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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1926
Page
4
A compact devotional note centers on Matthew 6 21 stating where your treasure is there will your heart be also. The brief meditation reflects on personal values and spiritual priorities for readers.
Jasper County voters approve a broader roads plan by a five to three margin, expanding to include 137 miles of county roads with fifty miles already state funded for three years. The program targets quicker improvements for primary and secondary roads, prioritizing west county areas like Wellman and Brighton, to avoid delays if the June primary measure fails.
A column promotes daily word study and discusses June 7 voting on road improvements. It notes state programs for gravel and road miles, urging county residents to support extra funding for better roads. Local notices list residents visiting Washington and events in Wellston and Titus.
In a film adaptation of The Conquistador Tony stars in The Yankee Senor at the Fox Theatre. Emmett Flynn directs at the William Fox West Coast Studio with Olive Borden praising Tony for a dramatic runaway horse sequence.
Cedar Falls welcomed fifteen new initiates to the national honorary educational fraternity Kappa Delta Pi. Named were Maud Arthur Nellie Ione Jones Clara Rice De Vea Corson Cora Ebert Ben Essler Florence Franklin Vivian Strand Genevieve Randall Ethel Packer Erma Pattee Lucile Loban Ferrol Hayek George Strawn and Marjorie Momyer.
A political notice announces a candidacy for the County Board of Supervisors starting January 1 1927 subject to Republican voters in the June primaries. The brief conveys campaign intent and the party nomination pathway without further details.
A candidate announces intention to run for a second term as a member of the Board of Supervisors. The bid targets the term beginning January 1, 1928, and is conditioned on Republican voters' support.
Pleasant crowd closed the school year with a picnic supper and program last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rohrer and family spent Sunday at the Dave Turnipseed home. A funeral for Mrs. Will Stockman was held Sunday at West Chester with burial at Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shafer visited the Burroughs home last week.
Candidate announces run for county auditor as a Republican in the upcoming June primary. W H Fulton states intent to seek the nomination subject to Republican voters in the primary.
Peter Schantz declares candidacy for the office of Member of the Board of Supervisors for the term starting January 1 1928. He seeks Republican primary support in June. Voter information appears with dates and numbers from the clipped notice.
A quirky housecleaning themed note asks a young attractive woman on a roof to identify herself for a Journal card order. The piece weaves jokes about marriages, adds street chatter, and ends with a humorous gospel meet invitation and a closing line Just 2 hittin.
A reader delivers a humorous rewording of Old Mother Hubbard expanding on the well known line about the cupboard. The piece uses dialect and playful emphasis to discuss the meaning of being poor and the certainty of the tale being remembered in verse.
A playful By the Way column riffs on May K and a frayed mood. The piece jokes about writing prose versus verse and hints at personal nerves, a strained mood, and a dance scene where suspender failure causes embarrassment.
The fragment references a Stanford Chaparral piece with dialogue about Willie, a train and tracks, and a joke about a mother and mules under the bed. It appears to be a satirical or illustrative script excerpt titled DOT BOONE.
In a terse goodbye note Lena writes that Dere ByWay will be sent and that Boots may not be seen again. They plan a long ocean voyage to convales from neurasthenia, with no jingles where they go and talk of earning money by spending little. Johnnie may join for a good time as they depart.
A printer grew irritated by a doctor's request to place his name on thousands of letterheads in multiple sizes and grades. The dispute centers on the feasibility and distinctions among the varied formats.
A Kansas City Post printer quoted a crude bid notice for an appendicitis operation, offering options for incision size ether and nurse in attendance. The joke included plans to re operate later for gallstones and to delay decisions to save costs, prompting a clash on free speech.
A playful maxim urges responsive flattery when a woman expresses praise. The line underscores social exchange where verbal admiration is met with affirming reaction, reflecting conversational etiquette and etiquette-minded dating culture.
Dr. Frank C. Richmond of Keokuk sues C. P. Johnson of Carthage AL in United States District Court claiming permanent injury to his little finger from an automobile wreck and seeking 5000 in damages.
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