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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
4
A local call urges voters to approve a million dollar bond issue to finish the county primary road system. The proposal links bond debt and maintenance to primary road funds controlled by the state highway commission, with funds allocated by area and projections of long term state savings.
Today’s word is provoke meaning to excite or stir to action. It is used to describe how someone can be provoked into telling the whole story or incited to respond. The note reminds avoid misuses such as ago and encourages expanding vocabulary with daily practice.
The speaker highlights tolls from poor roads including car and gasoline wastage and time loss. He urges rapid action and emphasizes the need to begin road improvements soon to reduce yearly costs and advance infrastructure.
In a village scene from McGuffey’s reader, Derby asks Scrapewell to lend his gray mare for a town trip. Scrapewell declines due to mill repairs and a whimsical wife, but both men barter for oats and a swap of gear. Tim laments the mare’s injuries yet everyone feigns readiness, ending with a flourish about the gods and Benito Mussolini.
Henderson Wallace cites a Bible verse to argue about Lindbergh's impact on Europe and suggests sending him to Mexico and possibly Nicaragua. The piece contrasts agricultural hardship with international appeal and uses a biblical reference to frame the discussion.
A playful note discussing a community picnic after July Fourth. The writer wishes for dry roads sunny weather and a smooth day with minimal ground fires. They request practical items and humorously urge Mr. Macon and Henry to contribute.
A terse exchange features a boy defending his aim not to steal cake while a man quips that being a widow’s second husband is preferable to being her first. The dialogue hints at social humor with brisk street language.
A collection of humorous lines and exchanged put downs. Jokes touch on marriage money policing and social pegs with double meanings and quick retorts. The tone mimics a light editorial sketch of local humor and personalities.
A humorous vignette on lyrics and romance blending geography and era. A teacher queries the meaning of syntax as a punchline about liquor duty ends the piece with light wordplay. The narrator muses on longing romance and moonlit photography via playful lines.
An elderly woman, ninety, fell into a tub of water after sliding down cellar stairs with no hand railing. She was trapped overnight but recovered well. The writer notes stairs are dangerous and demand sturdy handholds. The piece cites a San Francisco area crash where an all steel bodied car withstood a plunge into a mud bank without major damage.
Lisle Bower will stand in for Rev Minear at Eureka Sunday service at 11. Members of the pre club from this neighborhood attended a Washington meeting last Thursday evening. Mrs J M Snider and Hazel Snider visit Frank Snider's home following a Sunday Wagner visit.
A Hopping visited the neighborhood Monday as a business caller. M Jeenblossom hauled corn from the Carl Roberts farm, reflecting local agricultural activity and interspersed commerce.
A fragmentary note reflects on a police beat, the role of memory, and communal conscience in Nasket-Cotevie as a local editorial voice hints at civic tensions and social history. The readable text centers on the idea of a memorial man and communal peachy in a bygone era.
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