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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1929
Page
16
A note from Mae Hesseltine of Crawfordsville Iowa describes a humorous misstatement from a seventh grade day. She recounts her brother confusing over the hill on top with going over the hill, which caused laughter in their household. A half dollar awaits Mae in the Journal office for the story.
A fragment from a Washington page notes a crowded scene with car numbers from many places and colors. It highlights a three year old, Frances Falk of Fairfield, meeting the Rothschild store and being told she resembles her father. The excerpt ends with a family remark and a fire alarm incident in Washington.
A Bible Thought for Today from October 19 1920 urges readers to be merciful as the Father is merciful. It cites Luke 6 35 36 about loving enemies doing good and hoping for nothing in return to receive a great reward and become children of the Highest.
A note invites Washington county women to join the Women’s Moderation Union to end Prohibition and restore temperance. Chairman M Louise Gross of New York City outlines membership options, urging 100 enforcement and readiness to press for law changes in Washington. The item contrasts temperance ideals with alleged enforcement gaps and ends with a classroom joke about the earth’s shape.
A clipped diary style item recounts a hard luck salesman’s day with scattered actions from early morning checks to a big Saturday night deal. It weaves in a thrift magazine record of prohibition state results and a string of jokes and vignettes including a justice scene and a street corner fountain of quotes.
Focus on the word trenchant meaning keen biting or severe. The example notes its use as in His trenchant wit amused the audience. Also contrasts misuse and misspellings of common words and encourages expanding vocabulary daily.
The Journal offers a $1,000 accident policy to subscribers who pay one dollar extra with six months of new or renewed subscription. Applications available at the Journal office or through Journal representatives.
The John Robertson family visited Sunday at Anna Springer’s home. Clement Seivert of Harper helps Matt Wehr this week. Mrs Frank Genemen of St Louis and Mrs Floyd Churchill and daughter Mary of Kansas City visited last week at Jean Little’s. Curtis and children spent Monday at Arthur Lambert’s. Matt Wehr bought a new portable elevator. Mrs Senft’s mother and J C Murray came from Shellsburg Tuesday to visit. Curtis Snyder family attended a surprise for Mrs Marion Smith at Chas McKinstry’s. Ernest Snyder and children Edith and Jesse from Minnesota joined the Aces and Ralph Robert.
The son, family, and Mr and Mrs Curtis Snyder and their children spent Tuesday evening together.
A hard boiled husband named Adnah attends a Woman's Club reception and endures endless talk. He is overwhelmed by the sea of conversation unable to think or breathe and collapses in a swound. He warns others to beware the seductive trap of endless chatter.
Miss Fawn Lippincut jokes about budget after Niagara Falls as Abe Martin notes the Coolidge Trumbull wedding. She quips that if a fix is needed for the bareleg style, Jack Frost may handle it.
A mountain pony named Brone with sturdy legs is captured and led from the hills to a city. After learning to follow a new master and enduring rough play from two boys, he injures a leg and is returned to the mountains to recover with hopes of a future return to his young caretakers.
W E Diller finished 1600 gallons of sorghum at Fredonia and has long operated in the area. Local social visits include Carl Lewellyn Dow Tilma of Kansas City with Mrs. Mary Dill. Columbus Encampment and Rebekah lodge delegates attend grand lodge at Oelwein. Community club and farm bureau events plan meetings with talks on property rights and health, plus movies and music.
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