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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1937
Page
10
A collection of short quips and jokes from the era. Lines cover religion and fate, health myths, fashion chatter, Jersey humor, police anecdotes, and entertainment jokes. The items mix proverbs, jests, and social comments with occasional wordplay and cultural references.
A collage of satirical snippets from various papers features a homegrown ad joke about where money goes, a quip about creditors, a barb on rug cleanliness, a lawn tip from dead leaves, and wry lines on Europe and 3000 A D. The piece riffs on science, farming gear, and catchy consumer humor with several publishers cited.
Raymond Pitcairne argues Washington must cut the growing payroll of federal jobholders. March payroll rose by 2860 positions to about 36,000, with a March bill exceeding 128 million. Commissions and Senate committees back reorganizing agencies, but Congress has yet to act. Public calls for economy grow as bureaucratic beneficiaries resist change.
The record notes a quarrel within the NCLE ABNER Congress over sit down strikes showing opposition to some strikes while backing others. The metaphor suggests difficulty in convincing a rooster that crowing cannot move the sun.
Merrimac May 19 The Merry Makers club met at Mrs Johnnie Baldosier home with seven members and six visitors. Retreatments were served as several local families visited that Sunday including the Amrines and Beechleys. Uncle Joe Amrine showed illness but is improving while Norma Pohren and the Nortons joined the Pohren home visit followed by other Sunday calls from the Eshelmans and the Burers and the Dussebarries.
Junction residents recount tulip festival attendance at Pella with Mrs. R. J. McCleery and others. Rowland Rees returns from Chicago after his son in law Richard Thomas illness. Genevieve Fedderson goes home to Cedar Heights. Burdette Duncan and Ames visitors with his parents. Fred Duncan and T. E. Johnston noted in Columbus City. J W Hubbard returns to Mercy hospital Iowa City for treatment.
Estimates suggest the glacial period lasted near 100000 years and the ice retreated from the northern United States at least 25000 years ago. The figures reflect long-term climate change estimates and early postglacial migration patterns.
Notes from this week report on Towa varsity football action as Jack Woods observes. He believes the team could be close to a winning season within a year. Nearby chatter mentions a secretary spelling mushrooms in four letters, and a humorous tale about a wife and golf club bar job.
A middle aged man visits a physician for an annual checkup and advice. The doctor prescribes moderation and smoking one cigar a day. A month later the patient reports improvement but reveals he has never smoked before and found the instruction impossible to follow.
A humorous anecdote recounted in a quiz among humorists describes two solemn gentlemen in a railroad carriage. One asks if the wife is entertaining this summer and the other replies that she is not very entertaining. The fragment ends with a note about a sign reading Ladies Ready-to-Wear Clothes.
The baron writes the United States about a British swimmer aiming to set a new long distance record by swimming across the Atlantic from Southampton to New York City. He claims permission is needed from the Queen Mary captain as the plan involves swimming inside the liner’s pool. A telephonic exchange and a church interruption are noted before a hymn number No. 428 is announced and a girl awakens living again with a groan.
Two men planned a pistol duel but halted when one argued the age of humans is widely known yet no exact age exists. The exchange underscored a shared sense that people should know better than to fight over reckoned timing.
A Crawfordsville church directory lists resident bishop, district superintendents, funds trustees and officials. It names officers of the official board including trustees stewards and curators, plus committees for membership music religious education social service auditing and more with multiple Iowa and Illinois affiliated addresses.
The 1790 census recorded Philadelphia leading with 42 444 inhabitants and New York second at 33 131. Boston followed with 18 038 and Charleston 16 359, then Baltimore 13 503, Salem 7 021, Newport 6 716, Providence 6 380, Richmond 3 761, and Albany 3 468.
Basque fishermen lure two inch white eels in the Bay of Biscay by placing oil lamps along the quays. They scoop them up by the thousands then fry the eels in oil to create a regional delicacy.
Shiloh will honor three graduates Ineg Schoonover from Junior College Myra Van Nostrand from high school and Ruth Sebantz eighth grade graduate entering high school in fall Ruth was Marion townships champion speller this year The community extends best wishes to all three for future success. Local families visit and travel notes follow with several residents and relatives mentioned in brief social items.
Miss Alice Strohm of Chicago visits her mother Mrs. O A Strohm in Gracehill for a weekend. A school picnic closes Pleasant school, Arthur era was a caller at the Robertson home, and Asahel attended a fish fry at Columba Junction. Orval Swift works for Bek Brumback. Wade Page and Blanche Mills visit North English relatives. Francine Mills visits Ruth Leslie in Washington. Raymond Sankey and Kenneth call on Mrs. John Williams and Oriel Sankey.
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