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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1927
Page
4
A reflective verse fragment recounts funeral imagery with the hearse passing and burial. It details worms crawling in and out of a pine box as mourners and workers perform the burial, noting the decay and the gathering of many friends.
An editorial defends Col Charles Lindbergh for attending bull fights in Mexico City despite U S protests. It argues engagement over preaching, noting Mexicans view bull fighting as normal and criticizing U S media for domestic brutality while urging respect for customs and diplomacy.
Two distressing items headline daily tragedy coverage. First report details a fatal incident with scarce details and official statements. Second brief notes a separate accident with casualties and ongoing investigations.
Daily lesson outlines common English misuse and pronunciation tips. The daily word is gesticulation defined as the act of making gestures with example of wild gesticulations attracting attention.
Reports recount the sinking of a submarine off the Atlantic with forty three crewmen and the sorrowful rescue attempts halted by a fifty mile gale. Divers found six survivors trapped below as sounds of aid reached them. A Los Angeles kidnapping and grisly murder of a young girl is described as fiendish diabolism and a sign of civilization’s worst.
A juvenile voice from Punch asks for fireworks that are bright and lively yet not dangerous, expressing a preference for playful jumps while noting she is an only child.
A family travel anecdote opens with a frightened girl in a Pullman upper berth. Her mother reassures her of divine watchfulness, then a passerby jokes about all relatives present to comfort her. The child asks if that was God, prompting a gentle moment.
A collage of light humor and quips from readers and newspapers includes a punchline about tipping being hush money, a mountain teacher correcting dialect, a barber receiving an unusual tip, a drowned man search joke, and a wind riddle. It’s a slice of early 20th century humor.
A columnist compares Santa’s modernism and holiday gifts amid urban life and old tropes. It recalls a Pioneer editor who wrongly reported Frank Brown’s death, then corrected the story the next day in the Morning Star.
A compact verse warns that constant work fixes the world to two or three things oneself, the stone, and a stubborn nose, suggesting neglect of simpler joys like a brook or a bird.
In a light exchange, a wife asks if spouses swap gifts. He replies yes, noting she gives him a new fur neckpiece while he presents her with a hundred perfectos. The playful line reflects holiday humor and cordial domestic sparring.
A Miller town tale about Florida real estate profits gets corrected by his father. The editor mistook two years for two months and six thousand five hundred for sixty five thousand, noting the actual outcome was a loss. The exchange plays on lingering Ontario drinking humor and state rivalry.
A light exchanges sparks as she notes men avoid eye contact and he replies with a playful suggestion to wear their eyes longer, turning a punchy line into a style quip.
Goldston Bigpurse confronts burglar Billy Bluffem in a playful reunion set beside the Mansion house. The two former schoolboys trade banter about crime and wealth as the financier refuses mercy and offers partnership. The scene closes with the two old friends embracing amid comic irony.
A lone rider in a Texas camp offers a mule for one hundred dollars. A bystander replies with five dollars, prompting the rider to dismount and declare he will not let the ninety five dollar difference block the trade.
A Chicago man boarded a southern street car where a passenger stood to offer a seat to a lady. The Chicago man beat the woman to the seat. The body was shipped back to Chicago for burial. Christmas cigars may appear with special appeal to wives. Atlanta air traffic noted as one way ocean. A lady protests swearing, and a tough kid questions if they cursed at her birth.
A witty exchange notes that men avoid duels over women while the woman may take decisive action by shooting the man she rejects. The remark underscores changing notions of honor and violence in social exchanges.
Amusements star Milton Sills shoots on location in the California Redwoods for The Valley of the Giants a First National film based on Peter B Kyne. Doris Kenyon co stars as Sills faces dramatic scenes including a logging train wreck into the Eel river produced by Widming directed by Charles Prab in di recting crew of fifty plus and a large supporting cast.
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