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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1921
Page
4
A devotional note cites Ephesians 4 31 32 urging believers to put away bitterness wrath anger clamor and evil speaking and to be kind tender hearted and forgiving toward one another as God forgives in Christ.
A journal writer aboard reports dining room seating, meeting Herbert L. Bridgeman of the Standard Union and Peary Arctic Club, and discussions on Peary and Cook. He notes fellow guests including two young literary women and Mrs. Dow, hurt in the Grand Canyon, plus a list of foreign passengers, growing flying fish, calmer seas, and an upcoming stop at Honolulu.
Hank Wiley once wild and popular now lives a simple life in Kansas with one wife and a used car. He jokes the hardest task is finding a gypsy woman's waist line while seeking a good cigar.
Poem promotes normalcy and simple pleasures over excessive drinking under Prohibition. It contrasts tame, wholesome outings with high rolling danger, urging steady living and community pride while joking about enforcement of Volstead’s law.
A morning street chatter notes hopeful weather while corn huskers are scarce and hints at broader labor shortages. A Baltimore business college is warned about costs to learn typing, and a Golden Colorado transcript cites a Kalshas editor murder in Arkansas with a 99 year sentence while a lawyer killer got seven years, a cautionary note to prospective murderers.
A somber poem describes Death entering a home from a storm, comforting the bereaved parent, stroking a sleeping child, and leaving with a promise that visits are kind teachers. The narrator discovers the child has died, expressing shock and sorrow at the encounter.
A clipped collection of quotations from Colorado papers. The Denver Times hints at religion needing a secret initiation to gain popularity. The Julesburg Grit-Advocate laments a flat tire during a long ride with a quarrelsome wife. The Cheyenne Wells News notes the idea that two can live cheaply but six or seven may be impossible for a married man.
In Sioux City Iowa Edward P Hansel sued for 5000 dollars after a human interest story appeared without naming him The jury awarded the Journal a verdict in district court concluding the story was heart interest in nature and aimed at aiding a needy family.
A zoology professor jokes during a chicken dinner about the bird almost coming from a hard boiled egg, mixing humor with scientific pride in a light campus moment.
This piece recounts the legend of Marie a blonde peasant who enters the life of Catherine of Russia in eighteenth century East Prussia and later entangles with Peter the Great. It portrays murder, intrigue, and the vampire image with sensational detail and stylistic flair.
The Black Sea water hosts no animal life at extreme depths due to sulphuretted hydrogen, while the Caspian Sea lacks sufficient oxygen at depth to sustain any life forms.
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