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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1922
Page
4
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A devotional note from October 2 1922 cites Matthew 7 7 asking for guidance. The brief quotes Ask Seek Knock emphasize seeking spiritual insight and open doors in daily life.
Father J M Malloy of Sacred Heart Waterloo, back from three months in Ireland, argues against foreign funding of De Valera and says sympathy for insurgents harms Ireland. He notes Ireland seeks peace and self government, while internal disorder risks global judgment. He stresses Ireland must control itself.
ABE MARTIN reports that Manager Gabe Craw at O Melodeon Hall plans weather insurance if coal shipments fail. The piece comments on shoe clerk fashion and the oddities of daily town life with humorous tone.
A satirical poem critiques modern medicine and surgery. The speaker recalls old remedies and laments the rise of cutting tools over pills, joking that physicians advocate scalpels and saws as cures while patients endure ailments.
A quirky strip from the Journal describes a tense front page scene with a threatening remark toward the paper, a late arrival to Johnson's window pancakes, and a boy struck by an apple in the orchard causing a black eye. Also recounted is a Crail's style show chatter with two boys commenting on the event and observer D Eb Zimmerman praising height.
A man walks with folded arms along the street. A man speaks French and arouses no suspicion. A man who details every tale in full. A man claims to sleep fewer than four hours a day.
Father Malloy argues England shows sympathy for Ireland and that Irish sentiment has softened toward Britain. He notes Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Scotland and Wales content under British rule. The Irish mass condemns revolutionists viewing them as anarchic and requiring suppression.
On Thursday October 5, by order of County Chairman secretary C W Klein the Royal Arch degree will be conferred on one team of three candidates Tuesday evening at 7 o clock by Cyrus Chapter No 13 R A M A good attendance of the companions is desired H P W C Bell
A humorous quip notes a clock needing only one winding to run a year and that each Senator would have a constituent duty. The remark wryly connects thoughts to actions and ends with a playful observation about women with pets seeking photos.
Walnut and Riverview clubs announce postponement of meetings to October 5 at Brighton. Miss Lynn will discuss Home Management. Members should bring a covered dish and their own dishes. Mrs. W. W. Cherry hosts a program on Welfare and Needs of Walnut School with a musical interlude.
A phone exchange features a worried caller asking a doctor for help with sleep. The doctor replies with a playful promise to sing a lullaby if the caller holds the wire. The scene mixes humor with a medical setting to evoke a roadside or radio comedy moment.
A humorous note claims a freshman from the Amazon region faced a satirical showdown over pajamas. The tale mentions being too fat for his own Pajamazon and shifts to a playful, nonsensical contest.
A clipped Chicago Tribune fragment speaks of men's vast longing and weakness in temptation as they focus on a beloved form. It warns that such fixation leads them astray and nothing else can capture their attention in that hour. The piece captures intimate emotion and moral reflection in a dated literary voice.
A resident reports a dead mule buried about 50 feet from a private road near Manson Road west of Chelan. The odor is described as terrible and the matter was reported to Sheriff W. E. Gurr. The appeal asks county officials to attend to travelers on the two roads.
A collage of light satire and social notes from the Louisiana Weekly features quips on etiquette, language lessons, shopping wisdom, and wedding party roles. Mentioned names include Mrs Practical, Antho Van Sickle, Miss M Reuter, Miss Vivian Kroppel, Oliver, and Philip Stein.
Will H. Hayes head of the motion picture producers and distributors of America pledges cleansing at the source to raise moral and artistic standards. He told the General Federation of Women’s Clubs that films should educate as well as entertain and improve overall usefulness through public support.
Director Henry MacRae filmed dramatic Sundance Canyon locations for the Ralph Connor production Cameron of the Royal Mounted. A deer crossing the chase scene impressed him and led to extended shooting, producing a highly entertaining Hodkinson release showing tonight and for two days at the Fox Theatre.
Mme Rosina Agostini of the San Carlo Opera Co. says Tanlac transformed her nervous run down condition into normal health after taking the tonic. Her husband, Sig Guiseppe Agostini, a leading tenor, reports his stomach improved quickly and he now feels fit. The ad notes over fifty thousand signed statements and claims Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
The Iowa Farm Bureau federation launches a campaign to amend the federal farm loan act raising the maximum from 16000 to 25000 to meet rising Iowa needs as renewals loom for loans from 1918 to 1920. Officials warn the supply of mortgage money may be scarce in two to three years and urge united backing at Washington to avoid higher private rates.
New York reports Union Pacific system figures showing a net operating income decline of 1,549,212 in August compared with a year earlier. Despite the drop, August gross income rose by 3,000,000 over July and exceeded May and June levels before the shopmen’s strike began.
George W. Parsons a Des Moines pioneer towan and farm machinery inventor died early Thursday at his Des Moines home. He had lived in Newton from boyhood and invented the Parsons band cutter and self feeder and the Parsons trench machine.
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