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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1922
Page
4
A brief devotional note dated September 1 1922 presents a daily Bible meditation. The entry reflects a religious mood and offers a concise spiritual prompt suitable for readers seeking quiet reflection.
Mrs. Elien Wallace receives back from the War Department two silver coins once carried by her son Floyd Wallace who died at Chateau Thierry in 1918. The department also reurned a memory book and photos linked to Floyd and William Sutton, highlighting careful handling of soldiers’ personal effects.
The Fox presents Trapped in the Air featuring Lester Cuneo and Thelma Worth in a romantic adventure set in the High Sierra and culminating in spectacular air combat. Henry McCarty and Leo Meehan wrote and directed the production with strong supporting performances from A. G. Ferguson Edythe Stagart Jack McCready and L. S. McKee.
A poem by Walt Mason tours a jail block noting female inmates whose crimes are recalled in blunt, satirical verse. The narrator rows through cells where Madge Clara Laura Hannah Jane are named for notorious acts while the keeper jokes that dames may be deadlier than males. The piece ends with a somber note on daily crime stories.
A Muscatine editor laments a rival paper reporter who traced Agnes Mackentosh and Hayes Hubbard to Washington DC rather than Washington Iowa. The piece jokes about pay, integrity, and a public appetite for local news while musing on future tech and farming joys.
A coast to coast camping tale describes a motor car trip to a crystal lake. The narrator vows a two week stay with ax stake pitching, frying pan meals, coffee, fishing, and nightly rest while mosquitoes bite.
On his deathbed a man recalls his faithful clerk Hawkins and asks him to record his bequest. At the funeral Hawkins attends the will reading and learns he receives an illustrated edition of Dickens Great Expectations for his nephew George.
A child asks if they are descended from a monkey and the mother answers she does not know the father's people well. The exchange captures a humorous, informal moment in family dialogue.
John T. Adams of Iowa outlines how the Harding administration and Republican Congress reduced public taxes by over 800 million dollars after inheriting heavy government expenses and a debt of 24 billion. He notes repeals of freight and passenger taxes, nuisance taxes on drugs and sweets, and the 10 percent tax on hats and clothing as part of fiscal economy efforts.
Sheriff Whistler said the town welcomed visitors despite its proximity to the Mexican border. The killing of W T O Holman of Del Rio by Judge James Cornell of Sonora, to be examined in Brackettville, shaded the convention. An after dinner speaker noted shifts in social classes with new blunt humor.
The poem describes harvest moon waning and the onset of autumn sneezing. Patients suffer red eyes, runny noses, and headaches as they endure hay fever and blame their symptoms on the changing season. Doctors' remedies are doubted amid a weary chorus of curses at grass and hay.
A humor punchline centers on Mrs Banks and a baby causing mischief while a sister slept. The exchange turns on paint licked off a chair rather than the chair itself, ending in a joking clarification about who licked what.
Hawkins is portrayed as a greedy self seeking man who anticipated gains from his wealthy uncle's passing. The text hints at the uncle's death and Hawkins' expected benefits, framing a moral about avarice and family ties.
The act repeals taxes on musical instruments and sporting goods worth about 16 million dollars annually and ends the excess profits tax. It preserves wage earners with income under 5,000 dollars by raising exemptions for heads of families and dependents by 500 dollars, easing burden for families and workers.
Aug. 31 in Hosper Henry Jungers 14 son of John Jungers was badly injured while helping with a corn shelling job. His clothing caught on a shaft set screw and he was whirled at high speed. Clothes torn from his body, bruised and possibly internal injuries. He could not be taken to a hospital immediately but a chance for recovery exists.
Eastbound and westbound passenger and freight trains listed with arrivals and departures by number and service days. Washington Branch trains shown with local passenger and freight details and daily except Sunday notes.
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