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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1924
Page
4
The notice states Mutual 44 The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish all news dispatches credited in the paper and Mabed local news, with all special dispatches reserved for publication rights.
A brief devotional quotes Ecclesiastes urging youth to remember the Creator. It emphasizes fear of God and keeping commandments as the whole duty of man.
Yale College aims to recruit High School students from the middle west to preserve the university’s vigor and future prestige. The president argues that rural and small town youth bring diligence, ambition, and practical values, while wealthy city offspring risk indulgence and loose values.
A magazine article asserts this country wastes two to four billion dollars annually by not converting coal into electricity, signaling a debate over energy efficiency and resource use.
A parched plain spurs a scheme to conjure rain. Professor Bain charges seven thousand bones to make rain with tin pipes and tricks. Rain comes, floods farms and kills livestock, sparking a mob rule against the rain wizard and the plan ends broke.
A compact listing of radio stations from WSB to WRC noting program blocks including concerts, talks, musical acts, bedtime slots, choral numbers, and church broadcasts. Entrants cover Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Kansas City and more with varied genres and hours.
A provocative column skews social chaos toward reform, urging preemptive talks to resolve labor disputes. Various vignettes poke at hypocrisy in labor and capital, praise civic duty, and highlight generational calls for better guidance and integrity.
A London Opinion cartoon caption questions if a baby was bought from a stork and mocks freckled children. A clergyman preaches to an insane hospital audience and learns a patient found the sermon amusing.
The article argues coal could be saved by shifting energy to water power and better utilization of waste water for electricity. It notes plentiful coal but ongoing miner operator disputes frustrate the public and urges efficient development of available resources for dramatic national improvement.
Sullivan will direct broadcasting efforts with varied programs in character, entertainment, and education. The Calumet Baking Powder Company backs the enterprise, providing a permanency promise that emphasizes practical value.
The new WQJ station began May 1 from Ramnbo Gardens Chicago as the first outdoors broadcasting station in the United States. It will air regular programs on a 448 metre wavelength under the call sign WQJ.
Worcester a Philippine secretary of the interior from 1901 to 1913 died suddenly of heart disease. The report places his passing in Manila and notes his long service in the Philippine administration.
In Brasioff, Hungary area, wolves intruded a masked ball as dancers kept dancing amid alarm. Many wolves were frightened by the crowd and several were shot before they could flee, while attendees fainted from shock.
Ketty answers it took only four cars to learn. The exchange hints at a car related event or joke within a domestic scene.
A public notice announces a policy shift by an established Charleston store after years of service to the city and surrounding community. The statement signals a new approach while affirming past square dealing and faithful service.
A Marinette man Marinette and his fiancée Mary James of Menominee were badly hurt in an Oconto area auto crash. The groom regained by bonding his broken jaw while awaiting a Thursday marriage ceremony. A local witness recounted a surreal exchange about the accident and a separate court matter notes a man sentenced to be hanged.
A prison warden asks to join in a skip rope exercise with an inmate. The exchange centers on choosing the rope skipping activity as a form of recreation or discipline within the facility.
A comic exchange unfolds at dinner as Willie envies Mr. Selfmade for not having his ears pulled for eating with a knife. Mr. Selfmade asks why and Willie responds with the privilege of proper manners not punished at table.
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