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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1929
Page
4
Bible Thought for Today presents a brief devotional reflection for the Saturday of March, offering a concise message to guide readers in daily faith. The note emphasizes contemplation and moral guidance drawn from biblical themes.
A compact reflection on simple pleasures of home life. Morning glories, painted screens, babies, books, and rosy chins are paired with gingerbread and home baked meals. Gossip is kept light and warm as the piece celebrates small comforts.
A fragmentary column from a San Diego era discusses bootlegging, dope use, and temperance debates. It notes local drunkenness, changes in liquor laws, and perceived shifts toward dry cleansing, while critiquing sensational anti-drug rhetoric and urging cautious social reform. It also touches on cigarette smoking, gender norms, and public morality in a transitional period.
A March 16, 1929 column discusses head lettuce shipments from the Imperial Valley, estimating per capita yields and asking where all the lettuce goes. It notes immense vegetable exports, including broccoli and kohlrabi, plus dairy, mining, cotton, and desires to keep the valley from becoming an inland desert. The piece also mentions the Goulder dam and the region's diet and health quips.
A compact study of word usage and pronunciation noting that ply ends discussions and that many words like generous or munificent appear in daily lessons. The piece explores mispronunciations and the habit of overusing a word, encouraging careful vocab practice.
A fragmentary, humorous collage mixes poems about tombs and famous figures with short quips from magazines. It references Nero, Nebuchadnezzar, Sinbad, and a ghostly graveyard, then shifts to educational policy notes and light social jokes about education value and a dog show.
Fragmentary text notes a Saturday mood with jokes about vacation and attire. It mentions weather, coats, and a spring idea, referencing a Chicago Tribune request for spring suggestions and a casual conversations tone.
In a genteel drawing room Miss Green taunts Miss Black about a handsome young man at her feet, prompting Miss Black to volley back a caustic remark. Their social dance exposes rivalries and flirtations between two women of the same circle.
Lafe Bud reads an invitation to a grand ball and oyster supper and muses on whether it should be informal or a full flash affair. The Weekly Slip Horn offers a $5,000 reward for any woman who cooks with malt syrup.
A fragmentary verse piece laments mouse casualties and extols faithful dogs such as Rover Fido Shep Queen and Bruno. It recalls dogs saving lives and warns against cruelty, urging appreciation for canine devotion and the moral bond between man and dog. It mirrors a civic plea to protect and honor dogs as loyal guardians.
Crawfordsville area notes report Miss Allee Tonneson and Lisle Anwyl competing in a Burlington music contest with pump solo and song but not placing. A minor accident injures Mins. box toppled, rib broken. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCoy and Mrs. Tressler. Grinnell glee club plans a short trip and a church radio broadcast is scheduled March 24. The Methodist missionary society met with Mrs G W Pool, dramatizing The Vision of Mrs Butler about the founder of the local mission society.
The United Presbyterian women held a regular meeting at the church with Mrs. John Lease leading and talks by Mrs. T. H Barnes and Miss Mary McCall. A reception honored Mrs. A. N. Porter. a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ross Wednesday afternoon died soon after and Mrs. Ross remains critically ill. Services announced for the United Presbyterian and Methodist churches include Sunday school at 10, morning service at 11 with themes on world citizenship and Christ's riches, and special Lenten services next week led by Rev. Griffith and Rev. Porter.
March Murry Hutton of Ames, an employee of the state highway commission, visited his father R A Hutton on Friday. The fourth lesson of the clothing project was given Thursday by Miss Thelma Pearson, home demonstration agent at the M Singleton home near Cones le Chapter CX. PE. O. will meet with Mrs. W K Ruston April 1. Edith Orr will lead the program. The Others First Sunday school class met with Mrs J Lewis Friday and elected officers for the year: Mrs Thomas Robert Johnston vice president, Mrs Fern son president, Mrs F H Johnston vice president, Mrs Fred Duncan treasurer, Mrs Charlotte Willmer Ing secretary, Mrs Walter Cline and son Avril.
The readable fragments show incomplete lines about a Hanit home. Key names, dates, and locations are illegible, leaving only a vague reference to a person and a dwelling. Further context from the original page is needed for a proper card.
Keota March 22. Kate Helscher will head the Keota Chamber of Commerce for the coming year, with Frankie Dasher as vice president, Walter Stoutner as secretary, and H E B Seydel as treasurer. Retiring officers include N G McNarlen C A Tracy and J r. Presidentry nd treasurer. The new board plans public hand concerts as its first project.
A fragment lists regular and visiting Masonic meetings. Regular sessions occur on the third Friday night and first Friday of each month at Masons premises. Names include Irene Bickford, Sara E. Walker, Theron J. Pease, May A. Yard, and Mrs L A Jones. Shrine visitors from No. 10 are noted. Potential Washington Lodge notes appear with unspecified dates.
Rail timetable lists westbound and eastbound departures including Golden State Limited No 3 and No 29 local passes. Notes freight and local passenger services with daily, except Sunday patterns and agent names.
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