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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1928
Page
4
A fragmentary poem describes a hotel basement worker who sings a lamenting tune. The speaker at a hotel lunch counter hears the song and finds it oddly motivating, improving the day’s work. The speaker admits not knowing the singer’s identity or exact job.
A historical note outlines Mussolini’s 1930s Italy moves toward a gold standard and authoritarian rule. It credits mass dismissals, red tape cuts, militia creation, industrial and hydro power gains, swamp land reclamation, drought of strikes, university and school expansion, a growing merchant fleet, port and aviation growth, and infrastructure boosts. The piece highlights unemployment drops, improved telephone service, public works, and urban renewal as proof of his regime’s claimed success.
A daily vocabulary note presents the word EXORBITANT with meanings excessive extrav angant and an example sentence The cost was exorbitant.
Thrope hails Mussolini as an autocrat of action who has energized Italy in five years. He notes growth in passenger traffic from 144 million in 1921 to 200 million in 1926 and electricity use rising from 56 to 87 million kilowatts with thousands of new Rome customers. Tax efficiency increased bur den from 50 000 in 1922 to 180 000 in 1924 and argues Italy has “come back” unlike Britain or France, though questions the system’s long term merit.
A domestic advice piece explains that excessive self dramatization in children, especially in kindergarten and at home, stems from a need for attention. Parents should ignore misbehavior and highlight good conduct to redirect the child’s focus to positive actions.
A mock courtroom scene features Shylock and Portia with lawyer Henrico Feldman. The judge dismisses motions while Shylock recalls Antonio’s debt, a pound of flesh contract, and Portia cites mercy as a failing virtue. The satire parodies legal theatrics and Shakespearean quotation.
The dialogue shows Portia requesting experts to testify that mercy is unfailing while the judge declines a recess and notes attending a key funeral, cited by Newman Levy.
A fragment from a humorous scene features a banter between a wife and a policeman about a girl and a weather prophet predicting a mildly cool summer. It also jokes about used car problems and a Scotchman who disliked cigar smoke from a cheap holder.
A clipped quotation depicts a child asking about an elderly father while noting the man’s hair thinning as a metaphor for aging. The dialogue suggests concerns over health or vitality without providing concrete details.
A fragmentary piece references a comically menacing cannibal figure and a food inspector, then shifts to boasts about foresight shaping a town built around weed patches. The weather is described as always postponed, except the weather itself remains unyielding.
The roguish socialite J Harrison Grey pursues flirtations with various women while ignoring their bemused families and spouses. An able attorney protects him as others fume at his gilded tea room escapades and social indiscretions unfold.
A Universal Jewel production fills Fox theater Monday and Tuesday. Lois Moran and Norman Kerry star in a comic love triangle as a police sergeant’s daughter and a bond clerk whose romance is tested by a scandal sheet photo.
Joe Hradek and Edna Wade were married Tuesday in Washington. Joe is J. P. Hradek’s son and Edna is W. E. Wade’s daughter, who plan to farm her father’s land. Friends wish them well and other local notes follow including job change and social circle plans.
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