Seeing Coney Island at Night Tour Diary
The De Tella family hosts a late night Coney Island outing with the Misses Clemons Leona Allen and Mrs. Manton Hebner and Mrs. Orville Elder detailing rides on The Cyclone and a lively night scene. They tour New York sites by bus, visit St John the Divine cathedral, and note hotel stays at Tatham House Yonkers and a overnight trip to Poughkeepsie with a visit to Vassar College. The party plans to continue to Philadelphia after July 9 with packing largely complete.
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Eoma Clemons
Leona Allen
Manton Hebner
Orville Elder
de Tella
George
Mama
Coney Island
Merry Makers
United States
Mama de Tella
Vincent
Tatham House
al Jolson
Eliza
Ruby Keeler
St. John the Divine
Funny Things In School
Letter from Glen Lord of Washington Iowa 12 years old in 5th grade recounts a classroom quip about a teacher’s threat to give them a piece of her mind. The note appears in the Evening Journal 1929 column Funny Things In School.
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Glen Lord
Journal
Glen
The
Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Comic Snapshots and Sentiments From Across Papers
A collage of quips and bizarro notes from U S newspapers, including jokes about movie stars pawning rings and a misquoted aphorism about girls, plus humorous lines on whales politics and everyday absurdities.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune
Milk and Mayhem in Mixed Era Tales
A collage of humorous vignettes and dialect snippets ranges from a tunnel toll joke to domestic quips and dairy obsessions. The piece thread is light banter about love, food, travel, and quirky observations, with various voices and regional spellings.
Don't shoot the professor sign echoes in dances halls
A jagged mix of old signs and a joke about coffee and age appears in a Kansas City restaurant, while a polite man helps a woman and barks at staff. The piece shifts to a verse about a widow and then a Swede story with a farm and vegetables and a Chicago fruit meet. The narrator narrates a piggyback tale of witamine alphabet. The humorous voice ends with a fragment about Dr Bundle.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Cook County
Gardner
Rural Route 4 Community News Typical Summer Visit
On July 17 rural route 4 notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. Dan Eimen and Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Eimen to the Charles Anderson home. Other arrivals include Mrs. Ollie Looney and son from Fairfield Iowa with Mr. and Mrs. Roll Gammon and son John at Roy Kephart home. Additional visits span Cal Been blossom home Edna Kephart and J T Lewis, and Ed Simmering household with Chas Kephart. Farmers in the area busy cutting oats and making hay.
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Washington
Dan Eimen
Ernie Eimen
Charles Anderson
Ollie Looney
William
Fairfield
Iowa
Roll Gammon
John
Roy Kephart
Elmer Kephart
J. T. Lewis
Edna
Cal Been Blossom
J. E. Linder
Chas. Kephart
Ed Simmering
Frank Kephart
Journal Want Ads Pay A Trial Will Convince
A brief notice states that classified ads offer affordable test results showing value for readers and advertisers seeking measurable impact.
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Journal
Hitch-Hiking From The Far West
A diary-style recount of a hitchhiking day from Garden City toward Hutchinson and Salina Kansas. The author details short rides, long walks, rain shelter in a barn, a Coca Cola bottle truck ride, a cheap hotel in Hutchinson, a Paris star film, a late breakfast and a brisk ride to Salina, then toward Junction City and Fort Something nearby.
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Garden City
Wichita
Topeka
Dodge City
del Norte
Belpre
St. John
Royal Gorge
Hutchison
Hutch
Maurice Chevalier
Paris
Salina
Junction City
Fort
Daily English Word Lesson Minute Clarifies Usage
A compact note explains common misuses and pronunciation, focusing on minute as an adjective meaning paying close attention to small details. It urges daily vocabulary growth by mastering one word and cites minute consideration in context.
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the Evening Journal
Washington County
Elder, Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
Publishers News
United Press
God
New York City
Merle
Clem
Leona
Hudson
Poughkeepsie
Vassar College
New York
Yonkers
Towers
Philadelphia
Ainsworth
Africa
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Arkansas Gazette
Russia
Detroit News
League of Nations
League
Springfield Union
Boston
Toronto Star
George Washington
Minneapolis Journal
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Tommy
St the Resort
Bernice
Peggy
Polly
Death
Cs. King
Dr. Bundle
Mrs
Daisy Simmering
Far West
Dave Elder
Hutchinson
Essex
Utah
van Camps Pork & Beans
LUX
ROYAL
Mazda
Benteco Store
Washington, Ta
Fred Rohrer
Mgr
Benteco
Alaska
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