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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1922
Page
4
A call to Washington men and boys to honor the flag with salutes as it passes by. The flag symbolizes more than cloth, representing liberty and the nation’s ideals. As Decoration Day and the Fourth approach, emphasize unwavering devotion to saluting the flag during ceremonies.
City officials plan to add 1000 officers and about 500 judges to curb a months long crime surge. Murders average daily, with a dozen convictions yearly. hangings are rare. Labor unrest fuels violence amid union leadership tied to outlaws and anti contract agitation. John J. Lewis condemns radical methods and defends constitutional law.
A fragmentary line notes Lafe Bud's uncle and a roan horse with an Application, the Steppin' Stone to Success, implying a Western scene and plans connected to a girl and paint.
Poet Walt Mason critiques memoirs and scandalous tellalls in modern publishing. He mocks publishers for turning life stories into sensational gossip about famous men and women, condemning lurid ink and prurient diaries.
A lighthearted column notes humor aids patient care after the dry law era. It praises doctors who maintain optimism and cheer, citing Major Jack Allen as an example and recommending Topics of the Day cinema as a morale booster for physicians and the public alike.
A brief quote shows a patient asking if the doctor knew the bill and noting the doctor asked for ten dollars while the patient had eleven. The exchange reflects a small theater of urban life and a cash mindset in Boston.
A mix of humorous snippets and local color including memories of work on Kansas harvests with a lead horse and binder, jokes about the By-The-Way column, a rain soaked misstep story, Ford cars in rural life, and fashion notes from French modistes predicting tighter skirts for summer.
A local family has two children, a son who is the living photograph of his father and a daughter who mirrors her mother as a phonograph would. The description highlights striking resemblances within one household.
In a humorous exchange a son asks about wisdom teeth and the father replies he has bought a used car and accepted a congressional nomination, served as a reception committee chair, and married the son’s mother.
A fragment from a Montana store book department advertises a title One Thousand Ways to Win Husband for Two Dollars. The item is tied to a fashion hint noting trousers will see little change this year and includes lingering quips about gender and attire from a Granville News Record.
The dialogue pits Tam, daughter of an English peer, against a young man who claims to be the son of an American physician from the University of Southern California in a terse exchange.
Baltimore American quotes provoke debate as it asks whether physicians have a right to end lives when cures are unavailable. The remark frames a long standing moral issue in stark terms.
A brief remark messages a concern about a father ill with overwork rather than contagious disease. The exchange hints at strained health and work pressures under a Carnegie Puppet context.
A Path Finder Washington dispatch quotes a doctor questioning a young man about heart trouble. The patient misstates a name, saying "Only that ain't her name" amid the exchange.
A country pastor denounces the motor car and Sunday trips as causing fewer in church. He concludes with the remark that the Ford car has taken more people to hell than any other thing he can name. An elderly member replies with a vociferous "Praise the Lord."
A fragment shows a preacher asking Rastus to take a woman for better or worse. Rastus responds in his habitual style with a pistol metaphor, delivering a blunt, humorous line about shooting it all.
The harness stretched then caused awkward turns as a farmer and team worked opposite field ends. After the rain stopped the sun returned, the harness dried and shrunk pulling the plow across. Work finished before sundown. PH bition has brought sunshine into many homes, and moonshine into others. Oskaloosa Herald.
The editor notes a rule delaying Hall of Fame eligibility by ten years after death and wryly comments it would deter graduates. A California writer questions civilization by listing urban traffic and emergency vehicles observed at a street corner, including streetcars cars bicycles and fire and police units.
Raymond Bambrick and Edward Bambrick reveal they solved the Reubsam 34 puzzle and created a new variant using only the numbers 10 and 7. They describe their method and present a teaser for readers to try.
A man had $100 to spend on 100 animals consisting of cows at $10 each, hoes at $3 each, and sheep at 50.02 cents each. Determine how many of each animal were purchased to spend the entire amount.
A farmer buys buckskin harness. While plowing a heavy rain interrupts work. Dr. Edgington enrolls today amid anticipation from the club.
A St Paul Minnesota woman describes relief from fatigue headaches and lower body pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports renewed strength able to work without back pain and recommends the medicine as a remedy for women's ailments.
Miss Inquisitive asks Doctor if they celebrated the Fourth of July. The doctor responds in brief, noting the date as the fifth.
A terse note from the San Francisco Chronicle hints at a strategic move to approach a far corner, suggesting tension and decisive timing in a developing game or plan.
Henderson Wallace, a photography hobbyist, presents two views of Washington from the 1890s. The square appears unpaid then, with old board sidewalks along business fronts and salt barrels piled at a grocery land landing. The storefronts look forlorn as progress is claimed.
A brief exchange in the Atlantic City Union features a doctor asserting a claim about angels and men and a lawyer replying that such work is for doctors, reflecting professional tension in a humorous aside.
A Portland Maine Express excerpt questions why osteopathic doctors are mainly women and suggests a gendered stereotype about caring or rubbing in. The brief quip reflects early 20th century attitudes toward women in medicine.
Westbound and Washington routes list trains 4 12 50 30 88 29 49 11 87 450 430 836 with arrival and departure times. Local freight and passenger services run daily except Sunday with No 88 eastbound Mon Wed Fri and No 87 westbound Tue Thu Sat. Agent H W Russel signs the timetable.
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