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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
4
Over one hundred skilled horse shoe pitchers gather in Waterloo for the first annual tourney with prizes from 50 dollars. The piece contrasts horse shoe pitching with steer bull dogging, praising the wholesome, social, healthful nature of the sport.
A satirical note questions the bee’s reputation for industry citing a Washington DC investigator who claims bees are lazy. He estimates 567 bees to make a pound of honey and only 32 trips in a lifetime. The piece calls for a grand survey by federal departments to examine productivity and health factors.
Olympia report notes hair seals have increased to 7600 on Puget Sound beaches posing a serious menace to salmon in the Northwest. Arthur Einarsen calls for enlistment of American sportsmen in a drive against the animals, noting seals feed heavily on fish and that current controls are few and weak.
Walt Mason reviews industrial boom and bust as posthole mills rush orders and workers fall into debt when demand wanes. Bankers lament thriftless spenders while families beg for food and pennies, urging saving for future downturns as mills promise work again.
The congregation notes that broadening influence comes from games that test skill conducted to prevent acrimony and vice. It promotes free, wholesome play and the good of participants and the world. Long live the Horseshoe clubs.
The reader asks whether a subject enjoys its home life and if happiness exists regardless of outward approval or disapproval. The piece probes domestic well being and personal contentment in a reflective tone.
A collection of jokes quips and notices with fragmentary lines and captions. Names like Charley King Tom Jones Amos Bossing and Jim Henry appear amid street humor and brief obituaries. The piece mixes humor with solemn lines about death and daily life.
Readers weigh the column on humor and reverence as contributors send in poems and epigrams. The piece reflects on shifting tastes, requests deletions, and cites Bryant and Conan Doyle as benchmarks while noting efforts to maintain dignity in the Bracer page.
The text describes a man who delegates control to his staff while he drives a Rolls-Fast, noting a shift from saving to spending next week’s salary in advance on unnecessary items. Wives purchase ready meals and households tighten budgets, blaming the grocer for rising costs during hard times.
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