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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1929
Page
4
Fragmented reminiscence recounts two lifelong friends, John and Jim, sharing loyalty through poverty and prosperity. A nurse, a hospital bed, and a quiet farewell reveal their deep bond and unspoken love. Various anecdotes of famous names follow, including Voltaire and Vanderbilt, with short quips and ads interspersed.
The Andersons describe their postwar European trip noting favored cities Berlin and Vienna with impressions of Austrian hardship and aristocratic remnants. They praise Vienna’s great children’s hospital and Berlin’s medical learning while noting rural southern Germany remains backward and farm life practical. The prince’s tremulous hand at London meetings is mentioned along with the couple’s overall mixed appraisal of Paris and London.
Last winter while shocking corn fodder a rope broke and sent the father to the ground. The brother laughed at the sight, and Clara E. Witting of Washington Iowa recalls the moment as a funny accident witnessed during farm work.
A compact note explains common apologizing phrases and mispronunciations. It introduces word study focusing on vocabulary like visitant and visit, highlighting pronunciation, usage, and daily practice for expanding lexicon.
History notes that Senators can come from small towns like Yellow Springs in Green County Ohio. The piece also references Greene County Dayon and the idea that intelligent people stay in small towns rather than moving to big cities. The text mentions atmosphere created by lamps and human influence, ending with a line about garbage.
District No 5 residents gather for visits and news as threshing continues. Many families, including Rhodebeck, Humston, Cherry, Phillips and Briley, host and visit relatives in Wellman and nearby towns, with scenes of daily life, travel to Muscatine and Davenport, and a significant minor injury from a hammock incident.
A spirited column argues for Washington to have an air port to attract tourism from across oceans and nations, envisioning a grand facility large enough for dirigibles. The piece also notes the hitchhiker nuisance and muses on community growth, ending with a playful animal anecdote about kittens and a kite.
The page mentions an average married man knowing the endurance record holder. Con stable Plum arrests Buck Purviance for driving a motor car while intoxicated. Saturday is the last day to save the discount on your electric bill from Iowa Southern Utilities Co. Mite.
An advertisement touts Konjola as a master medicine made of 32 ingredients claimed to cure indigestion, nerve pains, and bladder issues. Testimony from Mr P O Bure of Cedar Rapids describes drastic relief after trying many medicines, with Konjola advertised as fast acting and effective across towns, sold by Geo L McDaniels Drugist and others nationwide.
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