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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1929
Page
4
A letter from Amarillo Texas by Beth Davis jokes about a child visiting his Ganmama and chasing a fifty cent prize for a humorous story. The writer jokes about breakfast oats and Mother’s Oats product as a punchline.
An essay contrasts older folks gifting anxieties with a young man’s ordeal choosing a Christmas present for his beloved. It highlights budget limits, social expectations, and the torment of debt as the season nears, ending with a quip about stock buying and a penny door bell invention in Holland.
A satirical mix of remarks on tariffs fossils Morgan violets football wood piles and fashion. It jokes about penal systems walls street schemes parking solving with a modular German invention and Santa Clauses meat shipments while quipping on British polar claims and frozen assets.
A speaker warns that health declines when individuals ignore proper routines and overindulge in unhealthy recreation. He cites a man who, while diligently exercising his dog, neglects his own health, relying on aspirin and salts despite a long list of ailments.
A new movement to grant independence to the Philippine Islands gains momentum in the U S Senate amid tariff debate. Hearings by the territories committee begin in January with a Philippine delegation en route to Washington to press the case and independence tied to economic factors.
Geologists argue the Mississippi once ended at Baton Rouge and the fertile lowlands eastward grew slowly toward the Gulf. Mark Twain cited in Life on the Mississippi that this age is about one hundred twenty thousand years, a claim some readers may doubt.
A Chicago buy at Clark and Adams streets for 80 by 20 feet sparked disputes over price. After rapid transfers and a building, the lot and a second parcel were worth 300000 to the buyer’s father. The two lots now support a bank building and generate about 150000 yearly, illustrating a dramatic turnaround in value and perception.
A humorous column recounts the ritual of compiling last year’s Christmas cards and the wish to find this year’s senders. The piece recalls errands at the bank post office and journal office and a quirky noise impression by a colleague. It ends with a light remark about a bakery robbery report in Kansas and Omaha.
In Washington Iowa an Italian applicant for American citizenship faced a humorous exchange in court. Asked who is President and Vice President the responses named Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Dawes. When asked if he could be President he replied no due to busy work shoveling trucks.
The Journal Office voted to adopt a stray puppy that had been roaming with Bruce Cowden and Tucker and Fichey. A mass meeting featured playful scenes as Male Livingston delivered dog treats to the new canine mascot and staff reflected on cold weather and meals.
The page reviews The Girl From Woolworths starring Alice White with Three of the songs including You Baby Me Fi Baby You. Speedway presents auto racing thrills with William Haines and Anita Page in a speedway love story. The week features Young Nowheres with Richard Barthelmess and Marion Nixon and other talking pictures.
The Awful Truth starring Ina Claire is praised as sophisticated comedy with a true life feel centered on divorce and rekindled love. Sweetie is described as a vivid prep school musical with Nancy Carroll, featuring dances and campus sequences, while The Lariat Kid offers Western romance.
A witty Abe Martin quip mocks the flood of diverse faces in pages of recent papers. He notes relief at seeing a wholesome corn huskin champion among social criminal and political figures. He jests on women seeking emancipation versus looking emaciated.
A druggist rebranded a popular prescription, Thoxine, to offer quick relief from sore throat and coughs. Marketed as safe for the family with a 15 minute relief guarantee, it is sold by McDaniel Drug Store in 35¢ 60¢ and $1.00 sizes.
Open to all boys and girls under fourteen regardless of residence. Prizes: $1.00 first correct answer, 50 cents for second. If none correct, awards go to the most nearly correct. No reservations, first come first served.
A list of trivia questions prepared by The National Americanism Commission of The American Legion. Questions cover geography history and demographics including Potomac River borders Texas Tennessee Kentucky Missouri Ohio and Nebraska capitals and city populations.
Answers to the above questions will be published tomorrow. These and innumerable other questions about our country are answered on the new five color map of the United States with condensed titles. The American Legion distributes at cost in connection with these games. Readers may secure a copy by sending ten cents to the Haskin Information Bureau Legion Division Washington DC. Mention this newspaper and give your address plainly.
Answers list states territories and figures including Washington Oregon Mississippi Louisiana California Oklahoma 569 519 000 Pierre St Thomas St John islands and a film lineup with The Lariat Kid on a week of shows. Also cites Alabama New York North Carolina Rhode Island South Dakota North Dakota and St Lawrence river with New Orleans population 424 400.
Washington December 18 the senate passed a bill with a 15 950 000 appropriation for the construction of veterans hospitals in various sections of the country.
Tod Kielersen, an electrician, tripped over a box in the cellar of an antique shop and found a body wrapped in dusty bandages. Police were summoned and identified the figure as a wooden straw mummy, not a real corpse.
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