Contrasts for Conques and a Montreal Overnight
A fragmented travel diary entry from June 24, 1929 recounts Miss Roma Clemons, Leona Allen, and Mrs. Wobner touring eastern Canada. They stay at a centuries old house outside Montreal, face dirty beds, and navigate a quirky inn run by a hesitant landlady and an Irish cook. Humor and misadventure mix with food talk and sleepwalking episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roma Clemons
Leona Allen
Wobner
Orville Elder
Onaiofha
Rat in the desk prank shocks school in Crawfordsville Iowa
A high school prank involving a rat in a teacher’s desk disrupts class. The teacher questions pupils but never discovers the culprit. Missy Beulah Hesseltin Crawfordsville Iowa signs the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
Missy Beaulah Hesselt
Crawfordsville
Towa
House guests brighten foggy river stay in Quebec to Brattleby
Narrator describes a cordial stay with an Irish housekeeper in a riverside town. Breakfast and tea routines unfold as memories of moonlit river views and cross cultural chats with the landlady build affection. The piece shifts to reflections on travel plans toward Quebec and Brattleby and a city road-roller joyride by Peekskill youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mace
Quebec
Brattleby
Peekskill
New York
Nicher Day
T Joyride
By The Way and scattered humor from July readers
A breezy chatty column recounts a warm reception for July and a Saturday afternoon scene with Dick Edgington at the Victrola outside Scott furniture store. It shares jokes about records, a humorous chicken recipe, a shoe clerk quip, carbon copy humor, a Wisconsin merchant and Swedish clerk tale, and a nod to haying season with a playful search for haywire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Edgington
Scott Furniture
Victor Records
Sammy
Daily English Lessons On Word Usage And Pronunciation
A compact note on common misuses and pronunciation pitfalls. It highlights errors like you and John versus your and John, mispronounced ingratiate, and offers vocabulary growth prompts. The piece encourages daily word study and imaginal expansion of language awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Your
Miss Fawn Lippincut Returns Sun Dress at Embassy
A lighthearted note describes Miss Fawn Lippincut wearing a new sun back dress and making a round trip to the post office and home. It suggests visitors to the Embassy may not linger, hinting Sir Esme may have spoken to shorten stays.
Columbus Junction Girls Elect Officers at Four-Day Camp
In Columbus Junction on June 29, officers of the Louisa county Four H Girls club were elected. Mary Belk, Pauline Smith, Veda Gipple, Martha Blankenhorn named as president, vice president, secretary treasurer and historian respectively. Over fifty girls attended the four day camp amid social visits and community events in nearby townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Louisa County
Mary Belk
Polyanna Ela
Grandview Township
Pauline Smith
Bluebird Ela
Jefferson Township
Veda Gipple
Club
Columbus City
Martha Blankenhorn
H.W. Club
Concord Township
Kate Turner
Massion
Ohio
Hooker Comble
Loren E. Pecaut
Fruitland
Alpheus
Reed
Glenwood
Mr. Miller
Des Moines
Commins
Columbus Chantanqua Park
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the Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Washington
Publishers Editor
Iowa
United Press
Pat Nutrith
ING
Canada
J.B. E
Leona
Montreal
Santty
Indy
Juan
Winfield Rewan
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Oklahoma
Pushawka
Oklahoma State Geological Survey
Hoover
West Branch Fo
Silva
H. L. Meneken
Nashville Southern
Nts
Tx Us
I. A. Dawson
Mr. Daw
Kerel
OS A Racime
Los Carbo
Tillaver
Abe Martin
Columbus Junction
Reracustte Ceetananitat
Washington Oil Company
North Town Ave
Idaire
Southern Utilities Co
Town Southern Utilities Co
Dexens
Fale
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