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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
4
A shuffled page contains verse on esthetics and humor, plus a public safety piece on a new law designating primary roads as arterial highways with right of way. It explains mandatory stops or cautious entry at side roads, enforcement and penalties, and the sign rollout.
A verse by Van H. Eshelman ponders color coded fashion and dating norms. It questions why women wear yellow and why men value machine driving prowess, while suggesting that a person earns what they deserve in a playful, speculative tone.
The passage presents December as a complete unit of thirty one days each with twenty four hours and sixty minutes. It singles out the 25th day as highly noted while urging to value the month as a whole and offering guidance through Father Time for any special arrangement.
A reader responds with a Walter Scott fragment about November and a Bryant reference to Death of the Flowers, noting it is not sent. The letter frames a late reply to a poetry prompt and discusses appropriate November verses.
Five Louisa county 4-H boys Layton Huffington Max Robertson Keith Robertson and Charles Stone Donald Stone will attend the junior short course at Iowa State College December 27 to 28. The trip is awarded by the Louisa county Fair association for their wins in Baby beef and Market pig club work this year.
Washington county readers get first full description of Ford's new line. Public receptions by local dealers mark the nationwide debut of the light, moderate priced models. Doors open at eight with staff explaining features amid a push to exceed Model T production levels. Local observers include city officials and business leaders as Ford laboratories in Dearborn back the launch.
A compact note points readers to a collection by Texas Jake, urging discovery of his poems within a local issue. The reference underscores the author’s regional prominence and literary presence in the community.
The crowd cheers as Daniel scores a point for the common people during a royal coronation celebration. The King grows wrathful and casts Daniel into the lion's den where a lion playfully nibbles his ear. Daniel calls it spectacles, causing widespread laughter.
An old prospector outside a cave says he found treasure hidden inside. When asked what it is, he responds with a cryptic remark and the word quartz is suggested as a possibility.
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