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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1923
Page
4
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publication of all news dispatches credited in this paper and to local news herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are reserved.
On September 19 1923 a devotional excerpt cites Matthew 7 7 Ask and you shall receive seek and you shall find The brief meditation frames guidance as a daily spiritual prompt with a biblical verse and optimistic counsel.
President Coolidge and his cabinet studied agricultural conditions on Monday noting improvements in cotton and corn belt markets while wheat production remains large. They discussed ways to influence wheat prices without fixed pricing as consumption and production stay out of balance and living costs lag postwar.
In a playful verse Walt Mason mocks unreliable folk remedies and doctors who guess at illness. The narrator prefers a famed “sawbones” who correctly tunes the body like an engine, praising skilled care over cheap quacks.
A speaker argues wages should not decline to old levels as prices drop. Prices of goods fall while wealth and living standards rise, making life better overall. The speaker condemns snobbery and wealth arrogance, noting more people enjoy happiness and comfort as society improves.
The Iowa Bureau of Labor Statistics says the fall labor and industrial outlook is encouraging with higher employment in cereal confectionery furnace press and shoe sectors and gains in food and kindred products iron and steel lumber leather tobacco. Building value rose in August and year to date while employment office placements topped 2 500 with 62 821 employed in August.
A pamphlet-like reflection urges valuing small moments and reading during waits. It argues that hurried people at stations and in theaters waste energy and time, while carrying pocket editions can save idle minutes. The piece cites the Pittsburgh Dispatch as its source.
The moth Sesia apiformis or poplar clear wing mimics the hornet to gain protection. Birds recognize the hornet by sight, and the moth, lacking a sting, relies on deceptive coloration to evade predators and fly unseen.
A brief reflection from the Summerville Journal argues resistance to temptation is easier when one avoids all pleasant temptations and only faces unpleasant tasks.
The excerpt shows a rambly By the Way column with editor demands for order, jabs at Wood family, remarks on the auto show and fashion, plus light humor about grammar, society rows, and local chatter. It mentions Splinters, Sap Wood, Shingles, and Excelsior with playful taunts, and ends with topical quips on culture and unrecorded moments.
A street sign in Olympia quotes a verse about preferring fishing to kings or wealth. The anonymous poem extols riverside angling as supreme joy over regality and riches, warning that monarchy brings danger and upheaval.
A sheriff sale notice states that under a Writ of Special Execution the Goods of Cora Maloney Lord will be offered at public sale in front of the Washington County Court House on Saturday September 29 1923 between 9 am and 4 pm The sale begins at 130 pm and covers an undivided one sixth of a described real estate parcel located in Block Eighteen Original Plat in the City of Washington Iowa The property is being sold to satisfy the execution drawn against Cora Maloney Lord by Harry Morgan The terms are cash and the notice is dated August 25 1928 by Sheriff Charles M Denison Washington County Iowa.
A young woman waiting to mail a package at the post office is bumped by a stranger. She glares, assuming malice, and he scowls. She replies calmly that she is a Jewess and not in danger, asserting her safety.
Agnes Ayres is described as one of the world’s most skillful automobile drivers. She drove a Deusenberg racing machine at over 100 miles per hour, impressing director Paul Powell who finally allowed her to drive without a double in Racing Hearts at the Fox Theatre.
In a humorous exchange a club jokes over a pushed elephant and stumbles through grammar and etiquette. Pat confesses confusion while Mike offers a simple memory aid to solve the phrase dilemma It never can remember whether to say it in me or it fa I.
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