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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1923
Page
4
A standard copyright and republication notice appears, stating AP exclusive rights to news dispatches credited to this paper and local news, with preserved rights for special dispatches and local reprints.
Rev Bert E Smith of the Methodist Episcopal church warns in a Chicago address that modern society threatens home life. He cites decentralization of interests and rising divorce as pressures while urging homes to adapt without losing core religious and familial elements.
City officers raided Safe Bud's residence today and confiscated the coil from his water heater. The scene notes that endurance dancing remains safe for young girls as long as they continue dancing.
A verse narrator meets a beggar on the pike and weighs whether to help. He notes the beggar could be feigning but ultimately gives a penny while dismissing tearful pleas as a bore. The poem contrasts urge to aid with disdain for hard labor, revealing the speaker’s ambivalence about duty and temptation.
A collage of quips and lines including jokes about hats and gender, a playful exchange about a Czar and Czardines, riddles on cargo and ship terms, and a fable about a lecturer addressing students. Contains local columnist voice and random snippets from town life and readers.
A reflective piece contrasts old and new social orders, lamenting the erosion of the traditional family unit. It portrays domestic order as civilization’s backbone and depicts a mother alone in a sparsely furnished apartment after her children have grown up and left.
The notice lists multiple train numbers with arrival and departure times for westbound and fastbound services, including local passes and freight trains. It names agents H W Russell and J C Mifer, notes daily operations except Sundays, and specifies freight days for Nos. 51 and 62.
A rustic collection of humorous quips on marriage work and daily life. Jokes touch on wives, chores, teaching, and social types from a vintage newspaper page. The tone is light, with playful misunderstandings and mild social satire from a past era.
A playful glimpse at the types who appear in ads the man who never cuts himself when he shaves the fashionable bride who brags of a gas stove the helpful motorist with a spare vulcanizing outfit and the well dressed husband and chatty society matron all feature in a humorous survey of ad driven personas.
Lee McAvoy recalls a family scene as six year old Willie, among many children, visits his influenza-stricken father. Quiet and reverent, Willie asks to see the baby, receiving a whispered blessing and a chance to glimpse the newborn in the same morning.
At the fair, spectators joke about height and ice cream drips while a child asks for a kew pie doll. Parents remind kids to keep hats on and hands inside as performers prepare to dive. The chatter captures a family friendly, old time carnival mood.
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