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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1929
Page
6
An editorial compares a lone goose faltering in flight southward to human life, noting the old bird dies in harness rather than quit. The piece cites a 1913 National Liquor Teaser Journal editorial warning prohibition would doom the liquor business as it forms dangerous alliances.
A humorous account from The Evening Journal recounts a playful sequence about a three year old measuring height and asking for an incher to gauge his blocks built house. The piece leans into light whimsy and childlike curiosity as a noble bit of delight.
A nostalgic column contrasts modern life with Forty-five Years Ago notes a town homecoming theme tied to a World Series event. The piece muses on memory, technology shifts, and a pump saga, interweaving local humor with reflections on progress and change.
A pointed critique denounces slums as breeding grounds for corruption and accuses political powers of backing unworthy officials. It asserts billions at stake in property and tax revenue, but claims public conscience will outweigh money when truth about the liquor trade is revealed.
In 1900 the Commission d Alkoholisme cited Rus sian scientists who argued that alcohol diminishes rapidity of thought and imagination, dulls fine sensations, provokes evil passions, and predisposes to strife, crime, and reduced work perseverance.
An inebriated alumnus caused a humorous incident at the Wigwam during commencement week. After requesting a chocolate scream scone, he paid and left but returned with ice cream missing. He praised the cream then offered to keep the cone but returned the vas-vaste.
Report from town says a mysterious object over the gas plant caused talk of a wild goose. Observers insist it was a drone or aircraft, but details remain unclear and the incident is under investigation.
A classroom exchange on lengthy words contrasts with a grim report that twenty seven Swedes and an Irishman died in a wreck. Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Grogan react with somber commentary about the tragedy and the deceased.
Daily lessons in English present words often misused and mispronounced. Today's focus is ABDICATE meaning to renounce or withdraw from power with the king forced to abdicate the throne.
Iowa shows three backfield hopefuls for the Illinois clash as Oran Pape steps into a regular role after a substitute season, logging 119 of 140 yards from scrimmage in the Ohio State game and a 40 yard TD sprint. Mike Farrah shifts from blocking to ball carrying and punting, while Earl Kiting, a 220 pound Keokuk junior, may relieve Magnussen at center and bolster defense.
A fragment recounts a melancholic period with a sudden thump on the sideboards of someone husking corn, suggesting a rural mood or event noted in a period newspaper style. The text preserves a sense of seasonal hardship and labor context.
The speaker mocks the Goolidge home as noisy with Cal and the wife busy with magazine work. He notes Binkley addressed a W C T U meeting yesterday and jokes he won’t take any national office.
Miss Alice Holmes visited Burlington with her sister Lillian who teaches there. Lenta Carris Ruth Piper hosted teachers at Mrs Daisy Huber's home. Mrs Buxbaum spent time with Katharine Huxbaum and Mr and Mrs Fred Schwaelbe and daughters in Cedar Falls. Church notes list Sunday school at 10 worship at 11 with theme Thomas the man of faith junior league and Epworth Leagues at 6:30. Rev G W Pool is pastor.
The United Presbyterian Church announces a Sabbath school at 10 a.m. and morning service at 11 a.m. A Rally Day program will follow at 11. The Y P C U meets at 6:30 p.m. with a talk on participation led by Trevor Davies. Rev A N Porter is the pastor and Rev W G Later will conduct morning and evening services.
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