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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1928
Page
4
A historical essay contrasts Memorial Day with Christmas, noting Christmas joy and birth of Christ, while Memorial Day brings sadness, respect, and memory of those passed. It traces life cycles from activity to aging, then to the cemetery, honoring those who are gone.
A compact note on English word usage with today’s focus word uproarious meaning making great noise and tumult. It discusses misused phrases in court and common misspellings while promoting a daily vocabulary goal.
The piece recalls gathering flowers for graves with sober meditation on mortality. It then shifts to a humorous exchange about a bank robbery and a chewing gum magnate, ending with a comical Arkansas country store scene where a clerk refuses to write the name Honeyfunkel for five cents after a bag of asafetida is purchased.
A humorous country versus town piece by James Whitcomb Riley contrasts rural charm with urban life. The poet notes the warmth and freedom of country living, the pull of city comforts, and a playful defense of country kinship and space, ending with a collage of quips and anecdotes from newspapers.
The speaker cites the nation’s founding, the Civil War, and sacrifices of soldiers to honor the cause. Referencing Lincoln, the message calls the living to consecrate themselves to the principles for which the brave dead have advanced.
A Memorial Day piece opens with a wartime cottage hymn and flags at graves. It then pivots to Lincoln stories highlighting his repartee and early life. Anecdotes cover debates with Douglas, marriage debt, and a farmer boasting about hay yields, illustrating humility and resilience.
In the Lincoln Douglas debate, Lincoln began after Douglas finished with a memory about Sangamon River life and an old steamboat with a tiny boiler. He compared Douglas to that boat, saying when he talks he cannot think and when he thinks he cannot talk. He added a remark about studying from the brain’s depths and admitted he is “only a retail dealer.”
George F. Morrison declares candidacy for County Attorney subject to Republican voters at the June primary. He states his intent to run and will seek support from GOP voters in the upcoming election.
A sequence of campaign notices from Charles M. Denison and T. L. Brookhart includes declarations to seek sheriff and state representative posts respectively at the June 4 Republican primary. The text references Riverside Iowa and mentions dates in 1928, with affiliations to party ticketing and unnamed co-candidates.
Mrs. Ezra Wittmer reports Wayland visitors from Morton Illinois and Long Beach California including Mrs Anna Widmer Alvine, Ben Widmer, Omer Seberg, and Chriss Widmer with a large family gathering at Chriss Widmer's. Allen Wenger and family visited C R Miller's near Olds. Myrtle Zehr bridal shower planned for Miss Zehr and Sam Elder. W J Allen ill with heart trouble. Mrs Eli Saltman and daughters stay for alumni banquet June 5. Frederick Albaugh from Kansas City visiting Clara Albaugh and kin. John Garrick and D O shared Sunday with local hosts.
The Rehearsal club schedules meetings Thursday and Friday for Beginner Group at 9 30 a m Orchestra group Thursday 1 30 p m and Band group Friday 9 30 a m The Ladies Social of the Presbyterian church gathers Friday at 2 30 p m hosted by Mrs J E Ream at 406 E Main St second door east of Mrs McGugin 8913
The 1X club is scheduled to meet with Mrs Marshall Gannon Friday afternoon. The event plans and any agenda items are to be announced by club officials.
Mrs Norah Leichty ill with erysipelas slowly improving. Mrs Bert Bain sick with flu. Mr and Mrs Ivan Good and children, Mr and Mrs Albert Litcheler and children and Miss Mabel Conrad of near Peoria Ill visited P H Conrad home. Miss Mabel stayed to recuperate from rheumatism. Mrs Clair Sodegren, Mrs Leola Magdefray and Miss Grace Hebel were Iowa City visitors Thursday.
District No. 5 correspondence details visits and social calls across Iowa communities. Families including Humstons, Risk, Rhodebeck, Phillips and Bush share Sunday gatherings, illness sympathy, and frequent plowing and visiting trips amid local events and church receptions.
Last Wednesday evening the Wylie family worked with Edgar Porter and Carl Phillips plowing for Cy Bush while Frank Pringe planned to help plant corn tomorrow.
Harmony correspondent reports Walter Longer returns from Kirksville Missouri to spend summer at home. Harmony school closes with a picnic by pupils and mothers. Mrs Levi Blanchard taught the successful school year. Miss Isabelle Combs named new teacher. John Griffith and Roy Libe buy rotary hoes. Mrs Tom Evans stays with daughter Mrs Chas Longer. Five miles of pavement is smashed. Ruth Gideon visits with her sister Mrs Walter Longer. Mr Tanner a caller in the neighborhood.
The speaker laments married women's leisure and suggests they fill time with repentance or card playing. He quips that rhubarb follows winter’s vicissitudes closely, implying practical yet humorous views on modern life and behavior.
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