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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
4
A fable-like piece contrasts a triumphant American eagle with a triumvirate of birds the owl crow and goose. The eagle rises higher while the trio plots to bring it down, only to be left behind as the eagle soars toward the heavens.
A patient story shows a business leader fearing a ten year life after doctors warn him he may only have years left. Doctor Kellogg urges yearly exams as the clearest protection, noting many ignore this preventive step and risk fatal organ breakdown.
In a London Opinion quip the helper on toast wife is shot for a late meal in Amarillo Texas notes.
L. E. Wilson of Eagle Grove becomes president at the annual convention held in Des Moines. Des Moines selected as 1928 convention site. E. Carl White of Des Moines, Charles F. E. Coen of Afton, and L. L. Thomas of Carlisle named first, second, and third vice presidents. R. C. Smith of Burlington and Otis White of Lamont re elected secretary and treasurer. National delegates to Cincinnati next fall are Louis Jones of Washington, W. P. McIntire of Rolfe, and Carl White of Des Moines.
After returns showed a strong bond issue majority, a group cruising in a car to celebrate heard distant music. They joked it was someone cutting loose on a chain, then pressed on with their celebration.
A collage of Q and A jokes and clipped quotes covers common sense gaps and rapid exchanges. It blends playful misdefinitions about glaciers peninsulas volcanoes and etiquette with witty exchanges about money and manners and a Kipling reference.
A collection of old quips with puns and quick comebacks. The humor covers schoolyard banter about games on the sidewalk, a Paul Revere ride joke, and quick one liners from a photographer, a tramp, and a cemetery sexton in brief caption style.
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