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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1929
Page
4
A speculative vision for a transhemispheric highway from the U.S. to Patagonia. The piece extols cross‑continental travel through Mexico, Central America, and South America, noting climates, ancient civilizations, and the romance of a long automated tour. It imagines modern roads linking diverse regions and peoples.
Broken lines describe ongoing interest in constructing an inter-American highway. The text references difficult engineering problems, mountains, swamps, and the need to pass through North and South America, implying regional collaboration and plans for the route. The fragmentary note mentions Ne and potential meetings or communications about the project.
A mournful note from an employes bulletin laments a child's death after being struck by an automobile. It questions driver vigilance and the heartbreak of losing innocent young lives to street dangers.
A fragmentary mix of complaints about Sinclair Lewis and the Babbitt character, shifting to reflections on injustice and civic duty. It rails at hypocrisy, laments the loss of a loyal dog, and muses on loyalty, truth, and societal expectations in a dense, torn read.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls French recruits, old veterans with phrases of Mother Home and Heaven, and soldiers marching to doom. A marine recalls a memory with a girl, while a youth and a mother discuss elocution and baths in a wartime scene.
A humorous bridge piece extols the game as character building while weaving in local social items. The column lists Christmas dinners and visits from families including the Hendersons, Redlingers, Powells, and Lamberts at Keota Wellman Rubio and East Pleasant Plain, with neighbors sharing treats and town life.
Christmas shoppers in Washington Monday included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Blekford and Mrs. Winn Durst. Cedar Falls couple Mr. and Mrs. George J. Michaels and son visited the Christmas vacation at Ike Pulver’s home with other relatives from Flint Michigan and Columbia Missouri. The text notes Wellman callers Andy and Albert Pimms and a dinner at the Winegarden parental home with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Duvall and family.
Miriam Morrison resutched yev erday to his college work at Grime tell after visiting at the B D Morrison home over Christmas. R S Shaw of Oskaloosa has left the road and will be rationed in Oskaloosa from now on due to long Washington travel with Western Grocery Co. K Phillips left for Houston Texas and plans travel through Texas and Oklahoma for three weeks. AT Schmoelter has been ill for several days and is not at his work.
Virsinigh Seager traveled to Pagrs to spend the week with her sister Mrs. Arthur Woods. Elizabeth McWilliams visited Columbus Junction then returned home after a short call with Andersons. Mrs. D R Williams of Cranf ordsville shopped in Washington yesterday. ce Anderson visited Brighton and George Foster home.
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