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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1924
Page
4
A dated religious brief presents a daily Bible thought aimed at readers seeking spiritual reflection. The item notes Saturday September 20 1924 as its publication frame and offers a concise devotional prompt for the day.
A pamphlet from the United Mine Workers of the World reprints a quarrel between UMW leader and Warren S. Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers over coal mine ownership. It notes miners would strike, Stone’s profits, and the tension between labor and capital as businesses operate at a loss to meet demands.
ABE MARTIN notes many slips between making love and making good and warns that easy street is becoming a shady thoroughfare.
The speaker notes that endurance has a limit and labor mirrors capital in pushing for more when chances arise. An elderly woman testifies at a meeting that we are all poor weak creatures, underscoring shared human frailty.
Letters from Kansas readers describe comical cornfield scenes and quick growth. A coon treed on a cornstalk with a flashlight sighted on an ear. A farmer reports his watermelon patch darkened by surrounding corn. Another note recounts a stick in the ground sprouting seven ears as corn grew rapidly.
A quiet campaign among American Legion members suggests Paris, France, as the site for the 1928 convention. Delegates at the 6th annual meeting in St Paul discuss a history of Paris caucuses and past convention sites, with several cities vying for 1926 and 1927 events. Many Legionnaires have opened savings accounts in anticipation of a Paris trip ten years after the armistice.
The United States Navy abandons a century of secrecy on defense gear as it funds 6.15 million dollars for a mine laying submarine. Details remain tightly guarded though beam width speed and cruising radius are described as beyond existing subs. Britain Japan and the United States all keep yards off limits to inspections under arms convention constraints.
European experts report coordinated bus and electric railway service as the future, with buses serving supplemental roles and not replacing electric cars in peak city traffic. London’s system shows space limits and underground expansion constrain bus dominance, while central areas reveal higher bus noise than tramcars and zone fares mostly at two cents to over a shilling.
A devotional piece argues work and prayer shape daily life. It cites Jesus early rising Mark 1 21 38 and the morning hour as preparation. Prayer strengthens inner life and guides mission, aligning daily toil with God's will.
The text presents a collage of light vignettes and jokes including weather notes about cisterns, a rainy night youth, a Latin student’s pride, and a pastor’s charitable philosophy. It also contains a poem fragment, a tiny notice about a figure called Sheba, and assorted humorous lines about manners, curses, mothers, an old Vaughn, and a university co-ed book query.
A collection of quirky dialogue lines and old adages presented as content from Wayland and addressed to a Washington body. Narratives include sports banter about pigeons and squirrels, wedding learning, a mistaken ownership joke, a unanimous vote at a revenue warehouse, a humorous exchange about sac religious wine, and a dated quip on education and health.
A wife proposes economizing by halving Havana cigars to stretch resources and please her husband. The gag ends with a playful financial shortcut.
A frantic family alert reports a husband and their small dog were involved in an accident. The wife asks urgently if contact has been made with a veterinarian for immediate care.
Miss Ruth Bennett of Hedrick IA visited Crawfordsville with the Harpers. Grace Lease plans Ames college work and teaching. Verle McElroy visited from Iowa City. The Teels move from Ainsworth to Mary McCoy's house. Pauline Doty went to Winfield for the weekend. Holmes and son Claire returned from Peabody KS. Begsie Busby eyed Mt. Union visit. Bullers Moorhead party to Mason ic picnic postponed due to rain. Chrissinger and Lee Shaffer visited in Washington. The Wyman vs Crawfordsville baseball game and the senior watermelon party were postponed by rain. seniors had gone to Fredonia for melons.
Gothenburg Sweden Sept 17 American scientists report the first film of lemming migration a unique natural phenomenon Dr Clyde E Fisher curator at the American Museum of Natural History and Carveth Wells describe the lemmings as multiplying in teeming numbers then perishing in masses after swimming rivers climbing ridges and facing starvation or enemies they also filmed mosquitoes.
A poem critiques society’s handling of crime. It contrasts lavish tributes to accused killers with neglect of victims and calls out selective sympathy for the guilty, highlighting courthouse immunity and media focus while grave victims receive no flowers or prayers.
Readers learn the over head bridge on the County Home road west of town has been repaired after a prior loose board scare. Other light bits include breakfast mishaps with missing milk and a remark on school complexion myths, plus a humorous exchange about watermelon stealing and a shade tree moment.
A quirky dialogue exchanges a director asking can you swim and an applicant replying he seeks a bathing beauty post not a fish. The piece shifts to a folksy verse about hay sunshine and old dreams as a man reflects on easing the burden of the passerby and the value beyond money.
In Toledo on September 20, Worthy riding Czar Peter set a new gelding speed record of 2.03% in the Steadman $5,000 stake heat. Tommy Murphy rode the horse to the win, edging previous marks.
Railway timetable page lists Golden State Limited trains No. 12 and No. 29 etc with arrival and departure times at WESTBOUND and WASHINGTON stations. Local passes Nos 430 450 449 Freight Nos 836 835 and daily except Sundays. Agents H W Russell and O M Westby provide services.
Grace Hill residents enjoyed a day trip to Muscatine with extended family visits from Engel Gowey and Dickman households. Charles McKinstry shipped cattle to Chicago while Samuel Henry’s funeral drew many relatives. A grandson born to Raymond and Mrs Strohm in Elgin was announced. Katherine Buxbaum and Alma Corpman left for Cedar Falls for teaching and studies. Levi Shidler narrowly escaped death when his car overturned in a ditch.
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