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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1939
Page
4
A column of humorous vignettes and light exchanges. Jests about compliments pride and public image mingle with lines on family ties and daily life. A joke about a boy and a doctor underscores playful social observation.
Stenographer records a comical exchange about a girl’s phone kiss and a busy manager delaying a message. The piece recalls a bygone era with a parson questioning a mournful widow and a woman joking about a husband’s nagging, ending with a tombstone inscription about a late Henry.
A brief item notes a remarriage where the bride added the line I have struck another match to her inscription. The fragment hints at personal sentiment and a renewed union.
Lionel Barrymore marks his thirtieth year in film in State Theatre production of On Borrowed Time as Gramp a loving veteran who confronts Death to save his grandson Also featured are Beulah Bondi Una Merkel Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Valerie Beal The Fox Theatre hosts Allen Jenkins as Xerxes Bailey in Sweepstakes Whiner and Universal presents Big Town Czar with Walter Woolf King Barton MacLane Tom Brown and Frank Jenks in a gangster tale
Commissioner John L. Ries says about 140 goats meet New York's demand for goat milk at roughly 25 quarts daily. He notes goat milk is popular in Europe and used only in a few U S sections, with New York's supply the focus of the report.
Gracehill news reports a ten foot tall mosquito plant grown from seed by Eugene Engel. Sunday school attendees visited the Engel home to view the plant with leaves shaped like a mosquito foot.
Three dairies publish small want ads claiming big results from Staten Island Westbury LL and Castleton on Hudson locations. The brief notices emphasize the effectiveness of their dairy adverts.
Mrs. Arthur Boshart sustained painful burns while cooking tomatoes in a pressure cooker as the lid was removed after boiling over. The incident required hospital treatment for proper dressing.
Mrs. Mary Keyser of Hamburg vows no overnight line drying after a thief stole $15 worth of clothing she hung out to dry. The incident underscores safety concerns on local blocks and prompts residents to secure laundry setups.
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