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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
4
Twenty Five Years With the Evening Journal
The writer recalls a May day twenty-five years ago when the Evening Journal began its quarter century run in Washington Iowa. He notes shifts in town life, the newspaper market with four then five papers, changes in owners and staff, and the evolving Journal from Logan Payne era to current joint ownership by Ralph Shannon and B C Cowden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Washington County
the Gazette
Logan and
Neal
The
Democrat
Alex Miller
Howard A. Burrell
Journal
G. Logan Payne
R. L. Livingston
Press
Burrell
Charles K. Needham
Livingston
Smith W
James L. Brookhart
Anna Dawson
Ralph E. Shannon
Hot Springs
Ark
B. C. Cowden
City
Brethren
Sisters
Tor
Unclear excerpt notes party plans and quotes
Fragmentary lines reveal a character named Mrs. Lafe Bud discussing a house party and recalling attendees. The text lacks clear events, dates, or organizations to form a full news item.
Rippling Rhymes and Prohibition Debate in Iowa News
A fragmented poem by Walt Mason recurs alongside a detailed statement by Mr. McNaught on prohibition enforcement. Officials praise Burlington for enforcement while noting limited bootlegging, and discuss reader reactions to the five eastern Iowa city investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Mason
Iowa
McNaught
Burlington
League
Crossword Puzzle Clues From a Historical Page
A dense list of crossword entries and clues arranged in vertical and horizontal sections. The fragment includes numerous terms and phrases across categories such as warmth, sorrow, anatomy, chemistry, and geography, interspersed with partial phrases and stray notes.
Showman’s toast to twenty five years of the show
The speaker thanks the audience and wishes luck to all as they enter the next quarter century of the show. He pledges to attend as much as the Monster of the Show allows and asks for kind fates for everyone involved.
Nullification Seen as Real Danger to Dry Cause
Iowa anti saloon league superintendent S P McNaught warns nullification poses greater threat to prohibition than law modification. He cites lax enforcement in parts of Iowa and urges renewed crackdown to preserve the dry movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hondagcar
League
McNaught
Burlington
Iowa
S. P. McNaught
Iowa Anti- Saloon League
By the Way and Jokes from the Local Page
Readers share humorous quips and short anecdotes about daily life. Cartoons, a playground of puns, pranks, and notices drift through a small town humor column, mentioning Cutch the painter, a lion-tamer job offer, misdelivered pills, and a Sunday picnic controversy.
How to Cure a Cold and a Dying Soldier Story
A terse, humorous note on avoiding listed cold cures by choosing rest instead. The fragment references a man who died and a child’s fair with headphones, suggesting a juxtaposition of tragedy and odd event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kids Fair
Ballawins on your disposition and other quips
A garbled clipping includes a spoof editorial note about a newspaper editor moving to Dallas with fifty thousand dollars and a jokey line about a cousin leaving him forty nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine dollars and fifty cents. It also contains light humor about cheerfulness a cigarette lighter anecdotes and a joke exchange about sulphur prices. A closing quip states men who chew tobacco should wear brown shoes.
Phrase About Newspapers Misleading On Knockout By Bottle
A historical line notes how phrases implying a man was knocked out by a bottle referred to blunt head injury rather than an actual bottle strike. The remark highlights evolving newspaper language about violence and physical harm.
Smiles From Flower Blossom Children and Household Anecdotes
A reflective vignette collection centers on family manners and everyday humor. A mother’s impatience with a child’s first errand to the grocer ends in tears as the youngster fears the strict shopkeeper. A doctor’s label prompt inspires a brisk, patient tale about pills sent to a patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny
Picnic Suggestions From Westchester By The Way
The piece notes a June picnic with talk of food and plan details. Ralph Shannon’s return and Mr. Elder are mentioned, with hopes for a get together to identify pups and share names. The plan includes lemonade cider peanuts butter eggs cottage cheese butter milk and possible cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
Ralph Shannon
Elder
Washington
S. H
Ralph
Mr. Elder
Picnic plans in Sunset Park highlight local music and dates
The author advocates a community picnic in Sunset Park with outdoors dining, remarks on local musicians Lot Dayar Mond and Bobo McCaleb, mentions Rubio and Mr. Ireland at the depot, and notes possible July 4th timing to include a band with Ralph Shannon and various fiddlers in West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Lot Dayarmond
Fle Dos
Bobo McCaleb
Lot
Rubio
Mr. Ireland
Ralph Shannon
West Chester
The Man Who Never Takes Long Shots
A dialogue excerpt contrasts a cautious man who avoids long shots with a wife who coldly demands silence for a month. A book peddler is dismissed as nuisance, while a bonk peddler is deemed flattery.
Tax collector resigns over conscience in Southampton
A. G. Parry the tax collector of the South Stoneham Union resigns citing conscience and distress from high taxes. He has a wife and three children and faced unemployment with the job paying 1500 dollars annually. He says collecting taxes was squeezing people and cutting food supplies and notes several hundred applicants seek his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
England
A. G. Parry
South Stoneham Union
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