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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1929
Page
4
A brief devotional note cites verse 10 18 urging reflection on justice and consequence. The passage warns that ploughing wickedness yields iniquity and fruit of folly, emphasizing accountability for trusting in one’s own way.
The writer and party stop to view sand dunes en route from Yuma to San Diego. A stalled car sinks into sand. a passing auto helps free it. A desert rattlesnake is seen sunning on the pavement and a local officer explains rattlers seek sun but are dangerous. The journey continues despite sand and heat.
A fragmented text discusses misusage and mispronunciation examples with phrases about pronunciation, spelling, and word study. It references misused words such as mon and mnemo nia, and notes on grandeur in architecture.
Government officers patrol highways to curb contraband and aliens smuggling across the border. A truck with eight concealed Chinese was diverted, leading to a desert pursuit and a fatal end. The account recounts heavy border controls during wartime Mexico and the dangers of rum-runners, then shifts to a desert journey with weather perils and scenic mountain driving amid diverse crops and landscapes.
A collage of odd items and snippets. It includes mischief over a grenade incident, a couple seeking marriage ads, a baby confusion in a California paper, and stray jokes about prisons, corn stalk paper, and Uncle Sam bonds. Local voice, dated tone, and scattered humor per fragmentary source.
A collage of light verse and anecdotes fills pages from an Evening Journal column. It features quips about spring, flirtations, jokes about gardeners and germs, and a pastor’s banana query to a deaf bishop, ending with a humorous twist on a bishop’s preference for an old fashioned night shirt.
A reader notes a spring poem enclosed with a request for submissions, mentioning Kipling and a desire for readers to contribute. The piece includes lines about spring wind, maple buds, growing flowers, melting ice, drying mudholes, busy autos, and singing birds, ending with a hopeful view of spring’s return.
A spring study meeting at the Wr. eau club had fifteen members with Mrs Rhua Helmick hosting. Birth of a granddaughter Patricia Ann Tracy welcomed at Pierre Tracy home in Vinton. Various visits and ailments noted including Mrs L D Camp and baby, Dr W W Williams at a medical clinic, Mrs A S Fount and Mrs A J Wikoff ill. Church and community events cited, with shop ads, roof project at Chambers, and upcoming followup meetings.
A Brighton gathering sponsored by the Gee Club featured games of ten pins, a lively program with music and dancing, and various booths. The evening offered several acts including an entertainment segment titled The Demi Passe Chapter A, as guests enjoyed the atmosphere and refreshments.
April 5 report from Braden CM Maxwell mentions Mrs Car daughters Lean na of Wellman visiting Elmer Mason and Wm Jugenheimer homes near. Pauline Smith Anderson and Martha Hendrickson of Washington attended Braden club supper at Rex Smith home. High school play at Fordsville and Latiner Davis family noted. Mason plans Washington trip postponed. field work preferred. Farm bureau lesson held at Maxwell home with steven lades present.
April 9 report describes Ralph C. Brewster presenting a governors conference plan for a national prosperity reserve to President Hoover at the White House. The proposal, approved at the New Orleans governors meeting last November, aims to budget public work to buffer unemployment cycles and time public works with industry slack. Hoover backs development as secretary of commerce and referenced it in a past acceptance speech.
In Covington Indiana on April 9 Liz Bell Mickles first appears as a Fountain County woman. A court decree returns her to her former name Lacy Bell Teltoy before noon. By night she becomes Lucy Bell Slayton and bride of John Weeton, illustrating swift identity changes in a single day.
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