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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1928
Page
4
A compact devotional note presents a unifying message urging readers to join in shared reflection. It emphasizes communal faith, mutual encouragement, and daily contemplation of scripture for collective spiritual growth.
A short reflective piece invokes Tiny Tim to embody universal blessing. The verse imagines God blessing all souls, citing compassion for the loveless and a saintly child-heart. A Christmas hymn-like reverie ends with a plea for universal blessing.
The Journal corrects a prior item misidentifying the newborn as the mayor’s son. The baby is the couple Don and Mrs Don Applegate’s son, making Mayor Applegate a grandfather with one grandson and three granddaughters. The child was born Sunday morning and is healthy.
The Journal laments a late edition caused by a tiny screw dislodging and stopping the press wheels for several hours. Carriers feared returning home in the dark while subscriptions expressed sympathy for the breakdown, though readers understand the setback.
Mrs J M Vicker and Mrs W A Cook spoke to the Rotary Club about establishing an Old Folk's Home in Washington. They described bequests tied to early progress and noted the plan aims to determine feasibility and practicality for the city.
A language notes item highlights commonly misused phrases and spellings. It discusses choices like T versus it, mispronounced dialogue vowels, and the bailiff spelling with two Ts. It also defines quizzical as relating to a test and urges vocabulary growth with daily word focus.
The Washington community weighs an Old Folk's Home funded by two bequests totaling about 816.000.0900 with 16,000 left from deceased friends. A dedicated $30,000 more is needed to build and finance the venture as a nonprofit community asset requiring public support and contributors.
A humorous dialogue sketches a parked car blocking a hydrant and a waiting officer. Jokes touch on names, size, jealousy, car repairs, and a boastful salesman. The piece satirizes modern engineering promises and the reluctance to reveal reason for lateness after a long night.
A circulated election card from a Pennsylvania Dutch town urges voters to back a “pretty good man” running for constable in the Third Ward. It promotes voting on September 20 for a Republican and Democrat contest, promising to arrest no one.
Two crypts are available at Forest Lawn Mausoleum as owner plans to move. Ad in the Los Angeles Times notes the sale.
A collage of farming tips from the Tennessee extension urging poor farming practices and profitability myths. It includes rules like grow a single crop and avoid livestock, plus a joking exchange where an old driller chides English stockholders with pompous phrases as they tour oil fields.
The column notes baseball buzz with Cubs favored to win the National League pennant and the city editor backing the Pirates as the league’s best, inviting reader opinion on who should receive support.
A string of humorous vignettes unfolds with parrots, dentists, and street scenes. A talkative parrot complains of cage confinement while witty quips about dentistry, marriage, and war share the stage. Observers note lighthearted chaos and human oddities in daily life.
The speaker defends freedom and life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, claiming to avoid harming others and to mind their own business while questioning why a speed cop issued a ticket. The voice emphasizes live and let live and personal restraint.
Verse reflects a weary mood as autumn rain clears the scene in Newark and Youngstown. The speaker jokes about wearing many hats to face snow while noting it currently does not rain dogs and cats. The refrain laments wet days only when rain truly comes.
A young lady discusses co ed romance with coy humor. A traveling dentist pair on a train share mutual profession and observations, while a veteran asks for wartime gratitude to the Legion weekly. General political chatter and light gossip fill the clipped exchange.
A dog carries a piece of meat across a bridge and sees its reflection in the water. He drops his load to seize the second meat, then returns with both pieces, teaching a cautionary tale about greed.
A horse named Old Dobbin halted a Tacoma interurban line, attempting a two‑foot jump on a trestle. Its rear legs wedged between ties for two hours until a wrecking crew arrived with a derrick. Commuters and husbands faced the day’s odd tale after the delay.
The article notes the two largest United States notes, the $10,000 gold certificate and the $10,000 federal reserve note, as rarely seen by the public.
Alice and Jim Stover share a long awaited vacation to Atlantic City funded by Mr Pulver. They struggle with hotel costs and meals while keeping up appearances until a hotel bill is unexpectedly covered by Pulver. They vow to vacation annually with wiser spending.
The text misstates facts about George Herbert born in 1593 and died in 1633 and wrongly claims a poem titled The Size. It also confuses Plautus with a posthumous publication and muddles quotes about eating cake and having it.
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