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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1923
Page
4
The article credits the Associated Press for its news dispatches and local reports, confirming exclusive publication rights within the paper and the reuse rights granted to the newspaper for AP material and special dispatches.
A brief devotional note cites 2 Peter 3 5 reminding readers that a day with the Lord mirrors a thousand years and a thousand years as a day. The meditation urges contemplation of divine time and wisdom.
State Treasurer Burbank announces Boy Scouts of Iowa support through Regional Director to bolster enforcement of cigarette laws. Regional Scout Leader John H. Piper says 15 000 Scouts and 5 000 leaders will back the law and educate others while minors should avoid tobacco and stimulants to keep youth healthy.
A poem rails at bootleggers for profits from illicit gin and beer. It contrasts flashy wealth with social ruin and hollow morals, noting money buys things but not friendship, respect, or a clear conscience. The verse argues the ill-gotten fortune tortures a man’s fame after death.
A Chicago Tribune page ad claims wheat is not king and corn and animal products surpass wheat in value. It urges cooperative organization to prevent market gluts, notes declines in wheat but predicts a rebound, and lauds dairy and poultry as queen factors amid diversifying outputs.
Norma Talmadge leads the cast in the Fox Theatre engagement of Within the Law a Bayard Velker stage hit filmed as a First National picture. Jack Mulhall Eileen Percy De Witt Jennings Lincoln Plummer Lew Cody and others join Talmadge in the tale of Mary Turner a shop girl jailed for a theft she did not commit who becomes entangled with a blackmail ring.
A collage of quips and snippets ranges from weather and dogs chasing cats to ironies about fame and fortune. It notes first snow, a dog chase, a broken nose story, a Danish Dutchman, and a photographer’s grim business ad. The tone is wry, brisk, and humorous.
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine relieves catarrhal inflammation with an ointment and an internal tonic that act on the blood to restore normal mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over 40 years by Y. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
Plainly write your name and address with 5 cents and this slip to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa to receive a trial package. The offer includes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and flu symptoms Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach issues and indigestion Chamberlain's Salve for burns wounds and skin conditions all for 5 cents. Don't miss it.
Carl M Keck presents a humorous tale about Johnny McGuire running through town with his trousers on fire. The piece ends with a quip about life’s path and the value of those who help others, as narrated by Dr Boice in a local column style.
A spectator arriving midgame quips about the inning state with a coach indicating they have a runner on every base and a counterpoint noting the opposing side shares the same situation. The exchange underscores the taut game moment.
A surgeon finishes an operation as a warehouse fire lights the room. He tells the nurse to pull the shade so the patient won’t think the surgery failed. A witty remark closes the scene implying the patient’s recovery.
The article notes a popular belief that a dead man’s hand could dispel gland tumors when stroked nine times, while the hand of a man hanged was said to be even more efficacious.
Leigh Hunt Wallace notes proposals to rename Hollywood to Follywood or Hollywood. In the same scene another gentleman quips I sell salt. In other words I am a salt seller. Shake.
Nature Magazine notes photographers find birds and wasps easiest to photograph at nests. The piece mentions using proper louses to attract them, drawing a parallel with birding techniques for lure.
Weather bureau officials say Indian Summer is not a fixed season in the calendar. It varies in date and duration and is not strictly a season but a type of mild hazy weather that can occur in autumn or early winter. The term reflects a period of mild weather after a cold spell called Squaw Winter with European names like St Martin's Summer and St Luke's Summer used in different regions.
A compact meditation on the decline of divine right and the rise of majority rule, noting that majorities gain power but not divine sanction, with a nod to common sense over sacred authority.
A jumble of jokes and quips about college letters, a doped man in a drug store, a saxophone piped remedy, and witty one liners on topics from sororities to economics. The piece notes bawdy humor and satirical takes on modern life with sharp wordplay.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes a joke about a new cook who is nearly perfect except for lacking staying power, highlighting a quip on efficiency and persistence.
A fragment reports a playful dialect tale where trouble pokes its head in and is told to scoot. The line manfully dismisses worry, leaving a lighthearted, proverb like moment in a column item.
The author argues reformers claim a current utopia but scriptures state heaven lies in a future world. The piece asserts eternal peace awaits beyond present mortal life and challenges earthly reforms.
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