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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1929
Page
4
The text extols certain birds as mean yet beneficial, a blessing deserving protection, help, and encouragement through winter so they remain capable for their prime work. It frames avian guardianship as essential to outcomes in the coming season.
The issue explains a missetting caused by a malfunctioning linotype and a burnt heater, resulting in missing headlines for several Thursday papers. Readers in Ainsworth and Fordsville received headless issues, prompting apologies and assurances to restore normal production. The piece also urges readers to support local birds by daily food, noting foragers like cardinals and quail face winter hardships.
A fragmented passage notes Java in Southeast Asia, its population near 49 million and rapid growth, with Dutch colonial rules limiting land ownership by foreigners. It mentions fertile soil, high population density, and ongoing land utilization, suggesting a push to expand productive area despite constraints.
A fragment outlines daily English lessons focusing on vocabulary mastery. It mentions words like absurdity and discusses choosing one word each day to expand lexicon, though the text is fragmented and unclear on full details or context.
A collage of verses and snatches from newspapers and family reminiscences. Included are a wall parwait portrait of Grandpa Henry Ware in military dress watching visitors, comic lines about baskets at Campbell factory, brief witticisms, a Christian Endeavor World excerpt, a garden poem, and assorted quoted snippets on census costs, footwear, poverty, radicalism, and public discourse.
A late 1920s style column reflects on winter life with bird feeding urged by a game warden, a tragic cardinal tale, and the comforting image of a bird cafeteria. It then shifts to a caricatured profile of Mr Hoover, detailing habits, tastes, and anecdotes about his temperament, speaking style, and personal foibles, ending with a holiday memory of coal and cold evenings.
A fire at the Cosy Motion Picture Theatre in Villisca, Iowa, started in the theatre and swept through the building. James Moore and family, who rented rooms on the second floor, escaped in their night clothes into the cold night air.
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