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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1927
Page
4
A woman stole garments from the H. J. Ward store and was later captured at Mt. Pleasant. The incident highlights ongoing retail theft in Washington and the strong social stigma attached to shoplifting, with authorities warning others and noting penalties are often less significant than the shame involved.
A National Conference of Social Workers in Des Moines surveyed delegates on prohibition effects. Results show perceived public benefits from laws even if imperfectly enforced, with stronger enforcement linked to greater benefits. The piece includes a British view noting challenges in policing speak-easies and large hotels in Philadelphia.
The article discusses correct plural forms like money not monies and stresses pronunciation of memory. It lists misused and misspelled terms and introduces PERMUTATION as the daily word meaning exchange of one thing for another with a sample quote.
A visitor contrasts post Prohibition changes in New York and London noting transformed Salvation Army missions, fewer charity events, and new profitable drinks in the streets. He remarks on universal water scarcity in the United States, urging readers to demand water without paying.
A widow at her husband’s funeral surveys life and plans a future with a second husband while repeating the line Life isn’t so bad, contrasting grief with her self focus. The poem follows her aloof mood as she endures a year of loneliness and contemplates wealth and vanity.
A New York Sun poem fragment warns about infant feeding and hygiene through a satirical tune. It mocks parental authority and eugenic notions, citing a certified cow source and carbolized gauze as protective imagery in a perilous prenatal era.
James Whitcomb Riley laments aging and memory in a nostalgic poem about an old swimmin hole. The speaker recalls youth, the now-changed landscape, and a desire to return to innocence while accepting time's toll.
A health commissioner receives from Cleveland authorities a business card for Gerald Allen Jr. offering odd services for children and parents including nose wiping. The card promises military discipline, 25 cents a week rates, special twin rates, refined conversation, and no extra charge for nose wiping, inviting a trial. Various humorous clippings accompany the card.
A reader from Chicago praises the park trees in our town comparing them to eastern patriarchal maples. The column includes jokes, notices for five kittens for sale, quotes from a clarinet player, and assorted witticisms. It closes with humorous quips on marriage, subscriptions, and family life.
A humorous dialogue piece describes social exchanges about home projects Florida bungalow repairs and humorous domestic mishaps. The exchange includes jokes about a cat, a dog, and a marriage ending engagement with the Smith girl. The tone mimics a light civic or social column from a bygone era.
A series of satirical quatrains from various U.S. papers mocks tiny insects. The chigger hornet wasp mosquito are likened to giants in humor, noting their bite, strength, or bite impact in light verse.
Amusements FBO presents Tarzan and the Golden Lion at the Fox Theatre. Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs tale, the film follows Tarzan and Jad-bal-Ja on a jungle quest to the Palace of Diamonds amid peril and thrilling escapes.
A fragment notes discord within cths and mentions wives and Danke Webster as part of the tensions. The terse line implies domestic quarrels and frayed relations affecting a group labeled cths.
Walter Longer correspondent reports a flurry of local visits as residents call on neighbors and relatives. Numerous family households including Schiebel Longer Griffith Evans and Neberg welcomed guests and shared meals during the weekend and Monday work period.
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