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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1927
Page
4
The president states the U S maintained Marines in Nicaragua for a dozen years at the government’s request, left after stability, then returned to protect American lives and property. He notes arms sales to Nicaragua and claims no oil properties, and describes the mission as policing to restore peace rather than waging war.
Disturbing reports from China describe rising anti foreign sentiment. An American is killed and others are threatened as Allied ships shell to allow escapes from a captured city. The American flag is fired upon and citizens are urged to evacuate inland areas to the seaboard.
A compact note defines academic as an adjective relating to colleges or universities and to theory rather than practice. It contrasts formal or theoretical use with practical understanding and cites a sample sentence about a book being too academic for casual readers.
The piece frames China's fight for nationalism, noting Chiang Kai shek as anti communist and determined to curb Bolshevik influence within his ranks while Russia and foreign propaganda shape the conflict. It urges patience until nationalists decide if American friendship endures.
The Iowa State College surveys show the average Iowa family spends 84.50 annually on illness and the average person 18.77. The report argues for higher public health funding via a 30 cent per person tax to fund preventative care and outdoor recreation, noting better health and reduced disease costs through periodic exams and expanded public health work.
The nation enrolled 27,398,170 pupils taught by about 1,000,000 teachers. Total school expense reached 2,387,889,32 dollars. Schools and equipment valued at 6,462,531,367 dollars. Public grade and high school buildings numbered 63,280. There were 157,034 one room schools, many in rural areas. Also 22,500 public high schools, 144 public colleges and universities, and 769 under private control.
Quotation style snippets reflect satirical views on Americanism democracy and fame including misfortune of a thief, royal visits and a young married figure. The tone satirizes politics religion and society with short provocative lines.
Court actions show Bud Fisher earning about $250000 yearly and paying $500 weekly alimony to his separated wife. Percy Crosby faces a request for $3000 a month alimony from Mrs Crosby, indicating the substantial sums involved in comic strip artist support settlements.
A record shows about 1.2 billion dollars in new American capital poured into Europe Canada and South America last year through private loans and investments. The list details regional totals for Germany Rest of Europe Canada and South America with refunding of old loans and new amounts ranging from about 41.5 million to 262.4 million dollars.
A witty Mid Western collection reflecting on public life. The text mocks political messaging and civic reform while noting humor and human foibles. It includes fable humor about vanity, cautionary lines about safety, and a critique of arming private citizens.
Excerpt discusses Alfred Lord Tennyson’s lines asserting that good will ultimately triumph over ill. It reflects on how every life has purpose and not one should be destroyed as waste, even amid nature’s pangs and human flaws.
A collection of humorous lines and puns about May baskets, social customs, and everyday village banter. The text sketches residents, family jokes, and light moral maxims with witty exchanges and posed questions.
A Riverside item cites a humorous American Legion Monthly tale about a poker game. A Texas player, Greasy Dick, Cochetope Shorty, and a stranger compete for a pot over six hundred dollars. The coroner jokes he held the inquest as his card.
A Baltimore notice reports the burial of Passach Yeservsky age 111 with his widow aged 109 walking from the funeral to her room at the Hebrew home and declining rides. The piece parodies and quotes various lines, ending with a street remark about caution from the New Yorker.
The speaker notes his men are sent to China and their group not part of the league of nations. He mentions Mrs Tilford Moots sister who did Red Cross work in Chicago during the municipal election she is suffering from shell shock.
The text recalls agitation among petitioners about Frank's portrait. Mr Jackson reports Frank quips at a doctor asking to inspect his tongue, but the doctor replies the tongue need not be checked, joking that it never saw grass grow on a race track.
Samuel Z Wicks petitions for divorce from Sophronia citing infidelity and abandonment in eighteen sixty six when she eloped with Edward Wicks. He asks Judge Tuttle to grant the dissolution at the next November term detailing alleged misconduct and neglect. The item is framed with a humorous aside about a speeding motorist.
James Finley of Fayette County Pennsylvania built chain cable suspension bridges starting in 1797. He patented his improvements in 1808 and within two more years eight such bridges existed across America.
A short film shown at the Fox highlights Pink Watson’s fast act while a character makes a long distance call to Richard Tabor, reflecting a playful line of dialogue about phones and romance.
Three of four NBC stations, the label The Voice of the South, and PWX location. Dempsey Tunney fight blow by blow by two announcers. former WCCO call letters. KOA location. New York municipal station call letters. Montreal station bilingual announcements. WEAF former announcer. Chicago Civic Opera Company staged opera portions in 1926ное.
The term majolica refers to glazed pottery used in architecture. Originally it described Hispano Moorish lustered faience brought to Italy via Spain and Minorca. Later it marked Italian fifteenth and sixteenth century tin-glazed wares.
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