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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
2
Market round up from Chicago noting estimated receipts for hogs 28 000 cattle 5 000 sheep 7 000. Hogs steady to 10 lower with top 7 60 and 110 130 lb pigs 6 25 7 00. Cattle generally steady with best fed cattle and yearlings around 8 75 19 08. Lambs 23 75 and meat calves 0 0 10 00. Shipments totals and grain quotations included.
The Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of Kansas for creating the Industrial Relations Court to arbitrate disputes in essential industries and curb unrest. Kansas argues the court addresses emergency labor conflicts affecting food and fuel supply and public welfare, while interstate Pecking concerns fall under federal jurisdiction.
The Industrial Relations Court fixed hours and a minimum wage after a dispute with a packing company that cut wages and lengthened hours. Kansas courts sustained the order despite the company's challenges that it exceeded constitutional power and harmed property, arguing wages were not a public matter and would not affect food supply.
A compact instruction emphasizing dignity and deliberate pace when reading poetry. It highlights appreciating sound and association, pausing at line ends to mark metre, and teaching these skills to the wise.
An article notes a theory that new clothes may help restore health, imagining a husband carefully seeking prescriptions of new garments for his wife’s ailments such as coats and pearl strings, reflecting a period view on medicine and fashion.
A Charleston News and Courier anecdote revives the tale of a tall Kentuckian who hurt a friend's feelings. The smaller man began pounding the big colonel in the stomach. The colonel looked down and asked What are you doing there The reply was I am fighting sah by gad saht.
Jamee Allen asserts thoughts shape the body by conditioning vigor and grace. Positive thinking strengthens the body while negative habits of thought impair health and well being.
The note cites the common use of lame duck for a legislator ousted by constituents, but in this context the term applies to a stock exchange clerk or person unable to meet engagements, indicating a broader failed performance beyond political defeat.
The True Blue class of Prairie Flower Baptist church entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Reeves with twenty three attendees. Pranks included guessing contests and a parody reading, followed by refreshments, and a calf slaughter demonstration by Karl Smith and David Benson.
A narrator recalls a young Black boy nicknamed Midnight by white friends who later overhears peers from his own race saying Hallo Midnight. He responds that they are almost twelve o clock themselves. The vignette reflects racial tension and sharp humor in the Tranitor era.
Ainsworth May 25 senior class presented And Home Came Ted on May 22 and 28 in the high school auditorium. The sprightly mystery comedy unfolds at Rip Van Winkle Inn in the Catskills with Ted the rightful heir and Tra Stone battling to control a furniture factory. The play features mistaken identity, stockholder intrigue, a burglar, and a twist ending with Ted revealed as the true heir.
A promotional piece extols Colorado's vast scenery and vacation options. It touts mountains, lakes, springs, and rail lines as easy to reach via the Burlington line. It invites readers to plan now and enjoy flexible trips to extend to the Pacific Coast if desired.
Australian researchers report that entsfactory paper pulp can be produced from the wood of several natite trees when mixed with other fibrous materials, offering a potential alternative fiber source for papermaking.
The fragment suggests a humorous claim that wearing cheap goggles bought at a 106 cent store could prevent tears while grating horseradish or peeling onions. It presents a quirky home remedy idea with no clear assertion of authority or origin.
Bookplates emerged in Gore with early uses. Albert Durer crafted designs and Cardinal Wolsey, in 1525, owned some of the finest English examples featuring quaint and charming motifs.
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