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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1926
Page
4
A devotional note cites 2 Chronicles 6 41 urging God to rise to his rest with the ark of strength. It speaks of priests clothed with salvation and saints rejoicing in goodness as in the Bible Thought for Today.
The article notes Queen Marie's return toward home and the Hall-Mills trial advancing with jury duty underway. It contrasts Europe’s lingering royalty fascination and Romanian royal factionalism with public reaction to the courtroom proceedings.
The aged statesman Uncle Joe Cannon, once deposed in bitter lower house clashes, died at ten years old in our chronicle. A conservative figure, he endured intense political battles, faded from power, then returned to prominence before voluntarily retiring from Congress.
The poem memorializes Joe Cannon with a Parliamentary Ode by William Tyler Page. It satirizes legislative gridlock and party dominance, recalling Cannon's era while imagining a chamber where rules and quorums silence opposition.
Universal Blue Streak Western Red Hot Leather arrives at the Fox Theatre Saturday. Star Jack Hoxie leads the cast with Scout the remarkable horse providing standout feats, making this production a top feature with extensive location shooting and an Al Rogell written and directed story.
A fragmentary notice presents a quotation attributed to Samuel Taylor Coleridge on the happiness of life being composed of countless minute pleasures and genial feelings.
Notes cover proper pronouns after let and grammar rules. Includes misused words like abruptness and a confusing stretch of examples with unclear names and typos.
A cluttered column recalls festive shop windows around the square and a playful ask to add the Journal to Christmas lists. It also tucks snippets from "Forty Years Ago" about life then, jokes, and a reader letter from a Pennsylvania doctor with a vacation note about Frances.
A humorous dialogue contrasts desire and finances as a bride asks for a bracelet the husband cannot afford, insisting it is not good enough. A sharp quip labels an egotist. A pool sign in Spavin, Oklahoma lists bath prices with and without suits. A Georgia man shoots his wife over love, but the outcome is unclear, and a grocer notes self-reliance in a crate carrying exchange.
A humorous piece recounts Cornelius the six inch goldfish that learned to live out of water and followed its owner before slipping in a puddle during rain and drowning. The tale closes with a joke about sharing more jokes from Shaving and Lyons collections.
A column of humorous snippets and cartoons from Tit Bits pokes fun at daily life. Jokes reference hats headaches taxes and a busting ship of light humor across a parade of quirky lines.
The project between Columbus Junction and the Indian Creek bridge started this week with surfacing using crushed rock as the main material.
News briefs report a Davenport quarry unload at Fredonia, the death of H. C. Allen of Des Moines, birthday celebrations, theater ownership change in Muscatine, upcoming Columbus Junction fair elections, marriages and entertainments, chapel services, and a fatal accident involving a boy found in a barn harness room with a rope coil dislocation.
Titus Iowa December notes report Emil Fink receiving vaccinated hogs by a veteran on Tuesday last week. Greeley Gilbert returns to Youngstown Illinois after weeks with locals. Franklin Center school plans a Christmas entertainment and box supper. James Lemley visits Emil Fink and William Atkinson suffers a broken arm from Ford cranking. Mrs Will Atkinson and son visit from Des Moines and attend Thanksgiving dinner at Dale Atkinson’s. Andy Augustine ships cattle to Chicago and Fred Reid vaccinate hogs for Augustine. Harold Fink remains ill.
A brisk week with many sick days and weather hindered corn picking. The MecNarlen family spent Thanksgiving with Emil Fink and enjoyed roast goose. Linger Longer club hosted Miss Rose Gilbert for a Christmas planning afternoon and officer elections. Esther Booth stayed home for Thanksgiving and few attended the Junction game due to bad weather. Nebergall was ill and missed school. Des Moines reports the Jowghle tel Men's Association opens its annual convention there tomorrow.
Advert reads that MELLO-GLO is a new face powder for all women promising lasting wear, hides pores and lines, resists perspiration, and keeps a natural complexion until removal. Claims appeal to every girl with a fresh French technique.
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