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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
4
Furnishing Beginnings for New Y M C A Building
The new Y M C A is nearly ready for dedication and needs furnishings. Fortnightly Club pledges 250 to cover draperies while the Metho dist B E O class will equip the physical directors room. Community groups are urged to contribute to equip other departments promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Methodist Church
Focal Association
Clean the Walk Snow Plea Warns of Ice Danger
The Journal urges property owners to promptly clear snow from sidewalks and scrape off any ice as soon as it thaws. Warns that ice is dangerous and urges quick action to prevent falls.
ABE MARTIN On Prohibition and Work at a Convention
ABE MARTIN notes that no leisure class exists in the country, only workers at a convention and that Volstead enforcement has shown no teeth after more than four years.
Crossword Puzzle Word Bank and Clues List
A dense list of cross word clues with numbered entries and across and down prompts for solving a puzzle. Includes hints for words like to pare finely, exist, add color, and a mix of nouns and verbs, spanning many numbers and some currency marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beasts of Burden
Destiny
Peninsula of
Asia
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason Unprepared
A humorous poem in which the speaker laments lacking weapons while others boast lethal gear. He contrasts peaceful errands with neighbors armed for defense, imagining a drastic response to a mass battle and noting the safety of a life without weaponry.
Clean the Walks After Snow for Safer Streets
The piece warns that hidden ice under light snow is dangerously deceptive. It urges thorough removal of snow and dry walks to prevent slips and serious accidents, recalling last winter’s icy crawl to work and back.
Community weighs plan for Old Folk's Home in Washington
Wednesday's Journal carried a notice from Washington women urging public sentiment on a proposed Old Folk's Home. The ladies' committee requests expressions for or against the project and asks interested residents to contact Miss Alice Rownd to guide further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alice Rownd
Ladies seek support for Washington Old Folks Home
A Washington committee asks for community interest and financial help to establish an Old Folks Home funded by a several thousand dollar trust. They emphasize the project is not pure charity and invite inquiries to Miss Alice Rownd to gauge potential backing and the local feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Rownd
Washington
Good Roads Debate Pushes Paving Over Tax In Iowa
Townsman Matt Gillespie forwards a Hopkinson Iowa Leader piece praising good roads but opposing new taxes. He cites automobile growth, state finances, and highway grades, urging wiser use of Iowa’s nine million dollar annual auto tax to pave major routes without added levies. The piece contrasts Florida California Minnesota Missouri and ends calling for prudent spending and real road projects. A separate note reports Tom Gibbons demanding a $75,000 flat guarantee plus $8,000 expenses to box Luis Angel Firpo in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Gillespie
Hopkinton Iowa
Gillespie
Francis
Spirit Lake
U. S
Des Moines Regteter
Peete
Hte
Lowa
Palm Beach
California
Iowa
Minnesota
Ames
R. A. Furman
Dickinson County
F. W. Jones
Florida
Missouri
Coolidge
New York
Tom Gibbons
St. Paul
Luis Angel Firpo
National Sporting Clubs
London
Collection of Humorous Skits and Local Notices
A loose paste of jokes, captions, quips, and comic exchanges reflects light humor from a small town. Bits include about spring, seed catalogs, a robin report, and playful banter about oil burners and dough in pockets. Occasional dialogues mimic readers’ corner chatter.
A Light Talker and a Grouchy Dozen in One Page
A collection of quips and lines about speakers, jokes, and daily misfortunes. It includes a wry exchange about a speaker who fails to electrify an audience and a clerk joking about a sick day prank. Other items lampoon dignity in dry goods, grouch rules, and a child’s school misbehavior with parental reactions.
Notable Aged Memoir Echoes Past Food and Fashion
George Simmerman recalls a twenty year span with lines about bustles, rare operations, unseen silos, no swatted flies, no appendicitis, no orchard sprays, white shoes, five cent cream, muskmelons, milk shakes, and the absence of a tin Mazle as doctors sought to see your health history.
Limericks Entertain Cars at Post Office Stop
A tourist car park near the post office drew laughs as onlookers read the inscription Good by California the home of the Lemon the Prune and the NUT. The piece humorously echoes limerick play with rhymes and wordplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Good Morning and Goodbye in a Quiet Moment
A dated verse and light jokes from a periodical mix reflections on greeting farewells with a playful barbershop quip and a dog bite anecdote. The piece blends Anon poetry about morning hellos with humorous lines about aging hair loss and a cartoonish dog bite incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anon
Fire devastates Lefebvre Ledger machine shop in Cedar Rapids
A fire at the Lefebvre Ledger company machine shop in Cedar Rapids caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Flames were spotted shortly after 10 by a passing boy and spread rapidly before firefighters arrived. stock was destroyed while most machinery was salvaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Lefebvre Ledger Company
Train Time Table Selections and Lodge Notices
Eastbound and westbound train times listed with departures arrivals and notes for Knoxville branch and adjacent lines. Local freight and passenger trains shown with daily except Sundays or specific days. agency notes credit H W Russell Kay and John Park as agents. Lodge meeting notices for Washington Lodge APM Bethlem Commandery and Washington Chapter listed with schedule and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Park
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