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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1928
Page
4
A nostalgic verse by Charles Sprague celebrates a family reunion with warmth and unity. The poem recalls a full house of Father, Mother, Sister, and Brother, inviting no cold strangers and asking gentle peace to rule the hour. A hint of distant antagonism in line six remains unsettled.
In a January 1928 column from San Diego, the writer chronicles a vacation interrupted by a temperamental typewriter, recounting repairs, a failed hello letter, and a humorous misprint. The piece recalls a stay at the Alexandria in Los Angeles, a trip to Claremont with Dave, and observations on the local crowds and scenery.
A collage of language notes lists common misuses misspellings and vocabulary tips. It highlights confirmatory as a service to confirm and cites examples like this testimony being confirmatory.
The writer revisits Claremont and San Diego during vacation time. They meet the Seashore family from Iowa City seeking relief from asthma, observe local life, and note the Vorhees and Morehouse friendships. They tour housing options, recall New Year’s Eve noise, and discuss plans to rent a furnished apartment at $165 monthly while anticipating higher costs.
An old clipping recounts a 1849 Oregon territory sale by ox team listing personal property and six enslaved people. The ad from Kentucky mentions two oxen teams Buck and Ben, whiskey and apple brandy, a copper still, and cash or notes with 4 percent interest.
A fragmented ad from a Salt Lake Tribune page features a refined young lady with green feathers and a yellow beak offering a bird cage and tarrot. Other snippets reference jokes and inquiries about oysters and family names, plus a Brooklyn man’s winged machine experiments.
The writer muses on the old days of riding in open top buggies with wind and cold seeping through robes and holes. They contrast that with modern heated glass cars, noting the speed and comfort and joking that future generations may write about pioneers lacking steam heated airplanes.
Readable anecdotes recount reasons couples failed to wed or stay together. Items list motives such as wealth, looks, pride, habits, family objections, and social pressures, with humorous asides and brief quips about radio teeth and a riding habit joke.
Lya de Putti arrives at New Graham Theatre with God Gave Me Twenty Cents and says she will abandon vampire characters for an indefinite period. She declined similar roles and urges Paramount to allow new characterizations. She praises Cassie as a bad woman driven by love and notes real people can blend goodness and vice.
A cat’s timely meowing woke ten Atlanta residents from a supposed blaze, illustrating how many sleep to danger unaware, as many more wake nightly to false alarms and discover no fire.
A whimsical note on a dress design praises its beauty and a tiny strand. A quip about a school scene follows with a math joke about coal pricing. The fragment ends with a playful wanted item asking for a dozen good scratchers to dig a new itch, aiming to finish by May.
A fragmented verse fragment peddles a childlike voice lamenting an absent mother and future sorrow while a unrelated snatch of dialogue about a wedding and a blindfolded groom appears. The piece ends with a stray line about loving lists.
The Washington County home ladies visited the New Graham Theatre yesterday afternoon and enjoyed the show. Almost all the female inmates attended, under the hosting guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Norton, with Manager Arthur Redding as host.
Political notices declare candidates for county attorney on the Republican ticket in the June primary. George F. Morrison and Emma Maysel are noted among those seeking the office. Other local items include social visits and a brief trial reference.
Large crowd attended the S. J. McKee sale. Mr. and Mrs. Sam McKee plan a short visit in Washington with her father. Mrs. Cora Burham has been ill at the Durst home. Prairie Flower church ladies netted a good sum from two sale lunches. Wilma Rickey, grandmother of Harry and Rittenhaus, hospitalized in Los Angeles with a nervous breakdown. Washington callers noted for T C Reeves and the Chabal family.
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