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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1929
Page
4
A compact devotional note quotes Jeremiah 7 3 urging readers to amend their ways to dwell in the place promised by God. The message emphasizes obedience and reflection as daily guidance.
A wired editorial discusses Chicago crime roundups and the need for swift punishments to curb gang influence. It contrasts public safety costs with auto accident deaths, urges better policing, and notes technological shifts from cars to new materials like corn stalk paper. It ends with wary remarks on international calendar reform.
Dr Lorenz argues for calendar readjustment citing how current monthly patterns create faulty statistics. He notes months with five Sundays or five weekdays distort averages and trade comparisons, warning businessmen about misinterpreting month to month data across years.
A jumble of lighthearted questions and quips, from card games and puns to jokes about ducks, frogs, and a skunk, plus short anecdotes about marriage, work, and a Kipling poem excerpt. It includes jokes about letters, a health quip, a boss rumor, and a few moral bits, all in a breezy newspaper card format.
Fragmentary reader note presents tips on English study with emphasis on mispronunciation and vocabulary growth. The text mentions avoiding certain words and focusing on mastering one word daily to improve imperious style and usage.
A rambling column blends humorous reminiscences on fashion and legal quips with local society notes. The piece mentions a vaudeville skit about an auto accident suit, a courtroom farce with an old flagman, and snippets about residents such as Wallace Venport, the Lins family, and the Hunt household. Community events, sales, and upcoming meetings are interwoven with brief social updates and local headlines.
A hostess remarks that much controversy and publicity surround liquor has sparked curiosity among drinkers. She notes the weather is pleasant and suggests staying indoors to trace ancestry.
Inrobust community blurbs names like Orie OConnor Myrtle OConnor and G F Wallace appear among brief items on illness visits and house gatherings. Mrs Malph Kelvey and the OConnor family are noted as well as Ed Kleinders and GF Walton hosting visitors and a Christmas week update on health.
The note urges a proactive civic approach in town governance. It encourages considering how to do things rather than why they cannot be done, promoting the “success habit” and the actions of boosters as doers who enjoy life and strive for a better town.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as enriching the blood and improving health. It cites testimonials about overcoming coughs and kidney troubles and offers trial tablet packets for 10 cents through druggists.
Orie Keart has moved to the farm formerly occupied by Lorie Swab as multiple residents attend Ross Crawford's sale. Merie Gallagher elected treasurer of Washington High School graduating class. Madelon Givens visited with sister Ma tin Telford near Hay. The Wagner family plans to move to Mississippi. closing out sale set for January 28.
January 23 report recalls Loren J White of Fairfield who gave Jey Perkins cigars in past birthdays and promised to double the gift each year. Yesterday White handed sixteen cigars and mused on living to a hundred, a bargain he vows to keep if Perkins lives that long.
A vintage appeal promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup of Pepsin as a gentle fast-acting laxative and cold remedy. The ad touts simple herb and pepsin formula, safe for children, claiming broad use for colds, fevers, indigestion, headaches, and bad breath with a money-back satisfaction guarantee.
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