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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
4
The poem notes Lucretia Borgia as powerful in Italy and shifting memory after death. It praises her hair as enduring beauty, describing it as pellucid gold and calm, while acknowledging her former august status. Poem selection by D. R. E. Landor.
An analysis of the 1920 Republican field suggests President Coolidge plans to retire, leaving the race open. Possible contenders include Lowden and Hoover, with Dawes and Longworth not pursuing candidacy and Hughes declining. Hoover is highlighted for international experience, breadth of service, and leadership in commerce, while Lowden is noted for state governance and business success.
A mixed clipping presents Carlton Murray Brosius poem about a life labeled by unrealized dreams and the tyranny of the everyday. It threads in humorous exchanges among fictional characters and brief jokes about habits and relationships.
A brief poem urges durable road construction funded by bonds. It emphasizes lasting infrastructure to endure for future generations while noting current costs passed to children through mortgages for roadwork. The speaker stresses the need for roads that resist wear and time.
The piece recalls Susan B Anthony voting in Rochester in 1782 and facing fines rather than jail, framing her act as the birth of the suffrage movement. It reflects on the duty to vote and asks if modern women fully reap suffrage benefits, citing Amy Oberlin's journalism class note. It also includes brief humor items and small notices.
National Republic denounces plans to register aliens as an infringement on personal liberty. An Associated Press report from London dated August 11 notes Peasy O’Neil, an American actress, was fined forty shillings for failing to register a change of address as required for aliens. she did not appear and apologized for oversight.
In a playful By The Way item Santa Claus jokes about asking the weather bureau to summon a classic blizzard. He notes folks in October weather feel Christmas draws near, and the festive turning on of northern lights heightens the mood for a seasonal burst.
Shrew shoppers avoid high prices and pressure and seek practical gift ideas. The piece mocks unsuitable items such as military brushes for balding men and crimson cravats for red-faced wearers, offering humorous cautions for holiday shopping.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a man asks a woman about her destination and money while a quip on the tobacco habit suggests many smoke cheap five cent cigars. The dialogue captures streetwise wit and social quirks.
A short humorous reminiscence recounts a traveler’s misadventure in Some Bodyshow Pasture while seeking a gate, joking that Tex as covers the world before finally locating the gate and leaving the reader with a light local flavor.
A jumble of light anecdotes features a foreman Dodgin introducing himself to workers, a married man envy of bachelor quarters, a child joking about alimony, a neighborly misunderstanding with a doll, a play on butter and worst, a nervous knock at Mrs Clancy's house, a misdirected installment collector, a lawyer who defends handsome women, and a quip about eyes matching a face.
A car owned by Charles Hultman of Upton Maine is reported to have given birth to triplets this month, after previously producing twins last year, according to a Halifax Nova Scotia paper clipping.
The Des Moines Keokuk Burlington Ottumwa and Ft. Dodge reports show good to cloudy conditions. A Sacramento paper notes Mrs K solving a problem by spinning the steering wheel and bumping the curb, causing minor paint damage.
A fragment from a Western ranch scene features a dialogue between a young lady and a cowpuncher about saddles and lariats. A quip links accordion theft to Sing Sing life under the habitual criminal act. A political note mocks Baldwin and references Charleston.
In Gun Gospel produced by Charles R. Rogers for First National and shown at the Fox theatre Friday and Saturday Ken Maynard performs a death defying trick riding underneath a running horse. Maynard is famed for his horseman skills and spent a year preparing before filming the stunt under director Harry J. Brown.
VEO reports many Sunday visits and gatherings across Richland and nearby towns. Families including the Rogers Eldon and Roy with Julia Haworth attended. the Spaldings hosted O C Spalding. Esther Johnson hosted Floyd's fifth birthday oyster supper. Emma Gowey and Hamish Gowey families were mentioned. illness news notes Ellen Stewart’s death with funeral timing. social activities include WCO T A meeting and Nordyke sale trips. locals travel to Duluth Crosby and Otumwa for kin and events.
Saturday and Sunday visits with relatives mix with a Pleasant Plain basketball win for both Richland high and home teams Girls 45 to 11 or 17 boys 11 to 17 The report lists several local visits including Doris Bond Emma Spalding Minnie Elmore and the Bray Danna Watson and Jones families with Fairfield shopping trips and family care events mentioned.
Will Durant, noted philosopher and author, will give a lecture in Iowa City tonight under the senate board on university lectures. No subject has been announced as speakers here typically arrive without prepared topics.
Community notes from Brighton and Richland area recount visits by Rev. W. H. Kent to the Clay church, plans for Christmas children's entertainment, and local farm updates. Mary Esther Woodford returns to school, Donald Duke back from Chicago, hogs sent to Chicago market, and farm improvements noted. News on market activity and continued rain affecting harvest.
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