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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1929
Page
4
Weekly automobile phagedie and prohibition costs
Monday reports recount fatal auto wrecks from weekend travel as brighter roads bring higher risk and calls for traffic reorganizations. The piece argues one way tracks and overhead intersections to save lives, then discusses Prohibition cost estimates pegged at 926 million to 936 million dollars and wartime saloon losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association Against Prohibition
United States
Old Doc Parker and the age of six at death
A reader describes a grave marker in Woodlawn Cemetery bearing the inscription Old Doc Parker born 1790 died 1852. The account notes the oddity of a six year old death and reflects on many stones for young people including a wife who died at seventeen and a husband who followed four years later, thirty two years her senior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc Parker
Susie Jones
Caosites ix
Reno
Paris
Tam
Dorothy Dix
Such an antiquated prudery in daily speech
A note on mispronunciations and stubborn phrases. The text urges careful usage of words like languid and grown old as a reminder to avoid old fashioned, outdated manners of speaking. It includes examples and pronunciation tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mnasteri Ch Day
Old Doe Parker Died At Sixty Two In Early Washington Days
An elderly local tale recalls a man known as Old Doe Parker who lived in Washington long ago. The piece notes people aged faster then and mentions common illnesses and lack of medical knowledge, asserting Parker may have been a strong community figure who died in his seventies instead of the six decades noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Doe Parker
Herbert Hoover
Enhn
Australia
Doc Parker
Jon
Rae
Rae, But the Ed As Thad
What It Means to Be a Husband and Father Then and Now
A collage of prose and quotes on fatherhood, marriage, and nation, mixing advice from Dorothy Dix with lines from public figures. The piece juxtaposes ideals of honest, upright parenting with evolving views on domestic life, gender roles, and social expectations amid a stream of historical quotations and satirical asides.
Wise counsel and right living build safe business
In a rambling ode to trade virtue, the piece argues that success hinges on advertising service, building reputation, heeding counsel, maintaining standards, and embracing opportunity while rejecting omission. It contrasts cheerful garden imagery with a critique of industry deception and cites a humorous Trademark Office dispute about misleading names and products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nana
Eoitor Pacific Furniture
Abe Martin on children and women’s fashions
Abe Martin quips that children are rarely seen or heard as night owls keep watch. He jokes about women needing Adam’s apples and contemplates how they would doll themselves up, reflecting a humorous 20th century rib at gender norms.
Med at the Dam and West Chester News Note
West Chester correspondent reports on local events including a repair at the dam, radio programming by WEAF WOR and others, Swine quality praise for Sowash, a detour causing 29 cars to be stuck between here and Washington, and weather notes predicting warmer days after a heavy spring rain. Helen Schroder, daughter of Mr and Mrs Pred Schroder, advances in state contest. Philathea class to meet at 909 North Marton Ave with old time costume request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowash
E. D
Keota
Washington
Here
Westchester
Helen Schroder
Schroder
Derg
Ada Minty
Wednesday's Five Best Radio Features
A 1929 radio feature synopsis mentions WOR WEAF WIZ and several networks with programs on weather and Farm Relief. It includes notes on Abe Martin and Mother’s Day reflections, sermons by Reverend Robins, and social visits from Oscar Sheets, Frank Kleese, and George Stapp in Cotter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusteral
Boyer
R.C. Ferguson
United Press
C.C. Wilson
Hank
Floyd Schachner
Simmons
Montgomery Ward
WEAF
Rayos Orchestra
Abe Martin
Reverend Robins
Methodist Church
Oscar Sheets
Frank Kleese
Robin
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Onde
Anon
Lincoln
Robert G. Ingersoll
Arthur Brisbane
Thad
Amelia
Andrew Melton
Doulas Fairbanks
D. I
Ife
Liberia
York County
Rogers
Chicago
Bull Durham
Norn
Chemical Bulletin
West Chester
D. Dayton
Dam Rohrer
Sunter Musicans
Herd Tow
Jesus
E.main ST. Kon
Parsons College
Washington, Lowa
H. & A. Baking Co
Masters of Good Baking
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