people report relief from weak kidneys after accidents and cold exposure. Mr. J. B. Renoux of 309 W Sixth Ave testifies Doan's Kidney Pills stop kidney discomfort and irregular action, noting price 60c and availability at all dealers. Poster-Milburn Co. distributes the remedy.
A compact literary line indicates a meditation on guilt and moral recoil. The piece uses stark images of conscience and nocturnal figures to contrast virtue and vice.
The Boston Evening Transcript quotes a proverb pairing health and industry, noting an apple a day keeps the doctor away and likening fruit to the fruit of industry as a civic motto.
Instructions say to rub gum with a piece of tea then wipe with ammonia solution to remove gum and stains from cotton or woolen dresses and other garments.
A jumble of By the Way chatter and poems notes, noting hot June humor and a memory of horses tied to a fence. A man boasts presence of mind saving an aviation scare. Several jagged lines hint at personal quips and a brick mystery.
A bystander questions Sam about the mule's behavior as he attempts to saddle the fractious animal. Sam replies with a sly regional remark about where the mule tends to kick, reflecting local dialect and humor.
A speaker invites ministers to share anecdotes about wedding fees and funeral expenses, noting humor in their real experiences. The audience learns ministers are offering small radio sets as premiums, and soon such prizes may appear in every package of oat meal.
John Waymack urges women to notify barbers three days in advance to book sittings as the second bobbed hair trend grows. Frosty reports reach New Mexico and Wisconsin, with icebergs drifting unusually south this season.
The notice lists eastbound and Washington Branch train arrivals and departures with numbers and times. It notes daily operation except Sundays for several freight and local passenger services and is signed by agent H W Russel.
Mail Clerk House from Oskaloosa plans to move near a school in town after selling his Oskaloosa home and renting a suitable modern house. Brookhart abandons balloon fishing and tests a fish bait sausage casing that smells like geraniums, as skeptics watch Thomps demonstrate at the Iowa River tonight.
A reminiscence recalls a legendary hay cutter from Winfield described as faster than any man in the country. The tale centers on a one mile long hay field and the man cutting a hundred swaths daily, returning to begin anew after each pass.
A minister asks why a nonchurchgoing man will not attend. The man recalls being splashed with water on first visit and tied to a woman he has kept since. The parson adds that next time they will throw dirt on him, delivering a rural humor exchange.
In a courtroom scene the plaintiff claims he became what he is today while star witness Lovin Sam, dubbed the Shiek of Alabam, delivers a witty line. The defendant counters with a garden of love metaphor as the prosecuting attorney proceeds.
Regular meeting held last Thursday each month in Commercial Club rooms. Eva Mae Michels w H P Susie B Edgington Worth Scribe observed.
The piece collects jests and snippets from a reader’s page including courtroom quotes about a devil in town and a jolly good fellow, alimony blues lines, playful rhymes about busy bees, and odds and ends from Splinters and By-the-Way. It mentions Tim Ferritt and a Sears Roebuck cigarette holder, a hospital room, and a drug store window notice about flies, all reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century colloquial tone.
A Brooke Foss Westcourt quotation argues that claiming completeness for opinions halts progress, while facing difficulties reveals new paths of truth. The remark frames intellectual progress as ongoing and contested, urging open inquiry through challenge and reflection.
Forbes Magazine argues that executives who remain tethered to their desks reveal diminished courage and organizational ability, suggesting a broader leadership deficiency.
A quip-like sentence describing a mob as a compound mass of human beings where individuals share the follies and passions of others plus their own, attributed to Sir Arthur Yelps.
The piece argues Albert Lasker knew his advertising impact and questions how a republic secures expert service against inexpert criticism. It notes public service requires personal sacrifice, yet democracy hampers skilled contributors and invites broader government regulation into enterprise.
A Versian ambassador in the Near East misread a hotel suite, treating the luxurious canopied bed as a throne. He seated guests on the bed and slept beside it, illustrating cross cultural misperceptions in domestic splendor.
A humorous fragment shows a butcher proposing saddle of mutton, and a husband replying with bridle to joke about getting a bite. The exchange highlights playful kitchen banter during a market scene.
The lucky man fears his luck will turn, always bracing for a sudden setback that could ruin his position.
The epact equals one day 11 hours 1 minutes and a7 seconds of excess in the solar lunar cycle. Derived from a Greek term meaning added year over.
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