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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1922
Page
4
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A brief devotional note urging thanks and praise to the Lord for enduring mercy. Quoted Psalm 167:1 references give thanks to God for goodness and works to the children.
A reflective column discusses the Sea of Nations idea and U S views on joining the League of Nations. It surveys opposition in Congress and public opinion, arguing America’s restraint chose stability over entangling commitments, and notes Europe’s need for cooperation while criticizing meddling in foreign affairs.
Fragmentary remarks critique political tactics and gender voting rights with regional slang. The text suggests dismissive attitudes toward women's suffrage and mentions Crees as a negative judgment, presenting a terse, unclear exchange.
Poet Walt Mason lampoons fad diets and reformers at length. He defends his simple meals and wary stance against temperance and health trends while satirizing earnest new-age advice and fashionable cures.
The piece weighs prohibition’s impact arguing costs of enforcement offset penalties and cites arrest trends from 1917 to 1920. It contrasts claims that prohibition fuels crime with claims of societal relief, urging laws to redeem a nation and restore beauty, liberty, and prosperity.
In White Cloud Minnesota on October 27 1930 Mrs Meda Hodell twenty year old Swamp county girl was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of her father in law David Hodell by the district court after a jury deliberated just over two hours. Read The Journal Washington County's Only Daily.
A column notes the Shrine gathering in Iowa City and an Iowa Yale victory celebration. It riffs on fall weather, aging students at Harvard, women in banking, humorous bits about cooking schools, Sears Roebuck, and light, pithy poems and anecdotes including tip your hat and a Grinnell druggist ad.
A humorous fragment shows a young person sending checks and the staff liking the idea. A dialogue has a student swallowing a dime and a professor reacting with concern about a zero. The line concludes with the moral that what a man sows he reaps.
A four year old found a large fishing worm in the yard and brought it indoors proudly. He told his mother it was a fine worm when found but it broke while being carried in.
George McDaniels recalls a hospital tale about a woman who heard wireless music through a bed spring. He quips that hoop skirts are lucky to be out of fashion.
Dr. Zimmerman calls the car he drives a Dreadnaught. The description reflects his hue of pride and identity with the vehicle.
The clipping bounces between gloom and whimsy with lines about Jonah’s fate and a bright side. It promotes items for sale such as straw berries screen doors and Persian kittens at 54 Main St. A reflective question about flappers and aging closes the snippet, hinting at broader social musings of the period.
Introduction to the October 29 lesson frames Miss Columbia and Mr Prohibition as a new marriage symbol. It notes long public debate, regional ratification history, and counts 51 states legislative votes, framing gossip and neighbor meddling as common in domestic life during national prohibition debates.
Mystic, Oct 27 AP reports Robert Whaten Sr a miner died this afternoon from injuries from a fore noon coal fall in the Arnot mine east of Mystic. No others were hurt.
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