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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1926
Page
4
A collage of quips and verses about housekeeping, trains, finishing schools, and rural life. It includes verses about a man who jokes of being lame, a drowning metaphor with a coal shovel, graves with epitaphs, small vignettes of mothers Martha and Mary, and a mused line about a Gypsy Anne.
A daily English lesson discusses the word stabilize and practical usage. The text notes small town donations to the temperance fight amounting to millions, aiding law enforcement and signaling a societal push against bootleggers.
A cryptic fragment notes a sequence titled The Honeymoon 18 Over When She Appears at Breakfast with her regular face. No clear event dates or participants are identified in the legible text.
The article states the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish all news dispatches credited to it and to local news in the paper. It reserves all rights for special dispatches published herein.
Verse from Isaiah invites all to the mount of the Lord to learn his ways and walk in his paths as a devotional daily thought for readers.
An interview with F. D. Farrell of Kansas State Agricultural College discusses a May issue revealing farmer resolutions. The group calls for organizing to control prices, tax reform, tariff reductions, lower freight rates, potential highway building, and support for like-minded candidates to preserve agriculture.
A Chicago era column discusses the dispute over dry money and lobbying in state capitals and Washington. It defends temperance supporters as driven by moral aims, contrasts bootlegger profits with lawful donations, and notes religious Americans backing prohibition efforts.
The passage recalls 1873 and 1893 waves of farm depression and notes unanimous resolutions by Midwestern farmers on April 27 1873. It argues agriculture will recover with balanced finance similar to the federal reserve system and urges collaboration of top agricultural and business minds to fix the persistent cycle.
Citizens warn against felling public trees arguing they take decades to grow and beautify streets. The letter urges city oversight and expert advice before removal, noting Iowa law allows a tree committee permit. Committee Art Department of the Fortnightly club.
Local filling stations raised the price of gasoline one cent a gallon yesterday with no further increase reported today.
A candidate announces a run for the County Board of Supervisors starting January 1, 1927. The bid is subject to Republican voters in the June primaries.
A nostalgic meditation compares past and present views of automobiles. A teacher asks Johnny about gender, proposing two categories for each: masculine and feminine, with temperate and intemperate masculine traits and frigid and torrid feminine traits.
A playful lyric about a woman named Martha living on a street. The speaker notes not personally knowing her yet hints at everyday domestic scenes and humorous mishearing. The quatrain setting centers on mundane tasks and small observations with a teasing, folksy voice.
The piece reflects on historical fashion with heavy undergarments and multiple stiff petticoats. It notes the burden on women from bulky waists to corsets and bustles, suggesting the display of weakness was a byproduct of attire rather than actual frailty.
A mournful fragment recalls a green apple boy whose small life ends, as grasses wave over his grave. The verse frames a child's death in gentle, nature imagery with a solemn tone.
A political notice states that POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT 1 will seek election to the Board of Supervisors for the term starting January 1, 1928, contingent on Republican voters at the June primary. The rest of the text includes unrelated aphorisms and a golf season score mention.
On a packed street car a boy cries out to his mother about a man who comes every week for the furniture money. A passenger settles opposite, drawing attention to the recurring visitor in a tense moment.
The undersigned Washington Iowa lawyers agree to close their offices Saturday afternoons from May 1 to September 4 1926. Signatories include W M Keeley A E Baldrige r Co Wilson Co J Wilson Edmund Co Morrison J L Brookhart Edward C Bicher S W Livingston Kk J Harmeier T L Brookhart T A Michels George F Morrison Marsh W Bailey with dates Apr 30 May 3 6 listed.
Mr and Mrs M E Dickens host a May fete and egg rolling for all Lincoln school girls above kindergarten age at their home 616 So lowa Ave tomorrow evening May 1 from 8 o clock The event is advertised as a social gathering for young pupils with activities and refreshments.
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