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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1923
Page
6
In the Custard Cup residence Mrs Penfield shelters orphans Drink Thad and Lettie while secrets and a vanished bundle of money unsettle the Penfield household. A frantic search across The Custard Cup follows Thads disappearance prompting Letties bold rescue plan.
Lettie, a tenacious child with a hot temper, believes Frank Bosley abducted Thad. She races from Mrs. Sanders’ home to the Edge Ridge street house intent on exposing the so called kidnapper. Her impulsive plan drives the tense pursuit and confrontational suspense.
Lettie Nevill infiltrates a two story home by a basement window and confronts a wealthy woman counting money. She demands to see Mr. Bosley for her missing little brother but is repelled and threatened with asylum. The tense confrontation ends with Lettie restrained in a chair.
Des Moines May 26 The Associated Press reports that Iowa prohibition violations fell by half last year due to close cooperation between local officials and federal agents under G W Bronson. The state’s new search and seizure law expanded authority and touted bootleggers using moonshine and adulterated liquor. Local authorities are to handle permits for physicians and others to prescribe liquor, with renewals due by August 31.
The text notes that repeated opportunities to show kindness in business are valuable and unpaid. It argues gracious demeanor is a key duty for officials interacting with the public and that a person’s business locale is where their religion should show itself.
In a high school essay, a student notes that South Carolina statesmen initially excelled in diplomacy and later focused largely on politics, as observed in the opening lines of the piece. The Chronicle reflects on this shift in emphasis within the state’s leadership.
The Mohammedan daily prayer ritual is said by Dinguigh to have been devised by the prophet with hygienic value. It prescribes movements and ablutions that should precede the prayers, highlighting physical hygiene in the ritual practice.
In a short note the speed of electricity is given as 180000 feet per second and the human thumb’s growth rate as two billionths of a yard per second, illustrating extreme contrasts in measurement scales.
For over 40 years Halis Catamius Medicine has been used to treat Catorrh. The ointment relieves locally while the internal medicine called Vonic acts through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation. Sold by all druggists. FP J Cheney Toledo Ohio.
The Horse Shoe club in New York hosted an annual banquet with Russ B slated as speaker. The room erupted into chaos after the toast, with flasks tipped and members cheering wildly as Russ delivered a long, rambling address and received a thunderous reception despite the disorder.
An Indian tamed a blacksnake and told it to return on a specific day in spring. A skeptical white observer doubted the prediction. The next spring the serpent returned as promised after about two hours with its old master, illustrating familiar seasonal behavior.
A quirky note reports American visitors bringing pets to London hotels including dogs cats and rabbits. A kangaroo was brought to a Strand hotel with instructions for ample milk and food. A woman rented a Savoy room for a pet dog with a sleeping bed.
Cor straightens a humorous aside noting a handkerchief marked Susang and asks Dear Old Lady about any pick pockets in the area. The playful exchange reflects campus life and social chatter, typical Yale Record wit.
The message notes luck and fear in a concise remark about a man who would be happy if not for the constant fear that his luck could fail him. The line reflects anxiety over fortune and stability in life.
The American Legion and Auxiliary announce Decoration Day services with a 8:00 a.m. firing squad and graveside ceremonies at East Pleasant Plain Howard's Grove and Clay. A 1:45 p.m. muster at Jamison and Hills corner leads to 2:00 p.m. program at the club house with opening speech by Glen Hill followed by tributes, a 30-second silence, and a cemetery service before graves are decorated.
A reader recalls living in a city rooming house and a country-based coworker who boasted of paradise and birds while neighbors spray trees and a milk mishap disrupts daily life, ending with whether one would be peeved.
Rats gnawed off and ate all the buttons from 100 pairs of trousers at a Leeds shop. The Vermin Repression society estimates rats and mice cost about 19 dollars every second, while major London stores spend up to 55 dollars weekly on vermin destruction.
A compact idea notes that anything paying for itself justifies its cost and time, emphasizing practical prudence in evaluating investment and benefit. The reflection frames value through return on expense.
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