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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1922
Page
4
The Spartan laments a prophetic boil that grows and spreads its ache through city streets. Neighbors mock his woes while he endures restless nights and protests from peelers and cops. He remains calm, insisting the writing foretold his fate despite the torment.
The crowd moved between windows to stay warm during the show. Performers kept the mood upbeat while the audience remained short on invitations. A banner moment ahead of the band was declined by the participants.
A playful Hawkeye note invokes a baby, family scenes, and spring openings with a homespun tone. It blends clumsy rhymes and quaint dialogue as readers are urged to praise local reporters who labor with ink and type.
Commentary on David W. Griffiths belief that moving pictures educate globally and foster world peace. The piece argues films show universal human similarities and could dissolve war as education shifts away from militarism. It references German aristocracy, militarists, and use of films like Iowa football or cannibal feast to convey messages.
The piece notes a rising stock values trend due to expanded production and demand. It links general prosperity to farm goods and livestock, and discusses the contentious veteran bonus bill, politics in congress, and the push for immediate aid to disabled and unemployed World War I veterans, predicting the bonus will pass amid broad support.
John Shields highlights a Bible Society Record piece about the Bible used by George Washington in 1789 and by President Harding in 1921. The Bible, presented to St Johns Lodge by Jonathan Hampton in 1770, rests on Genesis 50. Washington was sworn in at New York on Wall Street with Chancellor Livingston overseeing the oath.
Brig. Gen. William M. Mitchell warns Washington that the US has wasted about 7 billion dollars in war trained aviators while Europe uses hers in civilian and military flying. He notes training cost about 22,000 per pilot, with a replacement value of at least 500,000 each, and cites over 2,000 engaged in nonmilitary work leaving about 14,000 idle flyers.
Witnesses describe an afternoon event around 3 o'clock as darkness and a sudden hush settled during a trip from Wayland through Henry County. Mr Long notes the phenomenon but the writers missed it and question a Davenport timer's two or three column story about the early seventies.
Weary Willie recalls a youth with his own carriage while Leary Louis quips that his elder self once pushed it. The pair trade light barbs reflecting aging and pride in a comic exchange.
A brief verse warns pedestrians to stay alert and watch their step as cars are always nearby, urging careful crossings at any hour of day or night. The playful line echoes a safety reminder about vehicular traffic and personal caution.
A Washington man narrowly escaped serious harm when he attempted a bath inside a revolving washing machine at a local laundry. The oddly risky act highlights dangers of improvised bathing devices and recalls older, now obsolete swimming holes.
Washington reports the five power naval treaty with United States, Japan, France, England, and Italy appears certain for Senate ratification after Lodge moved the vote to three oclock. Debate was brief and opposition minimal as Harding leaders hold enough votes to approve naval reductions.
A dramatic, lurid vignette describes a reckless man who drinks heavily, drives a fast car, and is disposed of in a satin box with flowers. The piece adds a quip about contentment, envy, and enterprise, pondering why some people are satisfied with brunettes rather than pursuing romantic triumph.
Priscilla Dean leads in Conflict directed by Stuart Paton at the Fox Theatre. The drama follows Dorcas Remakie from city pampering to a northern woods home then into a new love with strong supporting roles by Herbert Rawlinson Martha Mattox Edward Connelly and a cast including Hector Sarno L C Shumway Sam Allen Capt. C B Anderson Milton Brown and Bill Gillis.
A widely credited Whitehall report says Sir Arthur Balfour may be raised to the earldom by King George, marking his final retirement from active politics after his Garter reward for Washington achievements. Mrs Milmoe and children from Chicago visited Miss Emma McChesney and planned a Fairfield day trip.
Washington reports extensive maneuvers planned by the War Department for the coming summer to test the military value of American coast defenses when operated with Mexican aircraft.
Mrs Jennie Gardenier and Mrs John Carris arrived from Keota to visit their sister Mrs F R Pringle this morning.
N L Long challenges the Davenport Democrat’s claim that the total eclipse occurred in the early seventies. Long insists the event took place in 1869, asserting his superior memory of dates in Washington.
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