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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1926
Page
3
Need for a nurses home urged in Washington County
Miss Reitan superintendent of Washington County Hospital urges building a nurses home to provide proper study space room and comforts for trainee nurses. Local hospital board physicians and citizens back the idea noting hospitals will grow and demand better trained nurses with a public appeal for a few thousand dollars to start a campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Reitan
Prohibition Fears Rumors and Distant Dances Spark Community Chatter
Local notes sketch a lively village scene with talk of stricter policing and jail addition as prohibition lingers. Loie Fuller dazzles in Queen Marie departure, while corn harvest dominates daily life. Theo Ohez ships cattle from Kansas City. Miss Velda Hexworth aids at home. Hazel and Ruth Longer miss school with colds. Harry Miller leaves for Chicago to study electricity. Tom Swift bruises foot after a horse step. Geo Nicholson finishes husking for Jake Snyder.
Daily English Lessons: Misused Words and Pronunciation
A daily vocabulary note explains common miscues for English learners. It defines misused terms such as splendid workman and contrasts pronunciation hurdles like financier and aces in it. The entry offers synonyms magnify amplify increase enlarge extend develop enhance and guides habit to reuse a word three times to own it. It selects today’s word grimly meaning sternly harshly formidably with an example of a grimly smile as he sank back in his chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas
Acas
Humorous Reader Submissions Sparkling in The Evening Journal
A whimsical retrospective includes a radio recipe mishap with two stations, a quip about choosing love, and a Seneca Sene ca anecdote about barbed wire wrapped trees. Nostalgic notes compare 1926 life to modern habits, citing prices, labor, leisure, and social changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Dewey
Seneca
Stryker
By-The-Way column muses on optimism and old cost woes
A nostalgic piece blends playful lines and comic exchanges about family, shopping, and hunger. It contrasts carefree moments with a skewed memory of inflation and rising prices from beef to bread, weaving humor with social commentary.
Vinegar Price Blame Adopts Political Spin
A fragment cites rising vinegar costs blaming Republicans and jokes about daily routines and a supposed tie, reflecting partisan tone without clear event or individuals.
Subway Sadie shines in smart New York tale at Fox
First National's Subway Sadie opens at the Fox with Dorothy Mackaill Jack Mulhall and Charles Murray in superbly cast roles. The ultra smart fashion show unusual subway scenes and a well told story mark the picture as outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Subway
First National
Fox Theatre
Dorothy Mackaill
Jack Mulhall
Charles Murray
Thanking friends for support during illness and death
The family of J. J. McKeone expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance during the illness and death of their wife and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. McKeone
West Chester notes from Dayton on church, court, and cattle
West Chester correspondent reports large Methodist meetings led by Doctor Cooke and Rev. Gray. He recalls a Washington court appearance as a land witness after 23 years, praises local land sellers, mentions stock sent to Chicago, updates on A. R. Miller’s health, and notes road work improving county Route Two. He hopes for milder weather without snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Doctor Cooke
Gray
Methodist Church
Washington
Chicago
A. R. Miller
Wino Robertson Visits From Muscatine and Virginia Ties
In Washington a sighting notes Wino Robertson of Muscatine visiting Tuesday driving to Valley Wellston and Keota. Herbert Bosley’s son Clarence, once a small boy here, now grown large, recalls his Virginia roots. He mentions his father owns about 400 acres there and plans to bring his mother back next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Green
Wino Robertson
Muscatine
Valley
Wellston
Keota
Washington
Herbert Bosley
Virginia
Clarence Bosley
Mr. Sage
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Associated Press
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Loie Fuller
Theo Ohez
Kansas City
H. H. Club
Finch
Velda Hexworth
Bernard Walker
Mrs. Walker
Hazel
Ruth
Harry Miller
T. M. Been Blossom
Tom Swift
Geo. Nicholson
Jake Snyder
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Tor
Evening Journal
City Parnassus
Giya
R. Hamiliton McKleerie
Mares
Emil Anderson
Frank Macon
L. A. Jones
Rascal
Tess
Bob Lower
Cariz
Coney Island
Bristol
J. D. Dayton
March
Farm Loan Department
Washington, Iowa
Klein Klothing Ko
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