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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1926
Page
4
A brief quotation from Job 5 but framed as a reflective note asking why life continues and where rest may be found. The single verse emphasizes weariness and mortality themes in a contemplative tone.
The Cedar Rapids Republic reports Thomas Edison notes youth in America has improved morals and, if he could start over, would pursue the same career he chose young. He urges youth to move forward with purpose and avoid regrets in age. The piece also mentions a hair styling tip and a film star cast including George K Arthur, Mary Malalister, and Conrad Nagel.
ABE MARTIN notes Queen Marie is back in Roumania and resumed her duties before Tell Binkley could return the plug hat he wore. The world isn’t so large after all. He tells readers to keep cool with the Stevens family.
A public sale of Ella Crawford's real estate in Washington County Iowa is scheduled for January 1927. The west half of lot two and all of lot three in block twelve of the original Ainsworth town plat will be offered, with cash terms, at the courthouse in Washington Iowa. The sale is to satisfy a writ of execution issued by the District Court in favor of Ainsworth Savings Bank.
Rural Route No 4 reports numerous Christmas gatherings as families like the Kepharts and Carrs share meals at homes in Washington. An all day basket dinner is announced for Pleasant Hill Christian church on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Charles Kirkpatrick of Keota were business callers here today.
Daily note contrasts common errors such as alright versus all right and indiect pronunciation issues. It defines misused words and offers a word study centered on herculean meaning and the need for strong effort to subdue foes.
A humorous ramble recalls two people gifting the same item and missing socks for Christmas. The piece wanders through quirky scenes from rabbit hunting to a sly joke about a clerk and a young woman, ending with a punchline about a dance with a mother.
Christina Their and Leona Key were granted a license to wed in Pittsburgh recently. The note appears among a public notices sequence. The text also contains humorous asides and a Christmas joke collection amid personal notes and fragments.
The column surveys modern manners with jokes on fashion and wit. It notes a California telephone rate story and jokes about husbands wives and Congress, plus local social notes and fleeting ads from McCall Bros and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Miss Olive Hazen of Davenport visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. L V Hazen. Leslie McCreedy a Lamont Iowa teacher takes a half day vacation with his parents. Mrs TOR notes plans for a budget system and book accounts. Phillips Drug Store advertises blank books. Dr S H Bateman opens an office in Muscatine before returning to Washington. EF A Ross family returns to Davenport after holidays.
Crawfordsville residents report Christmas gatherings with relatives in Washington and at home. Families including the Baileys, Taylors, Wells, Murphy, and Baker shared holidays. many schools are on vacation for the season. neighbors note visiting and wood cutting activities amid festive greetings.
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