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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1924
Page
4
The notice states The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish all news dispatches and that local news published in the paper is likewise protected. It reserves special dispatch publication rights for the paper.
A wry defense of reform layered with a tale of Rev. L. M. Hight who marries a reformer, poisons and murder follow, and in the end the killer asks mercy. The piece cites Clarence Darrow on hangings and argues one execution may save sixteen lives, urging society to weigh justice versus mercy.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports a drop in railway mileage with figures indicating reduced track length and fewer operating routes. Officials cite decreased expansion and aging infrastructure as contributing factors.
The article notes a net loss of about four thousand railway miles in the United States over six years, with decreases in thirty states and increases in eighteen. It cites unprofitable operations and abandonment, leaving some communities without needed rail service.
Amusements note Bubbling with humor and music. The Graham Theatre presents Bringing Up Father in Ireland next Friday a new yearly edition with Jiggs Maggie Dinty and the rest of the bunch. A chorus of Irish Colleens appears and the show promises novelty and laughs.
Police found a hidden moonshine faucet in a basement bar setup fed by whisky from a barrel buried four feet underground. The device used a compressed air arrangement to force liquor into the tap during a raid in Salt Lake City.
A dense listing of radio stations in major markets detailing daily Monday lineups, including Chicago WGN WLS and WMAQ with sermons dramas and orchestras, New York WEAF WJZ WHN with services and opera, Philadelphia WIP WDAR and WFI with talks and music, and other stations in Detroit Cincinnati Des Moines and more featuring concerts, religious services, concerts, and educational segments.
A speaker denounces rumor mongers while defending neighbors as trustworthy. He cites the village preacher and physician as targets of gossip and laments the harm caused by scandal, urging truth and restraint in public judgment.
A local gathering in Iowa features a series of witty remarks on literacy politics, TV images, domestic life, and public figures. The snippets include jokes about Tom Mix movies, energy use, a departed man’s behavior, President Coolidge’s singing, and domestic misunderstandings in a lighthearted, period-voice style.
A judge questions a prisoner who says he arrived due to two policemen. The prisoner quips about drunkenness of officers. The text then notes a claim that one can tell time by the sun as Indians did, if a watch is kept constantly in pawn.
A nostalgic exchange on old names, jokes about Prudence and Patience. A grouch prefers Extravagance and Hysteria for daughters. Mrs Gab bins passes, Nora is mentioned. A diner scene features a humorous fly complaint and a fresh waitress offer to remove disliked flies.
Readers respond with sharp lines about newsroom chaos as counts wind through the paper’s operation. The exchange turns personal, suggesting stress over deadlines and meal times. Net result is a heated tone reflecting newsroom realities.
An employee arrives at 9:30 to find the boss furious about start times. A six year old refuses a kiss from a “nice lady” amid a note of tension. Divorce papers have been filed.
A playful, flirtatious note declares affection for Sarah Baker, likening love to baking and promising romance if she returns his feelings. The speaker humorously combines pastry imagery with a playful pursuit of a romantic prize.
A playful dialogue contrasts a wife praising a young man who resembles her husband’s youth with a wry proverb about a wife discovering her own sense. It adds a quip that the average man prefers self-promotion to listening to a band concert.
A humorous community note records Phyllis admiring a nut sundae while Frances mentions a planned call that night. The Observer’s side comment urges a straw vote and counters the belief that all local women have bobbed their hair, suggesting many unbobbed heads remain.
Rev W B Shelley notes the ongoing funeral of the community’s most disliked figure, with attendees showing little sympathy and an absence of strong expressions of mourning as the service proceeds.
A brief barbed exchange between Frank and Guide about truth telling. Frank claims his wife could not tell a lie in twelve months, prompting Guide to retort that his wife could lie the moment he speaks. The quip frames a light moral in a social chat.
A poem by Clara Bell McClain imagines stealing the dipper from the sky and sharing celestial treats with the Gods. The speaker envisions mounting a horse to reach the dipper and contemplates a playful exchange for cosmic sweets like Milky Way cream and Saturn's rings.
A playful listing of calling times and social offers notes varied engagement like friendly calls two minutes when available one minute when busy stock salesmen five seconds and ground floor access a second meal invites one hour and thirty minutes and paying old bills sixty hours with clients twenty four hours around the clock.
An advertisement in Harper Advocate offers a reward to anyone who notifies Lorene Wallace about a pair of love birds that escaped Sunday. The notice notes difficulty in distinguishing the correct couple.
A playful sketch blends romance, marriage, and legal drama with lines about recruiting officers and verdicts. It contrasts ancestral pride with present behavior and hints at social tensions amidst travel to Niagara. Beth and Ruth appear in quick exchanges about servants as the dialogue moves toward Niagara.
A Washington state report shows a molasses arsenic mixture used to exterminate pests became 25 to 75 percent more effective when fermented. The compound, made with molasses lemons oranges bran and sawdust, attracted insects and improved potency after overnight fermentation.
The Barbary coast was the home of pirates who roved the Mediterranean in the early 19th century. Morroco Algiers Tangier and Tripoli were among the Barbary States associated with these raiders.
Train schedule notice listing eastbound and westbound Golden State Limited services with arrivals and departures, Washington branch locals and freights, noting daily except Sundays services and agent endorsement by H. W. Russell for Co. B and Q.
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