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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1924
Page
4
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Quote from Proverbs 3 5 6 urges trust in the Lord and acknowledgment in all ways. The devotional note emphasizes directing paths through faith and reliance on divine guidance.
A nostalgic meditation on bells from childhood to adulthood. The poem recalls Shandon bells and the old state-house bell while evoking wedding bells, sleighs, and the joyous sound of bells as a lasting, living spirit.
A discussion of anti prohibition appeals that urge support for moderate beer and wine under control. It argues Volstead failures raise crime and costs, warns of graft and illicit liquor, and contrasts with wartime charity and temperance. It cites Canadians and Europeans having freedom, urging careful stance on enforcement.
A fragment urges readers to contribute to a campaign titled Are You With Us or Just For Us, asking, Can we count on you again now to help make America free from hypocrisy and requesting readers fill out a response form with a contribution.
Senator Robert M. La Follette announces he will spend the last two weeks of the campaign stumping in the Midwest and East, skipping the Pacific coast trip. He will speak in Omaha and then Illinois before winding up with an address in Cleveland. a coordinating plan with Senator Wheeler is outlined.
Abe Martin laments the bad luck of flat tires occurring where danger looms while changing a tire, joking that opportunity would avoid injury if it looked in the garage first.
The American Engineering Council voted unanimously to push replacing the Interior Department with a Department of Public Works. The plan would split the Interior Department into Public Domain and Public Works divisions, following Brown committee recommendations from the Harding era.
TOKIO Sept. 17 The United States remains the leading partner in Japan's foreign trade for the first half of 1924. U S purchases accounted for 432,000,600 yen of imports while exports to the United States totaled 287,000,600 yen. India and Great Britain followed in import shares. China and France were notable export destinations.
The Alabama supreme court ruled that a motor car used in illicit liquor trade is confiscated if intoxicating liquor is seized, regardless of the owner’s awareness or presence, and that owner has no recourse under the law.
Poem laments a neighbor with a phonograph playing jazz daily and a singing dog while the speaker endures financial worries and doom. He imagines resilience despite the noisy afflictions and haunts of misfortune. The piece blends whimsy with hardship in a reflective home scene.
Hofn Hornafjörð Iceland October 18 American flyers sparked renewed interest in the solitude of Iceland recounting their search for air routes to circle the world. The article notes Hofn Hornafjd and Ingolfur Arnarson’s 874 sighting, while detailing village life including farming, dairying, fishing, reindeer herding, and elder duck down trade.
Dublin reports five month revenue for the Free State fell to £11.5 million from £14 million last year while expenditure dropped to just over £9.5 million from £14.5 million. Most savings come from army costs. The Irish Times says political stability and lower taxes could make finances sound.
A fragment from the BY THE WAY column notes the unveiling of the new W C A building now visible in its full form. It includes quirky asides about speech, a sobbing line from a woman, and a joke about a hair restorer claiming a reduced bald patch count.
A quirky scene shows an Irishman following a funeral procession to the cemetery. At the grave service he pushes to the front as the minister quotes The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, prompting the man to shout a bold question about fear.
A humorous collection of snippets including a travel tale about a man a woman a dog and a pipe with a pun about the dog’s tongue. Other quips touch on summer cottages fashion headgear Noah’s ark ants and a blunt street saying about pushing and pulling.
A lyric exhortation to leave money making and fighting behind for a half day in nature. It invites readers to observe birds and squirrels, gather golden rod, and feel childlike joy, returning to simple, God closer wonders and wild life. The piece blends a playful nature hymn with scattered era dialogue snippets.
A judge leaving his bench slipped and tumbled down steps with loud impact. The county attorney rushed to assist and asked about injuries. The judge replied that his honor is safe, but his hips are bruised confoundedly.
James T. Miles of 417 South Seventeenth Street suffered a stroke at about 1:20 this afternoon. By 8 o'clock the full extent of the seizure remained unknown.
The passage notes a humorous late arrival on high school day with chi nese food and a character Mabel Mouse complaining about the dishes while she nibbles on a Mah Jongg set.
Fragmented dialogue shows two communities debating a road link while a Temblebure native jokes about routes. A later police scene unfolds with a distraught woman begging for her husband as an officer commands calm in a stylish apartment.
Miss Mary Hunter of Washington In has been elected to membership in the Thalian Society at Cornell College. Rushing started the first week of school as old members chose pledges and courted favor with social affairs. Men and women hosted dinners banquets teas parties and stag dinners as society meetings filled the week.
Japan outlines a five year program to establish permanent trunk air routes across the empire with a 21 million yen budget. For the next fiscal year 5 million yen is planned for maintenance observatories field establishment and new fields, with the rest for subsidies to civilian aviation enterprises.
Pontypool Wales reports Rev Christopher Cook, rector of MamHilad, born September 1824, aged 99, set to celebrate his 100th birthday. He has held MamHilad living 72 years, son aged 75 is vicar of Rowelstons Llansillo, naval surgeon in Trafalgar, still attends services, enjoys his pipe and gardens.
Rail timetable list shows eastbound and westbound trains with arrivals and departures for Golden State Limited, Express and Local passes, Washington Branch locals, freight movements, and notes on Sundays. Includes train numbers 4 12 60 30 3 29 49 11 450 426 836 429 449 835 22 25 and times ranging overnight to late evening.
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