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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1927
Page
4
The piece argues hot weather is healthier and winter mortality is higher. It cites U S death peaks in March and lower rates in September, disputing claims that heat weakens resistance. It mocks sensational health bulletins and advises cautious routines rather than chasing heat records.
The item presents a daily note on English usage errors focusing on permission phrasing and mispronunciations. It lists misused forms, misspellings, and a word study tip linked to expanding vocabulary with the example word piteously begun as pithously and includes a sentence about a lone figure looking around piteously seeking aid.
A Nash Journal adapted meditation on life as a voyage. It cites Lindbergh facing fear and steering toward higher altitudes as a metaphor for resilience. The piece urges clinging to permanence, stars, and persistence to reach a safe harbor with courage.
The piece warns readers to accept heat death headlines without question and to stay obsessed with the temperature. It advises avoiding sun exposure, resisting social activities, and even drinking iced drinks and alcohol to speed heat prostration, noting comparable lightning deaths.
A six year old boy pins a note to his door asking to remember his birthday and give till it hurts. The fragment also cites a Wall Street Journal quote about Mexican presidential hopefuls who run on love continuing their campaigns.
The author extols barber shops as a haven for reading and rest, noting the value of a quiet shave in a busy life. Dr. Wickham is cited about vacation notions, criticizing two week sprint trips and praising the barber’s role and the quiet intimacy of the chair.
A reader imagines how to spend a million dollars by transforming a southern state home into a show castle with moody gardens ponds and a windlass well. The fantasy ends with a flock of 1 000 white leghorn chicks and no signature.
Mr and Mrs W H Heston left by auto for Des Moines to visit their father and mother who marked their 62nd wedding anniversary on the preceding Saturday.
A crowded column of social visits, travels, and local business updates from Wellman and surrounding towns. Families attend reunions near Winfield, Iowa. travels to Des Moines, Ottumwa, Muscatine. farm health work with hog cholera serum. church picnics and school activities. and local business changes including bank renovations and theater front updates.
ABE MARTIN muses on the world, predicting events to look forward to and joking about publishing the President's photos during his vacation with no one facing legal action yet, calling it mainly a change of venue.
The fragment notes a social gathering with Den and Rev Dickinson enjoying a fine noon dinner and companionship, capturing a moment of cordial hospitality.
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