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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1929
Page
4
Observers in Chicago note rapid farm relief moves after the farm bill passage. William Settle of Indiana touts a potential farmers’ corporation to control marketing, stabilize grain prices, and unify action. Sam H. Thompson cites strong cooperative gains and ongoing efforts to manage supply and demand fairly amidst inevitable disruptions.
The government expects $2,000,000 annual savings with reduced paper use from 1500 to 1000 tongs per year. New money folds twice as many times as the old, 4000 vs 2000. First issue dated July 10, old money out by November 1. Printing at six tons per day. The rest includes humorous quotes about married men and a diplomat urging Western Hemisphere snobbery elimination.
A child narrator eight year old Lloyd Miller writes the Washington town about his dad rushing to shave. He recalls a joke about a dull blade and a missing blade during a morning routine. The Seattle and Indianapolis papers are cited in the playful letter.
A stark meditation on mining life showing beauty absent from the fields and urban smoke. The poem depicts gaunt families and slag heaps where children play in dust and smoke, their faces pale and eyes round, cheated of life’s grace beside headstocks and railway lines.
A collage of quirky notes and quips from Life, Youth's Companion, American Magazine, Sunset, and other periodicals. It cites spoof continuations, playful misprints, and cheeky observations about flappers, politics, housekeeping, and odd feats, ending with a string of humorous misstatements and puns.
Word study and usage tips highlight misused phrases mispronunciations and misspellings. The article defines apathetic as void of feeling and offers guidance on building vocabulary with a daily word practice.
A readers note shares a poem titled It Takes So Little by Ida Goldsmith Morris from Chestnuts Wings You May Remember. It contrasts sadness and gladness with brief verses about small acts of kindness and undermining doubt. The item recalls various light humor and quips from the newspaper’s audience column.
Acurate-sounding Abe Martin riffs on life, love, and social quirks. He jokes about marriage, fashion, and work while poking fun at men and women alike, noting how appearances and habits shift with time and circumstance.
Early reports say a Minnesota fliers monoplane crashed near Fort Snelling after a morning climb. Pilot Crichton suffered fatal injuries. Haughland remained in critical condition at Fort Snelling hospital with skull and internal injuries.
Rev P E Roll of the Christian church improves after ruptured appendix surgery. Visitors are allowed occasionally as members raise full salary funds. seventy six dollars collected at church. Dr Telford provides pulpit gratis during convalescence to ensure regular pay.
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