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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1923
Page
4
The Associated Press notes exclusive rights to publication of dispatches and local news in this paper. Reprint restrictions apply to special dispatches and local content as published.
The May 9 1923 Bible Thought for Today notes that God will not cast away a perfect man nor aid the evil doers, citing Job 8:20 to emphasize divine uphold of the virtuous. The brief meditation frames moral integrity as the standard of divine approval in daily reflection.
The article argues that US membership in the League would have been risky but the International Court existed regardless. It notes Elihu Root and John Bassett Moore’s roles, the court’s separate origins from the League, and cites past arbitration with Norway as evidence of long standing peaceful dispute resolution.
Abe Martin notes Mrs. Tipton Bud faced high sugar costs this morning. He quips on the oddity of briefcases and sellers lingering to chat, poking fun at prices and shop talk in town.
In this verse we fear modern perils from slums and airships to cars and epidemics. The speaker mocks society's push for health and fitness while acknowledging inevitable death, joking how strenuous training would be wasted if a truck ends life. The speaker confesses fat as vanity against mortality.
Secretary Hughes comments after a severance of the award to Norway noting the United States respects arbitral awards while seeking a world court with competent judges. Harding Hughes and Hoover favor joining a world court for rulings closer to international law and evidence.
A month long paper theft in Armstrong Point Winnipeg ended when a dog nicknamed Colonel was caught snatching fresh newspapers. Newspaper staff organized a search and resolved the incident after the canine was spanked and released.
A silver circular world map at the Royal Geographical Society in England is regarded as the best of four known examples. The thin plate, about three inches in diameter, commemorates Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe.
A collage of humorous snippets and dialect quips from readers and papers. includes a May fur nace line, farming woes, chicken talk with Rastus, a George Washington joke, parrot tale, and economical misers with a rural Southern flavor.
D. J. Ross and Miss Etha Dawson joked about the weather while in custody at Commercial Savings Hank. They quipped that it must have rained somewhere last night and noted there was considerable blowing about it in the morning review.
A humorous exchange from the American Legion Weekly shows Private Flannerty with an arm in a sling explaining he was wounded not in action but while cleaning the cage of the Colonel's canary. The bird bit him, eliciting laughter from an old lady and bystanders.
Two local men walk along the railroad track after drinking corn sprout tea when a mule begins to kick. Their talk shifts from copper coils to gold bonds as one declares intent to shell the railroad, while the other questions the plan.
A nostalgic quip about a traditional politician seeking a return, noting the era has moved on from his old methods and discipline, with a wry remark on sticking to marble games from youth.
An advertisement touts Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as helpful for stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. It promises relief from catarrhal mucus and inflammation with one dose and offers a money back guarantee. Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes the product nationwide.
The phrase notes a family situation in which Keeps has welcomed a son who declines a lasting marriage commitment. No additional people or places are identified in the accessible text.
A brilliant but wayward professor in a western college is dismissed for excessive betting and later hired elsewhere. He bets the eastern president that he has a wart on the president’s back, proves the point, and the professor pays him. The exchange ends with a joke about curing him and a maxim that much work is repairing others mistakes.
A humorous aside notes that few people endure long talks with a book agent and that forgetting a wedding anniversary is deeply hopeless. The tone mocks social missteps and memory slips with dry wit.
American visitors to England can obtain general information or expert guidance from the English-Speaking Union headquarter at No 1 Char ing Cross overlooking Trafalgar Square. Executive secretary Alfred J. E. Johns says services assist on arrival or beforehand and include hotel guidance and country inns listings with recommended country guides.
The piece reflects on the divide between those who are silenced yet convinced and those who are convinced yet silenced. It emphasizes internal resolve amid external restraint and invites contemplation of voice and belief.
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