Carlsbad Caverns Draw Tourists And Local Fame
The Carlsbad Caverns attract about 25 000 visitors this year with thousands more expected as Carlsbad grows. Jim White first sought the cave decades ago and, with partners, explored deeper toward an unexplored bottomless region. The cavern system runs about three miles with a depth near 1000 feet and remains largely uncharted.
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Carlsbad
New Mexico
Pecos
Port Lewis
Uncle Port
Jim White
King’s Palace
Mr. White
Traveller
J. W. Lewis
Pearl Elder Lewis
Jimmy Port
Lytton Lewis
Word of the Day Stimulate Rouse Interest
Daily lesson notes explain usage and mispronunciations. Today's word stimulates activity and animates effort, as in We must do something to stimulate interest.
Carlsbad Cavern Wonders Revealed by Jim White Guide
A vivid account details Jim White guiding visitors through Carlsbad Cavern as electric lights illuminate vast chambers from the Big Room to the King's Palace. The piece notes bat inhabitants, the cave’s limestone formations growing slowly over millennia, and theories from visitors on its origin while praising the government park status and White as chief guide.
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Kings Palace
Devil’s den
Jim Whites
National Geographic Magazine
Government
Jim White
King's Palace
Mr. White
Lucly
Carlsbad
Calles Revolt Comment Sparks Confusion Over Mexico
The Journal quotes President Calles claiming a Mexican revolt was a failure, but readers question which revolt is meant and ponder the motives. The piece riffs on revolts and tea table talk while ending with a humorous verse about romance and a stomach ache.
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Calles
Padding for Paddling and Paws in a Patchwork Tale
A humorously scrambled page features a tailor measuring Willie for a suit with padding quips and a palm oil joke. The text riffs on soap brands Lux and Palmolive and ends with a light note about a dog with dirty paws and a pushy big sister movement.
Mother and Buddy Visit a Bank
A mother points to a large building and identifies it as a bank while her child asks where to drop the money. The scene offers a quiet reflection on perception and blessings.
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Buddy
Knotty Mahogany Table Prompts Cozy Debate
A lively exchange about a mahogany table notes its irregular grain and knotty charm. The conversation adds a quirk about tablecloths no longer concealing the legs, hinting at changing tastes and practical display in a home setting.
Button Button Who's Got the Button Twist
A playful misheard chant marks a child and a caretaker scene in a domestic setting as a laundry question becomes the focal gag. The exchange hints at social tone and humor within a family interaction.
Questioning Realism of Many Modern Weddings
A speaker argues that numerous contemporary weddings are not genuine, viewing them as ruses for swift divorces and generous alimony. The claim frames marriage as a financial and disposable arrangement rather than a lasting union.
Married at last in a seaside town
In a brisk dialogue a couple reveals they have married, surprising relatives. The scene includes playful comments on appearance and the readiness of a new life, with a nosy mother remarking on fashion and effort to achieve a tan.
Transformed life reflected in aging and advertising
A daughter remarks on a mother who twenty years ago was described as fair and forty, but now appears sleek and sixty. The passage contrasts aging with evolving public image and self-presentation in advertising culture.
Office Boy Seeks Afternoon Off for Grandmother News Reel
In a joke filled exchange a worker asks for time off to watch his grandmother swim a channel on the news reel while a playful remark about a spendthrift and an oyster enjoying a long summer vacation headlines a humorous office scene.
Middle Age Growth In The Middle
A humorous view defines middle age as the period when height growth ends at the ends but expands inward. The quip highlights aging as a time of changing body proportions rather than height.
Barbed Wire Inspires Pola Negri War Reflection Lecture
Polish actress Pola Negri discusses her new film Barbed Wire as a lifelong account of World War I. She recalls volunteering as a Red Cross nurse, witnessing German occupied Warsaw, hunger, and the humanity of soldiers on all sides, calling the film the finest human war picture.
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Pola Negri
Europe
Warsaw
Red Cross
Berlin
Werman
Keota school vacation and local incidents reported together
The Keota schools announce a two and a half day break with a dedicatory program on Wednesday and a Keokuk county institute at Sigourney Thursday and Friday. Two children suffered accidents while using an electric wringer. Donald Fagen, age three, sustained a shoulder bruise and George Dupuis age nine a wrist injury.
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George Mayer
Megrvin Beery
Everett Vincent
W. C. Moser
W. C. Richardson
W. C. Peiffer
F. G. Warrington
Forest Embree
Keota
Keokuk County
Donald Fagen
Walter Fagen
George Dupuis
Henry Dupuis
Donald
Onge
Droz
Washington
Death of John Anderson prompts distant funeral plans
Mrs Lafe La Motte and family learn of the death of their son in law John Anderson in Aberdeen South Dakota. Brother Harry Anderson heads west after the news. Anderson had tubercular asthma and poor health for some time. Funeral services expected in Washington with six children and Myrtle La Motte as his wife. The older daughter attends high school in Washington. Relatives Mrs Mollie Riley and Mrs Carrie Barkhoff with Car Man and Des Moines link.
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Brighton
Lafe la Motte
John Anderson
Aberdeen
S. D
Harry Anderson
Washington
Myrtle la Motte
Mollie Riley
Sioux Falls
Ellen Prizer
Mary Gowey
Richland
Local social notes reflect travels births and illnesses
The page lists several family news items. Birth announced for Mary Ann Lindauer of DeWitt Iowa. Frieda Wanerus returns from Des Moines beauty course visit Arch er Iowa. numerous relatives and friends travel or visit including trips to California Chicago Detroit and Canada. hospital stay for Kenneth Donovan's son Robert. others visiting or returning from trips and illnesses.
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Frieda Wanerus
Des Moines
Helen Koepnick
Archer
Iowa
Mary Ann
Willard Lindauer
DeWitt
Lindauer
Marie Gowey
Otto Lamansky
East
Chicago
Detroit
Canada
Niagara
Erie
Penn
Ohio
Walt Pringle
Bruce
Theodore Prizer
Los Angeles
Lee Huston
Columbus Junction
Ruth Tucker
Panora
Helen Buck
Edward Brinton
Kansas City
Addison Brinton
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the Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Washington County
Mlder, Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
East Main Street
United Press
Bible Thought
God
Harper’s
Foster Damon
The
Carlsbad Caverns
Jack
Jill
Willie
Olive
Lux
Xrot
Marie
Louise
Mae
Alice
Dr. Dunshee
Mabel Dunshee
St. Louis
Luke Dunshee
State Hospital
Burlington
Rank Yanshee
Denver
Erma Chambers
Verna
Erma Woods
County Institute
Blythin Sheetz
Abe Martin
Rhua Helmick
Carrie Barkhoff
Car Man
Gerald la Motte
Eagle Grove
Joh Anderson
Had Brier
Ralph Tracy
Mary Maxine
California
Dr. Bailey
Pleasant Plain
C. C. Ward of
Wapello
Robert Donovan
Kenneth Donovan
Washington Hospital
Armory
Homer Stephen
Washington National Bank
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