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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1927
Page
4
Bible Thought for Today notes Psalm 12 6 declaring the words of the Lord are pure and refined as silver seven times through a furnace. The dated entry marks February 8 1927 and presents a devotional verse and reflection.
Messages of sympathy pour in from across the state and the nation for Mrs. Alex Miller and family. The obituary recalls his thirty five years in public life his leadership in the Iowa Democratic Party and his candidacy for governor despite limited state political support.
The article honors Alex as a steadfast Democrat who faced discouraging times with humor and resilience. He earned broad Republican praise in his home county and supported party unity by highlighting opponents' weaknesses, keeping the Democratic machine strong and engaged.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer staged a complete vaudeville show for Upstage directed by Monta Bell with Norma Shearer in the lead. The mock backstage set included real props and acts from a large circuit, portraying life on the vaudeville circuit with Oscar Shaw as the star’s opposite.
A children's church opens in Brighton England with supervision and funding by children. The organist is eleven and both churchwardens are under fourteen as they oversee the new ministry for youngsters.
A study of 500 adults who died from various causes showed tuberculosis germs present in 97 percent of the bodies, indicating the disease often existed in healthy individuals prior to death.
A collage of domestic vignettes on family life and humor contrasts with a legal notice from Washington County Iowa. The extract includes a flood of informal scenes and a formal court petition seeking to quiet title for real estate, with dates set for the March 1927 term and legal actions against unknown claimants.
A mixed OCR fragment contains song chorus about camping and misadventures at the old camp ground plus a misc note about work seeking and a fashion line knee notes. Also a brief humorous dialogue about social talk ends the fragment.
In a humorous exchange, Pallette reveals he married last December after pursuing an artistic career. He wore fine clothes, stayed at the best hotel, and wed a millionaire. A father and son then discuss Sunday school, with the son sceptical about its value.
A reader recalls a grim stage piece about a man who sees nothing in the world but gloom. The verse notes his stern, calm gaze and the lack of charm in life as the earth appears sunless to him.
A Missouri paper prints a series of humorous exchanges. A railroad agent bank president and mayor tout their status to dodge a collector while a doctor patient joke and a restaurant gag highlight bold social wit and the era’s slang.
Original notice in Washington County Iowa March 1927 district court. Plaintiffs George L Duke and Minnie M Duke sue multiple Pringle heirs and administrators of Robert Pringle deceased along with Hart Morehead Woodford Laird Woodford and others for claims to described real estate in town of Washington Iowa. Legal action concerns possession and claims to subdivided parcels described by metes and bounds beginning fifty rods west of the northeast corner of section 32 township 74 north range 9 west fifth principal meridian.
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