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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1929
Page
4
A 1929 letter from Geraldine Greiner of 1011 N Marion Ave Washington Iowa to the Evening Journal recounts a humorous remark by a neighbor boy after a visit to the dentist. The child says he got pyrex meaning overread and states he is twelve years old in seventh grade.
The piece begins a devotional fragment urging happiness through faith and daily reflection, invoking timeless scripture language. It frames happiness as a cultivated interior state linked to spiritual practice and trust in divine guidance.
In London MacDonald stated that the United States will not join European affairs as allies bound by formal ties. He praised humane American sympathy for just causes and urged careful American restraint while affirming lasting cooperation on mens causes.
A brutal Chicago killing ends with a first degree murder verdict and a death sentence for the husband, the father of children. The columnist laments crime in cities, praises swift punishment, and notes social disorder from gangsters to municipal policy.
A shift in crime demographics shows the average offender age dropping from 47 to 27 over four decades. The trend highlights younger offenders now driving crime statistics and raises questions about prevention and social factors.
Col Lindbergh states radio adoption varies by region with roughly one set per eighty eight people worldwide and one per twelve and a half in the United States. He cites 10,250,009 sets in use in the United States and predicts nationwide mail and passenger service to towns of five or more within five years.
The Oberammergau Passion Play will choose Alois Lang to portray Christ next year as Anton Lang, famed elder actor, cannot perform due to age and infirmities. Lang, a 38 year old woodcarver and beekeeper, is a relative who will prepare for the role in the ten year cycle.
The excerpt debunks myths about Lincoln’s death time and clock symbolism, notes clocks on jewelers signs predate Lincoln, and criticizes contemporary public discourse. It stacks varied quotes from multiple papers including Detroit Free Press and Jackson News, ending with Fall River Herald News.
A collage of light column items includes weekend notes about work and leisure, quips about subtitles in talking movies, locker room chatter on volleyball, a blindfold test on husbands, a pine tree fright, a physician signed snippet, and a humorous verse signed Hypochondriac Anedus reflecting on truth and youth.
A Baldwin milk man was assaulted and left unconscious while thieves seized the wagon. The horse, undeterred, continued the route and returned to its barn as usual, prompting newspaper praise for the faithful animal.
The passage lists varied uses of X from ten in Roman numerals to marks of illiteracy to a throne’s removal and unknown quantity. It notes xenon gas, an X mus Christmas, and a monarch Xerxes while ending with X marking the body’s location.
A montage of historical tidbits and jokes spans topics from early U S post offices to Benjamin Franklin and the first Postmaster General. It includes quips about doctors and nurses, Diogenes, a parking-place joke, and notes on languages and insects.
A reader notes the column may be discontinued indefinitely after the 12th and that today they received this information.
In New York, welfare figures paid tribute to Miss Jane Addams of Chicago as she lectured on world peace. The surprise testimonials highlighted her impact across welfare work. Separately, Leviathan sea service opens Sunday allowing nationwide telephone talks with passengers aboard the ship at rates from 21 dollars for three minutes to 33 dollars from the Pacific coast.
Chester J Weer reports on Hoover support and local life with brief notes on cars, farming, and visitors. The column mentions fried mush praise, land price hopes, and social visits by Guy Voorhees family to Los Angeles. Also notes illness of Mrs Ott and Nora Stewart operation in Washington hospital.
Residents report social news and small events in Keota and nearby towns. Notes mention families the Stewarts Craynes and Yanskys, a fox hunt ending with a large animal shot, rail freight delays near Sigourney, and community entertainments clearing about $1000. Anna Schmoebelen returns from Cedar Rapids surgery, and visits by Bern ard Yansky and Clement Schnoebelen are noted.
Twin boys were born Friday November 29 to Mr and Mrs Everett Latta. A new bridge across the Eng lish river east of town begins Monday with foreman Merle Beulow and crew planning ten months of work for fifty to sixty men. The Beulows moved into the Cummings property. Riverside Independent girls basketball team defeated Muscatine girls 16 to 0 on Lone Tree floor. A community festival is sponsored by St Marys parish members.
Ames Iowa December reports the state highway commission final bulletin shows 733.877 miles of concrete pavement laid on Iowa primary roads this season. Added to 694.5 miles already in use this year, Iowa’s primary road system now totals 2 258.377 miles.
For 20 years John B. Hardy suffered with digestion and gas until Adlerika provided complete relief. The ad claims Adlerika relieves gas and sour stomach in ten minutes by cleansing both upper and lower bowels and removing unseen poisons. Sherman Bros. Drugists promote the product in Ainsworth at Sands Store.
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