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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1926
Page
7
A fragmented ethnographic panorama of Mexicans in Laredo detailing cross century culture, courtship, and festive customs. It describes arranged introductions, balcony serenades, nightly notes under doors, the gran baile, plaza carnivals, and playful mock courts with fines, tattoos of social life, and romantic ritual.
Lodges in the Cyrus chapter No 18 KR A M meet second Friday. Zeredatha Council No 21 R & S M meet fourth Friday. Bethlehem Commandery No 45 meet third Friday. Washington Chapter No 98 OES meet second Thursday. Damascus Shrine No 10 W of J meet third Tuesday. Amos Chapter De Melay meet first and third Mondays. Covenant Lodge No 161 meets Tuesdays with degrees. Washington Lodge No 26 AF and AM meets first Friday. Prosperity Encampment No 58 IOOF meets second and fourth Fridays. Washington Lodge No 1295 Loyal Order of Moose meets Tuesdays. Visiting members welcome.
Rail timetable snippet lists eastbound and westbound trains for Golden State Limited and related services. Includes arrivals and departures with local freight, passenger, and mail trains, plus notes on daily or Sunday patterns and agent names. Additional listings show connections for Chicago Great Western, Milwaukee Road lines, and local service providers with station contact details.
The text links social meetings and courtship to a marriage motif and notes how Spanish dances like Jarahe Ta patia La Jota and Latin rhythms color both Mexican and American social life along the International boundary, with costumes such as long skirts and velvet charros shaping street and theater culture.
Geneva Mace reports that a Pentecostal eighth day could exist in Pentecost week to accommodate an extra day from the S2 week year. Marvin Charlies, chief of the U S Weather Bureau, is cited as authority in a communication to the League of Nations by the International Fixed Calendar League. The League was told Moses added a leap week inside every 28 year cycle rather than leap days.
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