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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
4
The editorial weighs President Coolidge's terse candidacy statement and the mixed reaction it provokes. It argues that backing or doubt could harm his bid while noting widespread speculation about future contenders. It also contends there are many potential candidates and that leadership capacity abounds in the nation.
A columnist quotes Ruth Miller arguing that daintiness defines femininity and beauty. She links it to perfume and cosmetics as essential to a woman’s charm, while noting the era of equal rights may erode this trait and its social aura.
Reading notes discuss pronunciation missteps and misspellings, highlighting words like restriction and synonyms for control. It emphasizes using a word three times to own it and notes caution on accepting exceptions and partial forms in language.
A quoted admonition argues that women must retain daintiness amid sex equality. It warns that women doing men's work risk losing femininity and fears a societal drift toward moral decline described as hellish if femininity disappears.
A poem reflecting daily troubles fading as sunset turns gray clouds into gates of gold. The speaker finds peace and healing in the western sky as evening arrives, transforming anger and tears into calm. The verse emphasizes twilight as a restorative moment for troubled hearts.
A Methodist Protestant blurb seeks an editor who is teachable, popular, frugal, and fearless in publishing all letters and items. The ideal candidate would buy subscriptions, resist blue-penciling, praise current pastors without disparaging predecessors, balance independence with obedience, and bridge old and new ideas.
W W Scott notes in Life on President Coolidge. Citizens discuss a possible third term, public opinion on wets and dries, and the heated election landscape with cautious, balanced views.
An elderly shopper fires rapid questions at a grocery clerk asking prices and travel times. The clerk responds with a playful verse noting lemons two for a nickel, oranges three for a dime, and a river depth and train departure timing implied by fiction.
A Scotch neighbor spanks his son with great vigor while a bystander pleads for mercy. The father retorts that he might have killed the boy for buying an all day sucker at five in the afternoon.
A collection of anecdotes from various papers shows vivid scenes where music saves a life during a flood, clever lines about wedding gifts and clocks, a moonlighting driver picking up a dead man, and farmer jokes about household setting in the pantry and on the doorstep.
A humorous collage quotes various newspaper lines and jokes about daily life. It notes a local man arranging his daughter to wake him for work, reflecting light local humor from small papers.
Editorial snippets recounting Sacco Vanzetti confusion, Iowa pride in clean-city signs, and light local humor. Notes on West Chester roads, Dadelion family, Mrs Ex Sandy Hook Florida trip, and a mock “Who’s Who” from By The Way readers. Also includes Sharp quips about shaving, rooms with meals, and Abe Martin style rural humor.
A Texas Ranger notes a bold woman standing amid crowded streets not heedful of traffic signals or horns as she calmly powders her nose despite danger. The scene emphasizes fearless nonchalance and public stares.
A sign found in Strassburg Virginia cites John Smith proprietor and humor about Tex Rickard radio listeners paying 25 cents to a dollar yearly for entertainment. The item mentions a Boston Browning Society gathering where a wealthy guest criticized Browning poetry, saying the samples were poor and noting Peaches would be happier leaving Browning.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a travelogue tone mentioning Florid's Nursery Pottsville and a detour with Kodak imagery. A separate line alleges a long term domestic abuse claim, stating the husband John Burke has pelted missiles at his wife for 15 years but never hit her, according to the wife.
A Yonkers woman told City Judge Charles W. Boote that her husband Burke age 40 now faces arraignment after a domestic dispute in which he allegedly threw objects including food and fired eggs that missed and splattered walls.
In the District Court of Iowa in Washington County the petition of George E. Dutton trustee for First Trust Bank of Sycamore Illinois seeks foreclosure on a $30,000 note with interest and related charges. Defendants Bennett Alma Bennett Nehls Rodgers and Feckley are named with requests for judgment and appointment of a receiver unless defense is entered by September term 1927.
James D. Beckler files a petition in the District Court alleging G C Bennett and Alma M Bennett executed five promissory notes of 150 each starting February 18 1927 and secured by a mortgage on land described as the NW4 and adjoining tracts including a 33 acre parcel in an ongoing civil action.
The petition seeks foreclosure of a mortgage on 422 acres in township 75 north range 9 west in Keokuk County, with detailed fractional lots in sections 17 and 18, and names G C Bennett Alma M Bennett H L Nehls and J P Rodgers as defendants. Plaintiff demands judgment for 754.60 plus 8 percent annual interest from July 6 1927 and costs including attorney fees, appointment of a receiver to collect rents, and a lien priority ruling. The case is filed in Orange City Iowa with Van Oosterhout and Kolyn as attorneys. The hearing set for Washington Guard County on September 6 1927. default judgment possible.
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