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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
4
Eight states have held primaries this summer with 92 Republican incumbents up for renomination. only six were defeated indicating broad satisfaction with the current Republican policy in Congress. The text suggests Democratic complaints create a perceived wave of dissatisfaction.
The speaker urges no railway strike citing a government board as ruling body. He notes the railway labor board includes employers operators and the public and stresses uninterrupted transportation as essential to the community and national economy. He argues most workers likely do not want a strike and warns of broad demoralization.
ABE MARTIN wonders aloud if debt could be eased by collective effort turning to the man with the best ideas who is kept from acting. The humor centers on wasted intellect and the desire to lift burdens through shared strategy.
A verse by Walt Mason mocks a crusading preacher who claims abstinence while his odd appearance and feigned piety provoke laughter. The speaker argues against harsh judgment, noting the preacher may still offer genuine guidance despite outward quirks and public ridicule.
The text argues that developments are hard to predict and people must submit to authority and respect rulings. It notes judges and committees err occasionally but are less dangerous than personal prejudice. Selfishness pervades all classes, yet each person needs some for self defense, and one should stand up for their own rights.
A compact meditation on opportunity as a creator of success, citing Lincoln Grant Roosevelt and Burbank. It argues most leaders win not by seizing the first chance but by repeated attempts, setbacks, and comebacks, with quotes from Maxwell and Henley and a message that today holds new chances.
The text notes color use in medical care across cultures. It cites Chinese practice of dressing smallpox sores in carmine, Tonkin children with measles painted red, and Spanish remedies involving red clothing and red syrup.
Federal and state officers seized liquor valued at 50 000 and many stills in a major raid around Dedham and Templeton. Twenty one men and one woman were arrested on illicit liquor charges. 2 500 gallons of mash 21 barrels of beer and 78 gallons of moonshine were captured.
A fragment hints at making a powerful explosive by mixing idle hands with ruined materials. The text is unclear and lacks verifiable details about methods or sources.
A brief note compares the esteem of languages with English praised for its rich rhetoric. It references Sir Philip Sidney, Spencer, Daniel, Strayton, Warner, Shakespeare, Marlowe and Chapman as elevating English to noble status within a lineage of classical and Latin praise.
A collage of light items from a historic page mentions the new South Marion Avenue paving and a parade with auto trucks. It also includes a set of children’s sayings and brief jokes reflecting daily life and wartime era humor.
A world war veteran praises a history of the war, citing fragments of phrases and slogans such as Now cough Sign Here When do we eat Haven't Any S's Take a pate of 10's There's a soldier in the grass Voice in the Army now Treat 'em rough Read 'em and weep All we do is sign the payroll It's a great life if you don't weaken The first seven years are the hardest Where do we're from here You can't stand there soldier Oo ja la Lafayette we are here Lets go Any seconds on gold fish Madeoln Madelon Encore the via rouge Toot sweet bon soir ma cherie says the veteran noting a collage of wartime lines.
Committees organizing the July 4 festivities have all preparations set but will miss MacCutcheon’s sunrise salute this year, a traditional morning feature that will be silent.
From the New York University Medley comes a humor item about Mr. Smith and his sleeping talk. The piece riffs on secret fraternities and a son who thinks he belongs to one.
Frank Carter, new proprietor of the clothes shop at the northeast corner, interviewed at least twenty five Washington residents before choosing to locate here. All were enthusiastic boosters for Washington, signaling strong local support for his home town.
A rural Arkansas crossroads hotelkeeper endures a surge of guest theft by a clerk who showed model conduct otherwise. With few helpers available and the clerk's kleptomania spreading, the proprietor struggles to control losses and protect guests.
A brief vignette shows a man hesitating to part with a person, then resolving the issue. He places a sign above his desk stating Leave your valuables with the clerk. He'll get them anyhow. The scene conveys irony about trust and misplaced security in an office setting.
A reader reports a man wandering the street yesterday with a blue and white parasol. The remark about a husband resembling a father fuels playful neighborhood chatter.
A humorous appeal asks readers to lend a hand with a stalled street task and to send in a contribution to support the effort. The note emphasizes neighborly cooperation and mutual aid in tackling a shared community challenge.
In the Brown family a two and a half year old child, after praise, proudly declares I am a good boy. The scene captures a parents’ amusement at his growing speech and self awareness.
A Baltimore reader describes months of backache and weakness improved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter claims other women also benefited and recommends sharing the remedy for relief of female sickness.
The Touwwns are credited with introducing cabbage to Ireland and Cromwell’s soldiers carried it to Scotland. The crop’s popularity then spread to Teeland according to tradition.
A proverb about timely fixes applies to people as well as clothes. The author notes that delaying care increases work and worsens outcomes, arguing that prompt effort benefits everyone involved.
Sulphur undergoes a curious sequence: yellow sulphur melts on heating then hardens as temperature rises, melts again and finally becomes a gas. This peculiar behavior, noted for its industrial and technical importance, enables mining under unusual circumstances that would be impossible otherwise.
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