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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1923
Page
4
A notice states the Associated Press retains exclusive rights to publish all news dispatches credited in the paper and to control local and special dispatches published herein.
Bible thought for today from October 23 1923 emphasizes contentment as great gain. It cites 1 Timothy 6 6 7 8 noting we bring nothing into the world and can carry nothing out while having food and clothing.
The piece argues Americans are bewildered by European events and cannot agree on a plan. It questions intervention, notes Secretary Hughes’ call for a commission to study Germany and reparations, and contrasts continental positions with Britain’s handling of debts.
The poem recalls buying an expensive bus months ago and bragging about its modern design. Yet newer models arrive weekly, making the speaker’s car seem outdated and unfashionable, so he hides it after dark and laments lacking money for a flashy limousine while new models race by.
The speaker argues nations should honor debts to avoid ongoing war preparations and urges a European business approach to extract reparations. He notes confusion at home over how to respond to riots and racial tensions in New York and Louisiana and suggests self treatment by Europe may be the only path.
Visitors report sea jewels along the English coast as tides bring stones from various formations. Found are carnelians chalcedonies amethysts agates onyxes and Jasper. The Elle ruby garnet lies east of Elie Harbor in Fife with other coastlines producing their own gems. Onyx appears widely and peaks are said to be in Conway cockles.
Great Britain claims the longest-lived family in the world. Seven siblings five sisters and two brothers, all married, reside on the Isle of Skye in Invernesshire Scotland. They all receive the old age pension from the government.
The text describes shy birds with strong voices such as the nightingale and corncrake, and the grasshopper warbler nicknamed Keeler. It notes nocturnal or dawn singing, secretive behavior under grasses, and brief displays on a twig or sedge top before vanishing at the slightest alarm.
A widower asks for a wife and is met with a sharp rebuke. He quips he has no intention of offering his late wife's shoes, sparking a playful exchange about opportunity and propriety. The woman’s stern stance turns the moment into comic triumph.
The article explains that each needle undergoes about twenty two steps from wire to finished product and notes the world consumes roughly seven million needles daily.
A discussion outlines low minister salaries compared to unskilled labor and notes a $500 annual church pension. It details the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education funding for colleges, Puerto Rico missions, Santo Domingo evangelization, and Cuban and rural work, listing salaries and support for pastors, Bible readers, teachers, and mission units.
COPEHAGEN Oct 23 Lieutenant Crumine of the United States Air Service sails for Greenland to study using Danish Crown Land for an Atlantic crossing from New York to England. He will examine Labrador Iceland and the Faeroe Islands as possible stopping points and will visit Iceland as well.
A lighthearted public notice urges residents to keep spirits high despite worries. It notes generous contributions, suggests using time for useful work, and playfully advises against bonfires of material for the season. It references domestic news and social humor from a Los Angeles area voice.
A fragment notes radio waves travel at one million cycles per second and could circle the earth six times each second. A boastful line proclaims life is only half the picture, death completes it.
A fragmentary letter recounts a neighbor’s child visiting a girl named Dorothy with a puzzled remark about being up with the birds. It then recalls a convicted man sawing through a prison cell bar, closing with Dorothy’s line about waking the birds.
A playful reader quiz features brainteasers about dividing 999 eyes among soldiers and a palindrome remark by Adam to Eve. The joke set includes a pantry exchange and a Verdi area query about a non scolding wife, answered with a widow as the punchline.
A fragmentary reflection on luck and fate contrasts a jailed man’s steady meal with Tomorrow’s elusive promise. Lines compare life to a card game where Cupid cheats and fortune fades, ending on the idea that Tomorrow becomes Today only in hindsight.
A playful By-the-Way exchange parodies drunken brawl humor from old York days. Jokes hinge on jail bailouts and the clash between whiskey and bullets, ending with a quip about ships wrecked by water.
A narrator recalls Father Willie’s penance and soliloquy about imperfection. He muses on success as directed energy, envy of the “little fish” who’s always in the swim, and editorials about education and spending. The piece ends with self aware humor about letters after names and reading this column.
In Stockholm on October 23 two Swedish youths using homemade radio gear picked up music from an American station in New Jersey, the first time music from the U S has been received in Sweden. The program mainly featured jazz and began with a speaker whose only clear words were gentlemen now we know.
The world’s shortest railroad runs along St. Josephs Bay in Florida. With all its switching tracks it spans 1.43 miles and handles over 1,000,000 feet of lumber.
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