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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1928
Page
4
Friends of the Y M C A report the local association is debt free after a swift campaign secured pledges to erase about 1500 dollars from furnishing expenses and upkeep costs. A mysterious donor gave 500 dollars aiding the effort, with the Journal praising the community support and ongoing YMCA activities.
The Journal notes Father’s Day literature arriving from Associated Men’s Neckware Industries. The piece playfully suggests many gift ideas from neckties to socks and tobacco, while hinting Father’s role in supporting his family and meeting obligations like life insurance and medical bills.
The article cites Dr. Bigelow of Massachusetts arguing alcohol related deaths post Prohibition are not due to toxic liquor. He notes laboratory tests of thousands of samples yearly show no increase in extraneous toxic substances since 1920, leaving the cause of deaths unresolved.
Notes on usage and pronunciation with a daily word study. Today's word EXTENUATING explains using excuses to palliate guilt and offers example: He is not guilty Let me relate some extenuating circumstances. The piece encourages expanding vocabulary by mastering one word daily and lists commonly misused or misspelled items.
Dr. Bigelow links rising alcoholic deaths in Massachusetts to the scarcity and bootlegging of spirits in 1916 and 1917. He notes people consume available liquor quickly amid illegality, increasing acute intoxication and fatalities. He asserts ordinary or “good pure” alcohol remains the main poison.
The Parsons College editorial class laments endless balloon juice in editorials and pleads for a law limiting writing on dull subjects. A gardener quips about a new hand swearing, while a motorist and pedestrian clash over street ownership.
The ring leader of the outfit assigned to the Bailey building portion arrived this morning with a loud buzz like a tractor. He and lieutenants thoroughly inspected the room, worked around the windows, talked among themselves, and around 3 PM departed in squadron formation for headquarters.
George F. Morrison announces his candidacy for County Attorney, subject to Republican voters in the June primary. He states his intent to seek the party's nomination and asks for support from voters.
Candidate Charles M. Denison announces run for sheriff subject to Republican voters at the June 4 primary. The message appears in a political notice alongside Mrs. Bellerich seeking the county recorder post.
A collection of brain teasers and sharp social lines. Riddles about the letter M the street door and other wordplay are followed by notes on Lady Lizzie Bess and a harsh courtroom line about insanity versus self defense. The tone is fragmentary and provocative, reflecting a tabloid style.
The first delegations are expected to arrive about tomorrow and from then on, signaling the start of a sequence of arriving parties as the event unfolds.
In Brighton, young Richard Day asks his mother if asparagus makes you well and strong. She confirms its health value, and Dicky replies that he must be well already since he feels fine this morning.
A playful meditation on a cow in a field resisting modern speed. The speaker questions the animal's calm existence amid engines and airplanes and urges it to join the procession of progress with gentle humor.
The Washington county trotting association schedules its first fair at the Fair grounds on Saturday July 2 with horses such as Washington George Dutchman Royal Charley Mayflower Sleepy Joe Prairie Flower and Merrill competing for purses from 25 to 100 dollars. Track work will continue with trains of iron and a daily pace planned as Beacon Brighton and Washington aim to join within 24 days.
J A Henderson Esquire travels to Kentucky not for Nasby post office but to bid at the Jesse Talbot Lexington sale now in progress for blooded cattle.
A chariot carrying Johnson's Wizard Oil Troupe overturned on a hill by Williams Creek near Mount Pleasant causing oil music and musicians to spill across the scene.
Oscar Cowles and Miss Bessy Young will run the post office under Col. Cowles supervision. Oscar Cowles is a capable deputy and Miss Young will be a suitable assistant in charge.
A nostalgic verse by Samuel Hoffenstein extols rural landscapes the trees grass birds crickets and hills while noting the contrast with town impact. The domestic lodge scene follows with a member preparing for initiation and a smoker, signaling small town daily life.
ACLU director Roger N. Baldwin travels to Soviet Russia as a pilgrim and signals in Paris that he prefers the Russian brand of freedom. He notes censorship by Moscow appointees and the suppression of opposition as counter revolution, warning that his fight for free speech at home could aid communists aiming to overthrow the U.S. government.
Mr and Mrs Charles Miller finished a roughing trip of 500 miles westward in Iowa. They lived moved grabbed slept and had a first rate time in a wagon. Charley called it the only sensible and enjoyable travel. He met many ex Washington county folks in the western counties.
The verse on a tombstone mocks atheism and religious practice. It suggests prayers fail when directed to the congregation rather than the Lord and comments on women dressing sensibly as foolhardy.
Professor Shrock the penman will form new classes commencing a second term on Monday next week. Classes meet at 6 p m and ? p m in the high school house.
Poem fragment narrates greeting to personified virtues Brother Sunshine Sister Song Brother Gladness Sister Smile Brother Kindness Sister Cheer. Speaker waits for their company while acknowledging labor and loneliness and faith in companionship with these virtues.
Dayton Grove recalls a boy named James who was excused from speaking pieces at school. A mother sent a note to a teacher requesting James be spared declaiming or dialogues due to his heart palpitation. The anecdote highlights old Friday afternoon speaking customs.
Daryl D. Dayton son of Mr and Mrs J D Dayton of West Chester is one of three Oberlin conservatory graduates this June chosen for Pi Kappa Lambda honorary scholastic fraternity. He leaves Oberlin early for a piano instructor post at Cheney State Normal School Washington and will return for a brief August vacation.
Col Cowes, post master, has bought the lease of the Bryson House and moved in Friday, becoming the new owner host. He previously ran a house near Cincinnati and earned a good name as landlord in the Iowa House. A bus competition arose after a recent publicized friction in transit, now offering 25 cent fares for passengers and baggage from all city trains. Gen N B Baker sends passes for Washington county soldiers attending the reunion to Majors. Pall Mall residents noted as G Bennett and Capt M startled at dinner by G Cooper of Richmond.
A scene shows a child, an urchin, crying as a woman asks why. The boy admits he does not know and asks what the woman has. The exchange captures street slang and a tense, uncertain mood.
A playful pages of word riddles begin with clock on stairs that dangers when it runs down and a candle that dies after consuming its own substance. It asks about a hole growing as you take from it and a plum pudding left side not eaten, plus a riddle about two pigs making more noise than a gate. The final question asks what motive led to railroads, ending with a colon.
A collage of tense dialogue from a jail scene where a prisoner sobs and an officer considers bail. A witty caption lauds the grass widow as a daisy. Also a price list for 22¢ groceries, a gag about a Liquid Silencer and a comical exchange about a husband and wife elopement in Toronto.
FE M Israel of Dutch Creek towne ship reports a San Francisco telegram saying his brother was murdered by Indians in southern Arizona. Israel was scalped and his legs burned, heart cut out, and coal fire placed in its place before his party escaped. He was en route to Iowa to visit two brothers after ten years away and narrowly escaped death multiple times.
A. M. Powell of Mount Pleasant secures a contract from the Western Stage Company to carry mail along the route Fairfield to Town City through Harvey's Mills Pleasant Plain Brighton and Washington.
J. Moore of Fairfield and Captain Berry of Brighton operate a dry line track between Fairfield and Washington, linking with trains at both termini.
Most trees in the square last spring are dying while clumps of weeds will be fed there. Those seeking a supply should leave orders at the Council Chamber early, with pigweed mustard mayweed jimson weed burdock and related plants available as tidily wrapped labels.
Gabriel Armstrong and S. W. A. S. sub contractors abscond with about $10,000 in cash leaving heavy debts. The clerk foreman and sub forego wages, while 400 to 500 workers are blocked from work until dues are paid, alleging actions by Snell Aiken and company contractors.
The corps of city school teachers is re-elected led by principal D. W. Lewis. Rev. S. M. Stevenson along with Mary Hamilton Nannie Springer Nellie Norton Mattin Dawson Delia Ross Nettie Anderson and Miss Hutchinson and Nettie Robertson are named. Stevenson resigns to become co-principal of the Washington Institute.
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