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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
4
A brief religious note from December 16 1926 cites scripture praising a tender heart and humble spirit in response to God’s words, invoking 72 Chronicles 34 27 and its call to humility and repentance through tears.
The article recounts Iowa bank troubles during a period of rapid consolidation. It notes many small banks closed briefly to reorganize, preventing panics and highlighting improved economy, safeguards, and cautious business practice. It adds a note on a Japanese physician linking food needs to body area, not weight.
A jumble of quips on gifts and winter life. Observations include coal as a Christmas pleasantry, ear muffs versus a night cap, old party memories about balloon bladders, and weather cues from locomotive whistles. The piece ends with the owl’s wisdom and a playful tip to young men.
A florist neighbor exchange features a boss asking about children and a clerk describing a daughter as a bubbling genius and a son as a blooming idiot. The dialogue implies a comic view of living arrangements and rising costs over time.
A collage of humorous snippets and verse from a bygone column includes quips about boxed beads worn stockings and a holiday fund plea. Readers are teased by comic lines about inked bank cases and a chorus girl in the wings. The page also presents light verse on stockings and a joke about analyzing.
A bride returning from her honeymoon visits her mother for the first time since the wedding. The mother greets her with warm remarks as the couple ends the day on a calm note.
The excerpt captures a playful Christmas moment with a young wife recounting how her mother taught her to open condensed milk using a nail and hammer. A child asks about a missing dime as the men joke about the boy and his sibling in a casual holiday exchange.
In Dublin on December 15, corn remains in fields while residents report visits to Washington by Mr and Mrs Glen Little Mrs Walter Wolfe and Mr and Mrs Zeno Tinnes. Miss Pearl Robertson visits Ottumwa relatives. A new daughter Ruth Elaine arrives at Milton Smith home December 6. Several locals travel to Sigourney Wellston Iowa City and West Chester for events and sales.
Miss Lucile S pe from Birmingham Iowa attended the funeral of the Cherryholmes baby here Tuesday. A basketball game between Wyman and Crawfordsville independent teams ended wi to 10 with Wyman victorious. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church held a bazaar and cafeteria supper Tuesday night in the church basement. An electric outage from 6 to 7 p.m. disrupted lighting but fund-raising proceeds were satisfactory.
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