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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1926
Page
4
The piece laments the end of the Iowa primary campaign and predicts a quiet spell before the fall campaign. It questions the primary law’s effects on voter turnout and social conditions, suggesting voters grow weary as elections increase in frequency and intensity.
County voters are urged to express their views on the road improvement proposition. The community seeks a clear verdict to determine whether the county road program should proceed as proposed.
ABE MARTIN comments that wages tied to what people earn would trigger real strikes. He warns that current wages fail to reflect cost of living and jokes that the modern girl’s image resembles an icicle.
A compact note outlines common misuses and pronunciation guides. It defines attribute as a verb meaning to ascribe or assign and provides an example attributing success to a clean life.
The committee urges voters to express support or opposition to a county roads program. They note that good roads are near and may be funded by state or county action. The decision rests with the people, and Monday is the day to vote to determine the program’s fate.
Col Smith W Brookhart expresses gratitude to editors who treated him fairly and to readers, saying the primary campaign focused on state prosperity issues and that loyal supporters will determine the outcome.
Funnyman Ben Turpin appears as a bartender in the Metropolitan production Steel Preferred at the Fox theatre tonight and Tuesday. He joins a strong cast including Vera Reynolds William Boyd Hobart Bosworth Charlie Murray with Walter Long William Mong Helene Sullivan and Nigel Barrie in the lineup.
The Steel Preferred unit went from Hollywood to Pittsburgh for mill interiors and team efforts that may startle the photoplay world. James Hogan directs a swift action comedy drama with many laughs and is touted as one of the finest of the season.
Corn planting progresses as plowing begins. A helpful shower aided crops. Road work by the township grader continues near here. Decoration Day activities and Washington trips noted. Residents shift chores and visits with several residents traveling or staying. The primary election is set for Monday June 7 at Franklin Center school. Summer arrangements include Martha Killian at the Hutt home as a fresh air child from Chicago.
A description of the Upper Deer Creek Amish settlement northwest of Amish and Frytown praises well tilled farms and scenic country drives. It notes Tony Shalla as a skilled farmer near Richmond and Washington and observers remark on farm life along Brighton and Wm Sutherland’s holdings with questions about land ownership and family ties.
The By The Way column combines light chatter about armistice talk and political views with poems, jokes, and reader notes. It features weathered humor, toy gags, and a touching World War II era decoration Day anecdote from Frances about her father in the firing squad.
A fragment notes a party day moment with the speaker recalling taking off shoes. The text appears as a personal reminiscence with rural or rustic speech, lacking clear names, places, or dates to expand into a full historical item.
A reader protests the attribution of a verse to his name in The Evening Journal. He warns against unknowing authorship, requests authorship verification, and jokes about retreating to his chateau to sharpen his rapier.
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