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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1924
Page
4
The notice asserts the paper's exclusive use of news dispatches and local pens for publication. It reserves all publication rights to special dispatches, with the Associated Press and the paper claiming ownership of the content.
A brief Arab toast offers blessings of peace and Allah's favor. The speaker bids a blessing for distant lands, flowers of Allah, and enduring love through work and rest, while touching head and heart in a customary gesture.
The American Bible Society distributed seven million one thousand Bibles in 1923, about three million in the United States and the rest abroad. The Chicago Journal of Commerce lauds the Bible as a universal source of hope and wisdom for rulers, business leaders, the rich and poor, the independent and dependent, and those in prison. Also notes travel plans of Mrs. E. E. Norris and family and a visit by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gier to Washington and Chicago communities.
Abe Martin muses on the trouble of driving from the back seat and wonders how many people are alive today thanks to meddling mothers. He says women can be made twice as angry by calling them fat as by calling them two faced.
Radio schedules across major stations list orchestras, concerts, talks, dances, and educational segments with times from New York to Los Angeles. Louisiana election court ruling blocks La Follette Wheeler electors from ballot for general election.
Special meetings will begin at West Chester Methodist Church next Sunday. Rev. P. Tt. Gray newly appointed pastor will open with a sermon “Jesus Is King” broadcast from Station WOC, followed by an evening message titled “Sin and Its Cure.” Gray previously served at Sweetland Iowa.
President Mort Keeley spoke to the Rotary Club about the recent Rotary Presidents and Secretaries convention in Marshalltown. Ralph Thompson and Wheeley were unable to report fully, while Keeley emphasized Rotary’s aim to serve and add constructive value to the world.
Community message urges student contributions and original material at the Journal office. The note humorously warns about shortages while listing playful anecdotes and local color from Washington County, with a call for more pep and content.
A humor filled diary excerpt recounts a mix of tales about a doctor’s notes a Scottish tale of a fan at a soccer match a wary husband and wife over a missing undershirt and a quip about painters and a recitation. It includes snippets about Washington progress and everyday observations with old time humor.
A garbled OCR scene in a drug store shows a customer asking for a yellow tablet to write a letter. The exchange reveals a hurried, distracted mood as the man tries to keep the city from waking his household.
Readers puzzle over the By-the-Way verse about the Wood family. The writer notes Hal Rest er’s eleven drafts before rhyme and asks who N. E. 8 refers to, praising the piece as one of the column’s best in 15 years.
In Oskaloosa Mrs Hiram Pedderson suspects a mix up over a summer's salt on clothes. A neighbor jokes about whether Hiram has only one suit while she considers the odd mishap and notices the dew on the teak.
A customer regards a waiting boy with skepticism while a store scene unfolds, hinting at a tense exchange over a purchase or service. The moment captures trust concerns and a quiet confrontation in a retail setting.
A humorous tale notes an Irishman and a Jew at work on a railroad bridge the Jew cries for help but fails to swim and the Irishman quips he does not swim either and does not go bragging about it. The piece contrasts a river mishap with a grim obituary from Marion Illinois.
A story recalls an old gentleman who asks for a ladder during a house fire then jokes about not getting excited. It contrasts with a hotel fire incident where a couple tries to dress calmly, boasting they kept their heads as they fled.
An old advertisement urges readers to give McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets a sugar coated form from New York. It claims men and women can gain five pounds in thirty days and offers refunds if goals aren’t met. The copy promotes health for children and adults and notes a price of 60 cents for sixty tablets.
A fragment reports that a manufacturer has reduced the final belt of cigars, indicating products are now shorter and discarded portions are smaller. The dialogue suggests shop workers observe this change and acknowledge it.
IWSispe STU Cod. Karel, a proprietor of the White Yard, was born in the old country. The text hints at his background but offers no further detail on events or dates.
The Tex Theatre hosts a two day engagement of Life of the Field directed by John Francis Dillon starring Corinne Griffith and Conway Tearle with Myrtie Stedman and others. The drama based on Lily s Field exposes women tempted by vanity and artificial life and their search for care and compassion.
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