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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1929
Page
4
A reflective poem contrasts suffering and faith, noting life’s rough road and the surprise joy after hardship. It speaks of cynicism and despair yet points to a brighter horizon as the sky lifts. The speaker questions why pain exists but affirms hope through resilience.
A fragmented letter to Congress complains the Congressional Record is crowded and the office cannot keep up with tariff matters and Farm Relief debates. The writer jokes about neness of various items and urges adjournment until the staff can catch up on reading and coverage.
An item discusses common English word mistakes and pronunciation. It highlights misused terms such as imposture and breach, explains common misspellings, and urges vocabulary growth by mastering one word at a time. It notes mispronunciations and offers brief language notes.
A letter notes general well being with the family cheerful about summer. The writer mentions the Missus suffers severe headaches but expresses hope for improvement as the season arrives. Family asks to write often and keep them posted on folks.
The piece notes agriculture as the base of U S wealth with farms supplying food and raw materials, supporting industry and labor while taxpayers and government invest heavily. It highlights the farm sector’s central role in national prosperity, urging readers to recognize farming as vital to economy and progress.
A collage of humorous vignettes and miscellany from a byline column. Readings include quips about books, parlor talk, odd questions from children, a Toronto railroad ticket office moment, a misused word ferment, a parlor joke about a babe, and brief notes on local move plans, a new baby Ruth Mari, and Wade Scranton’s pony accident plus farming life notes.
The piece notes ex president Coolidge remarking money never worth less, while praising his timing compared to a cent a word era with Century and similar magazines. It also mentions druggist Artie Small featuring a window display of a genuine pre war hair tonic.
Prairie Center residents Mrs Vosht Marion Willis Ellen and Howard Wolfe motored over from month Wednesday morning and visited Wednesday and Thursday at the OH Wolfe home. Isabel Wolfe will spend a few days visiting old college friends. Mr and Mrs Elmer Cyste of Moline and Mrs Harry Capte and Mr Laura Newell of Muscatine visited Thursday at the O D Spencer home. Tom Tomblinson of Menan Idaho and R W Kephart of Washington visited Thursday at C A Ruebsam's Alvie Reemblessom of Des Moines was down this week looking after the
In Crawfordsville on June 4 Rev and Mrs A N Porter hosted the Misses Brownie during a visit to Monmouth yesterday. Denis Jones and Hayden William graduated from Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant and plan to teach this fall. Miss Selma Dean of Chicago may visit friends here. Mr and Mrs Robert Noonan stopped by near Titus to see her parents.
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