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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1945
Page
4
The piece reflects on Christmas as a symbol of home and peace amid displaced persons, veterans stranded by travel issues, and a mood of pessimism about diplomacy. It criticizes postwar diplomacy, US funding to Britain, and domestic unrest, urging the forgotten citizen to speak up as dark days loom.
A quirky passage describes a class with personifications of kings and playful glosses, then shifts to a wanderingly witty dialogue about food choices and a museum scene where a noble stares at a painting titled Spring until his wife interrupts with a blunt question about waiting.
In a humorous dialogue, Huba Huba asks what binds us, Tommy suggests girdles, a telephone operator misspeaks to a new girl, and a junkman questions possible recyclables while a man jokes his wife is away. The exchanges capture light, streetwise humor and domestic banter.
A boy reports a humorous skunk story in which Mama Skunk struggles to track two children named In and Out. Out is asked to go bring In and rapidly returns with In, claiming it was easy due to "Instinet."
A Sunday School teacher asks what heathens are and a bright boy replies they are people who do not quarrel over religion. The exchange reflects a humorous, moral moment from a local paper snippet.
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