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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1929
Page
4
The fragment reflects musings on beauty and virtue, imagining a perfect, sinless state as a happy medium beyond beauty or Plainness. It notes Patrick Henry’s father born in Scotland and his Welsh mother, and mentions an organization with 96,000 members.
Instructional note lists mispronunciations and pronunciations examples. It defines carnivorous as relating to flesh and describes a lion thriving on animal diet.
A jumble of historical notes and quotes covers Arctic expeditions, asbestos and natural gas discoveries, political parties, population stats, and early technological advances. It cites Theodore Roosevelt, Goodyear patents, telegraphs, steamboats, and public life anecdotes, with humorous asides on everyday manners.
A fragmentary humor column recounts a social anecdote about inviting preachers to dine, watermelon dessert, and hooch on ice. It includes jokes about grammar, dictionaries, and a playful mock dialogue balancing quips and general musings.
Mrs A Warren of Central City Iowa returns home after three days at her son J H Warren. Jugenheimer family visited Havre at John McCall’s home. Glenn Jacobs and daughter Betty visited Cephas Dodds home from Farfield. Keith Vine Ralphcott Harland Mead and Lewis Warren toured to Burlington for vessel business. Dorothea Thompson Dallas Center returned after weekend with Ralph Thompson family. Wilbur Day and son Dr from Brighton visited Washington home of his parents D Sunday.
Mrs J W Smith of St Louis arrived in Washington yesterday to visit her son Bamford Van Dyke for two weeks. Donald and Stutsman and a song were mentioned in the trip to LeRoy Minnesota expressed in the note.
Advertised remedy Phillips Milk of Magnesia is praised as a quick neutralizer of excess stomach acid. It claims rapid relief within five minutes and emphasizes its status as a trusted physician recommended alkali used in hospitals for over 50 years.
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