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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1928
Page
4
The piece notes Carolyn Wells writes light poetry alongside detective mysteries. It muses on choosing a bird motif including an ostrich feather a golden pheasant or a peacock and hints at a deadline to decide by tomorrow morning or Wednesday afternoon.
John Shields marks his fifty fourth year in Washington today and recalls early partners, changes in business methods, and his coal office tenure across the Rock Island tracks. He notes frequent management turnover among local firms, lists early competitors, and reflects on his enduring, though less active, role as his sons take on the business future.
A compact note urges proper usage and pronunciation of English. It defines impassioned as moved to strong feeling and intense, and cites example that impassioned words did not arouse her. The piece promotes building vocabulary by mastering one word daily.
The article notes John Shields and his family maintaining leadership in a Washington area fuel business through changing times. It recalls past trades in wood and coal, mentions competitors, and praises the Shields family as generations adapt to evolving markets while continuing to supply fuel to their community.
Fairfield residents Mr. and Mrs. William Louden celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Monday the 2nd. The couple, children of Irish emigrants who settled in Fairfield in the early 1840s, have lived there ever since and built business and social ties. Harry Brandall recounts their story in full in the Fairfield Ledger’s December 31 feature, noting strong local friendships and ongoing community regard.
The text implies the President’s breakfast sausages are heavy and jokes that the recipe was not included in the Congressional cookbook. It suggests digestion challenges as a reason to bar much of the Congressional Record.
A compilation of brief quotations from Punch and Philadelphia Inquirer highlights humor about new media and wartime etiquette. The observed remarks joke about television and telephony use by busy husbands and a dog greeting a general, noting order and hierarchy in a light tone.
Humorous quotes from Epworth Herald and Montreal Daily Star on suggestive ideas and a fire prevention chat. The Kingston Whig Standard notes worries about poverty. The New York Evening Post questions harp classes at Kansas University School of Fine Arts in a witty jab at student culture.
Stuart Chase argues in Forum magazine that ethical business conduct should be self-reliant and honorable. He urges independence from spokesmen, integrity in promises, genuine friendships, and honesty in products and descriptions, free from cash influence.
A collage of light humor from several papers. A tumbles over a five barred gate near a bull, claiming vegetarianism. golf and tasks on hot days are joked about. a sea sickness cure joke. hockey from a correspondence school. a biblical Daily Thought ties in eagles.
The piece muses on enjoying snow in other cities while Washington lacks it. It imagines a large morning snowstorm gradually piling up and wonders about heating sidewalks to melt snow. The author jokes about coal costs and invites reader ideas, noting a lengthy letter from IT prompted the note.
A nostalgic call within a rural store setting invites old contributors to convene and share verses, solve problems, and entertain. The piece imagines Wes Ches on fiddle, Shavings tending the fire, and Cad tus sharpening tongues while poets are urged to bring poems for musical ore. I. WONDER.
A poem laments a man named O'Flynn who boasted of drinking bootleg gin and suffered a fatal sip. The verse muses that life grinds or polishes a man depending on his nature.
A humorous note suggests a man’s hat priced at $7.59 containing 72 cents of materials could cost $27.50 if classified as millinery. The remark plays on the valuation of hat goods and labor.
A boy shows his dad a subtraction problem and asks if it is correct. The father says it is wrong and questions why his son struggles, noting he learned subtraction easily when he was in school. The exchange ends with the boy recalling easier times.
A rumor-filled item notes an Alabama man claiming the briefest courtship by a darkey couple, with quoted dialogue. The piece adds a committee finding that track-walking on a roller coaster is the hardest job, and mentions a monument dedication in Austria for the inventor of the penny post card, likely to be featured despite improper addresses.
On December 23 at the bride’s Brighton home Rev G E Heidel officiated a noon ceremony in front of about forty guests. The couple, daughter of Henry Snider and son of E H Faris, to reside in Fairfield after a short wedding trip. A four course dinner followed at Hotel Shaft with pink and white décor.
Local column lists visitors and residents traveling during the holidays. Names include Mrs George Bidwell Mrs Dan Batley Pearl Knerr Ethel Townsley Roy LeGore and others visiting kin in Iowa City Cedar Rapids Muscatine and Newton. Messages note remodeling plans after a recent fire and reoccupation timelines for Tibs Cafe and Mrs Davies building.
Mary Carr famed for mother roles in films appears aged on screen as a grandmother in Universal Jewel’s On Your Toes starring Reginald Denny at the Fox Theatre. The veteran actress says she has played mother to hundreds and rose from New York amateur stages to stock leads before screen fame.
The Havre Social Club will meet Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McGinnis for a farewell party. Each family to bring pie and meat sandwiches. The Rural Woman's Club meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Edgar Porter, asking attendees to bring three yards wrapping paper and sewing supplies along with a report.
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