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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1929
Page
4
A playful poem in child voice on chores and restraint from parents. The speaker laments daily duties like washing ears, hair brushing, shoes, and meals while imagining grown life with lemonade, dogs, and freedom. The piece reflects childhood rebellion and humorous future fantasies.
Daily English lessons present a noisy excerpt about misused phrases and study aids. It mentions Arkansas and a lesson on the word irresistible and prompts students to focus on one word daily to boost vocabulary.
A collage of jokes, quips, and odd tidbits from a 19th or early 20th century page. It stacks puns about lawsuits, a minister’s sermon, a Liberty-era style diary fragment, light political satire, sports yuks, and a cow joke. Notable names appear in scattered fragments, creating a humorous cut of humor and miscellany.
A town column teases a promised joke centered on a single word. Residents debate the word’s sound and meaning while the columnist notes no story exists until the word is conceived. At press time, the joke remains unresolved.
Director Lynn Shores, famed for previous PRO works, delivers Stolen Love with a vivid ultratmosphere of youth and its problems. Critics hail the production for maintaining high standards and praise it nationwide.
In Columbus Junction on April 1 Rev Emanuel Jasmann planned an illustrated talk at Reformed church on historic events of the Miss. Mildred Vite attended a junior class comedy at Columbus High School, The Death By Own Action Specialist, with cast including Alice Pierce Al Hanft Robert Moore and others. The junior Cotterdish school staged Welcome Home Jimmy netting 68 dollars, with Marie Jenking Irene Stapp Thelma Quigley Paul Ramer and Lloyd Burris in the cast. Funeral services for John TH were set for 2 20 Monday at Presbyterian church with burial in Columbus City cemetery. Mrs John Patterson and daughter Helen of Lyle Minn visited the William Butt home. Nina Brown of Iowa City visited Miss Muda Acheson. Local moves include Mr and Mrs Max McDaniel relocating to the R S McDaniel home in Concord township. Mrs Frank Partmeter and brother John Gamble of Cedar Rapids visiting Hooker Gamble home.
A retired conductor recalls the White House society nickname Alice Blue from the Roosevelt era and notes a suggestion to create a new color named Gann rate. The playful vignette ties Mrs. Gann to color trends in political social circles.
Al Jolson delivers a melodramatic performance in The Singing Fool portrayed as a moving drama rather than a comedy. Betty Bronson and Josephin Dunn are two leading ladies, with Reed Howes Arthur Housman David Lee Edward Lindel and Robert Emmett OConnor in supporting roles as the cast.
Hazel Livingstone’s Love, a national serial read by millions, arrives at the Graham Theatre with Marceline Day Owen Moore and Rex Leane. The gripping tale follows a young girl’s rebellion against stern aunts and the consequences of a stolen love she seeks.
Leslie Verdi and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Joe Nebergall and Will Realer and family visited Wes Finch. Leslie delivered hoes to Charlie Thomas on Thursday. The Walnut Club met at Mrs Charlie McKay home with members and guests present. The next meeting will be at Mrs Edd Milter home.
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