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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
5
The writer tours rural Keota Route 2 near Dublin amid muddy roads, meeting families and neighbors. He notes T. H. Gregorys on Ed Wells farm, Carris family remnants, and local farms with hundreds of acres. Observes road works cutting out Keota, mentions Moon of local farms, and a hunter wife shooting an owl before dinner with neighbors.
The Just Us club met with Mrs. Al Fields hosting thirteen members and one guest. Mrs. Mary Steele hosted the H S C group with twenty members present for a social afternoon, led by Mrs. Ruth McMillian with entertainments and a farm discussion about landlords and tenants near Tallman farm. A luncheon followed.
The "blood" Bible is famed as Frederick von Trenk’s work. While confined in chains by Frederick the Great for loving the king’s sister Princess Amelia, Trenk inscribed two hundred blank pages with love sonnets in honor of the princess, each word written in his own blood.
A Louisville Courier Journal lecturer argues dish washing could rival golf in interest though it cannot be featured at chic clubs or in striking attire, and the score would never appear in sports pages.
A Boston Transcript snippet reports Mrs J M recounting a doctor remark to an old Dorchester helper about her leg, noting the phrase cartridges had stiffened. The quip evokes restrained medical discussion in a humorous local exchange.
A story of Harry Leecroft and Dora Searles as he faces his uncle John’s opposition to their engagement. Uncle John warns they are not ready for marriage. Dora’s future with him is challenged by money and age. After years apart and a harsh revelation, Harry grows into a steady worker, Dora’s fate remains linked to a fortune left by Uncle John.
A man declares to Dora that she must marry him in name to benefit another and to save his own life. He believes he has less than a year to live and says the union will test the recipient’s character. The reader senses a sudden lift of burden and a hopeful turn as life seems to improve.
The government survey reports a curiously effective method to extend shoe life. Soles are stitched with wax-saturated weed fiber loops centered on the sole, yielding about 25 percent longer wear than standard soles, with greater gains as more fiber is added.
A meditation on worldly wealth from John Woolman’s Journal, noting how business urgency can cloud discernment of God’s good and perfect will. The text cautions against allowing love of money to govern decisions and urges spiritual vigilance in daily commerce.
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