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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1925
Page
4
The piece critiques free government mail and wasteful printing while noting useful bulletins. It highlights a mimeographed bulletin titled Pacifism urging non resistance and inviting a burglar to take cash, framing it as a troubling fatalistic message from authorities.
Miss Fawn Lip pincut critiques illness as alibi in Society's Domain. She argues neuritis is becoming a popular excuse for not working, noting ten times more enforced labor than enforced idleness.
A scanned crossword puzzle segment with numerous numbered clues across and down. Entries include clues for fortune bequests, ironies, barrels, facts, guides, climbing stems, and various common nouns. The grid references numerous obsolete terms and puncuated fragments.
A comic verse fabric describing a stern neighbor and a bustling household. The narrator contrasts gloom at Hiram Hence's home with lively scenes at his own, where relatives quarrel and banter, while the speaker keeps order and pays the taxes and supports a cheerful, noisy family.
A provocative poem argues against policing and patriotism, claiming violence would end if police are abolished and urging readers to avoid anger. It questions reverence for the flag and promotes a mused, critical stance toward national symbols and authority.
Fifty young singers from the Stockholm Students' Singing Society prepare to tour the United States in June led by Einar Raft. Their first concert is set for New York on June 4 with a route from New England to the Pacific Coast.
Leonard supervises a city apartment building and his collie helps deliver papers and mail. The clever dog knocks, wags, and receives treats while ensuring papers reach each apartment. Neighbors praise the intelligent friendly animal known as Leonard's dog and called Pup by his owner.
A garbled OCR fragment shows a teacher addressing Tommy amid a dental or health moment. The text includes stray phrases about a toothache and missing information, with references to a mom and a local paper. The snippet lacks coherent events or names.
A garbled riddle set mocks questions about debt like a clock and a river like a shoe. It blends wordplay on places and objects with misprints and toy comparisons.
Readers note odd remarks and vignettes from a page of seemingly random snippets. A claimed insider tip teases a circus event potentially bigger than the Kentucky Derby while other lines joke about ads and daily life.
A quirky hometown note cautions residents who wear spring suits not to open milk bottles with their thumbs to avoid damage or spills. The column mix includes fashion reminders and practical shorthand for daily routines.
A parent asks what the boy will become, and the reply suggests poetry is in his future because he is constantly hungry. The exchange hints at a humorous take on ambitions and appetite.
A garbled mix of promotional phrases about selling various odd items转 including a hospital scene where a woman pretends to be Mr Barker’s sister to meet him. The text jumps to a wartime slogan urging postwar prevention and debt payment.
A young lady asks a dressmaker to alter a gown. The couturiere replies with mock horror that garments must be altered to fit the wearer, not the other way around, noting such practice is no longer done.
A letter dated April 16 1925 to Uncle Sarah from Ikey details family misfortunes in a town: Aunt Fred ill with measles. Lena and Herman married. a house fire destroying belongings. widespread illness and deaths. new team of mules purchased. a neighborly fight between Uncle Pete and another man. and a closing note urging a reply. It ends with a poker proverb about perception over possession.
Little Elsie returns home munching a cook ie and calmly asserts she did not ask Mrs Brown for cookies, knowing where they are kept. The mother reproves her, highlighting the child’s keen deduction.
A colorful local monologue mocks evolutionary theory and asks Slivers if he is a monkey. The speaker humorously imagines biblical creation, Adam naming animals, and a hog with a curling tail as a nod to old world views.
A fragment from a theatre program or local column references a ribald musical comedy at West Chedcary with jokes about goats and sheep. It notes a scene where a man is laughed at and a teacher quips about the Declaration of Independence. The piece also mentions jury selection for the Shepherd trial and asks where suitable jurors might be found.
Betty Compson stars as Dalla a savage Boer girl turned cultured woman in a Sam Wood production based on Cynthia Stockley’s Dalla the Lion Cub. Warner Baxter Noah Beery and Dorothy Cummings support in a tale of transformation and romance.
Barbara La Marr returns with Conway Tearle in The Heart of a Siren at the Far Theatre on Thursday and Friday. La Marr plays a Riviera siren whose dazzling Paris fashions captivate men while Tearle portrays a poor yet aristocratic English diplomat. The couple meet in a Riviera hotel as passions rise and a clash with his aristocratic family blocks their romance.
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