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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1929
Page
4
Fragmented verse recalls childhood games around a giant stone and a seersucker dress. The speaker wanders through nostalgia and longing for rest, memory, and Heaven as the speaker pleads for leisure and release from weariness.
A disparate compilation features moral tales about thrift and caution, humor about a hunter and a landowner, a muggy commentary on defense readiness, and anecdotes from politics and crime. It includes a parable from Luke and reflections on readiness, with stray notes on prohibition, jokes, and social scenes.
A mosaic of humorous items and social bits includes reflections on Chicago rumors, a preacher's evening sermon on Liars, odd vignettes about a junkman and a wife, and a bawdy joke chart about handling women with humorous electrical metaphors.
A collage of odd lines and phrases appears, mixing prophecy, weather signs, and whimsical dialogue. Characters discuss superstition, the changing season, and ironic observations about honesty, work, and human nature in a disjointed, surreal style.
F H Simmons president of the exchange explains in the North American Review how the New York Stock Exchange handles vast daily volume with a six part machine. The floor clearing corporation quotation system brokers borrowing and money facilities and a central administration. The clearing corporation reduces clerical work and bank accommodation while improving speed and efficiency.
A fan blowing on a thermometer usually has no essential effect on mercury readings. If a very sensitive thermometer sits in front of a fan a slight rise in temperature may occur. The wire near the motor becomes slightly heated as well.
Mildred frets over a budget and a catalog dress as she schemes to buy a blue taffeta gown. After borrowing money and enduring delays, she discovers her husband secretly ordered a second, more splendid dress as a surprise and forgives his frugality.
Field and Stream recounts W. H. Chadytek recalling a dramatic elephant encounter. Two hunters face seven charging elephants as a native disturbance distracts the herd. The narrator describes precise rifle fire, center bulls collapsing, and the herd breaking toward the forest with the left flank passing close by.
George Peabody’s gift funds the Conservatory of Music in Baltimore founded by a Massachusetts native born in 1723. He built wealth after moving south to Baltimore and died in 1960 after giving away eight to nine billion dollars. Students now come from 84 states plus China Hawaii and Philippine Islands.
The passage discusses fundamental elements needed by life, noting oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. It explains phosphorus is present as phosphoric acid combined with metals, with phosphate of calcium being common in arable soil.
A teacher asks a student to define collision, prompting a frustrated reply about a possible fight. The exchange hints at a tense moment in a classroom and the unexpected answer from Fred.
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