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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1929
Page
4
The speaker argues that every busy worker or employer can maintain a hobby and pursue it within limits, noting the value of personal interests in reinforcing individual identity without eroding work commitment.
A collage of lines evokes a mammy's awe of Washington and a chorus on the farm to city migration. The article reports 1927 shifts: 1,978,000 left farms in 1927, 1,374,000 leaving tall buildings for farms, and a net 604,000 moving farm to city. It cites regional movement, birth excess, and Russia bootlegging snippets alongside jumbled jokes and light quips.
The article notes the Socialist vote was the smallest since 1904 and probes why Socialists shifted support to Hoover or other candidates. It discusses American workers enjoying individual freedom and opportunity, contrasting with European class divisions, and considers whether Russian communism discouraged imitation. It closes by highlighting Americans’ belief in pursuing their own paths within a flexible social system.
A damaged text fragment discusses misused words and syllables. It mentions decay and decomposition, hints at vocabulary building and pronunciation practice, and references misused and ambiguous terms. The passage appears as a stray educational note with unclear context.
A jumble of compiled quips and anecdotes on hunting rabbits and odd courtroom and parking mishaps. The pieces mix rural trivia with street scenes and comic snippets, noting a rabbit’s fate and a passerby’s misadventure in a Boston Transcript line.
Abe Martin muses on a hat store scene and the humor of a mince pie wedge cutting through a dull concert. The radio is a cheerful device for folks exhausted from hard day’s work, while the jobs return and life carries on.
A collage of quips cartoons and verse items. It includes witty responses about modern girls and gender norms, an exchange between Irish men and their spouses, jokes about inscribed tombstones and daily life, a New Year’s poem recipe for optimism, and brief notes on social behavior and work ethic. It reads like a late 19th or early 20th century humor column.
A garbled page offers light home humor and overheard lines about work fatigue, asking about looks, a cashier’s remark, a bed joke, a bread knife mix up, a child playing Indian with a back injury, and a grisly orphan story about a Scotch boy.
Mr and Mrs Wesley Prehoda and daughter Dorothy visited Arthur Lorack Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Chas Havel called at the Lorack home Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs A R Cummings entertained the 600 club Friday. Huth Lincoln visiting M Lincoln's home. Mrs Wm Geret ill. Jorge Hora staying at Chas Havel's helping with work. Mr and Mrs Chas Havel visited John Malichky with a cold. The Prehodas and Dorothy visited Norval Flynn Saturday evening. Charles Lorack and Charley Havel were guests Sunday evening. Arthur Lorack and Arlene joined Wes Prehoda for supper.
In Crawfordsville on January 1 the Presbyterian church ladies met at Mrs. Hugh S. Davis home for their monthly social rather than at the church. With no work prepared they enjoyed a social time with games. John McNeill, who returned to school weeks ago, is not well again.
New York dispatch reports former Gov. Alfred E. Smith will speak on a 25 station network tomorrow evening between 7:30 and 9:00 p m eastern time. The speech topic is undisclosed. It marks his first public address since Hoover's election and his prior radio call urging party unity.
Rome Jan 15 The Vatican and Italian government have not finalized a long standing dispute settlement. Unofficial negotiators presented a draft accord to the pope for consideration and reports say terms are understood as United Press noted. No final agreement is expected before Easter. progress continues.
President elect Hoover told Representative Dallinger he will push department reorganization as promised. Dallinger said the special committee will delay pending measures until Hoover outlines his views to Congress. Col. U.S. Grant presented blueprints on White House office space and equipment arrangements.
Dispatches report a major quake near the Mongolian border in northwest Sh region causing hundreds of deaths. Details are incomplete due to scattered notices and ongoing famine context. Authorities warn of further aftershocks as relief efforts mobilize.
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