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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1927
Page
4
Washington recalls a two day gathering of Crocker's Iowa Brigade and Tri county Veterans Association. Veterans sense this may be the last reunion as age and travel weigh heavy on their energy. They recall heroic days and the bond of comradeship as they banter and reminisce.
The writer travels through California, noting abundant fruit crops and diverse vegetation, calling California a “different land” from Iowa. They praise Californian hospitality and describe the Feather River canyon journey, ending with a contrast to Colorado Springs for scenery.
The passage emphasizes correct usage and pronunciation with notes on common misusages and spelling errors. It introduces daily vocabulary building, presenting RIGHTLY suietly and sternly as today's focus and urging rigid rule application.
The narrator traces a westbound journey from Pueblo to Sacramento valley via the Nevada desert through Feather River canyon and into California. They describe bad lands, green oases, and a scenic coast drive along a cement highway by the Pacific, noting earthquakes, weather, and the lure of lonely deserts and ocean views.
Several from Crawford attended the Coltonwood church Home Coming Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Johnson and daughters Marie and Velma visited Mrs. Grever Wittmer and family. Families from Wayland and Wapello joined others for Sunday gatherings at various homes. Windfield and Olds correspondences note corn hauling and farm visits among neighbors.
The writer muses on a Dempsey versus Tunney bout with public tension and playful ideas for promotion. Suggestions include creating debates on the League of Nations or Irish policemen, plus possible counsel from Sharkey to Tunney. The piece notes Dempsey’s punchy involvement and shifts in perceived chances.
A man leaves a train with his wife and eleven children. A policeman asks him to come alone, saying he will learn why the crowd follows once locked up. The man notes he's a small pebble in the officer's life, while the wife hopes he becomes a bigger boulder.
A witty exchange on credit and wealth notes that the successful man has interest in his library and bank book. The salesman asks about Bill Jones, while the credit man questions his automobile ownership, implying solvency through restraint and prudence.
A joke recalls a slow pay customer asking for six dozen eyes on credit while the grocer responds with the opposite condition. The quip ends with a wry observation from Progressive Grocer about a man’s children and his means to support them.
A quirky fragment features Lisa Smith and Harry Jones in a playful romance with mistaken identity and light comedy. It ends with a surprised kiss and the girl landing a job as a result. In other notes Taderewski owes 4000 in income tax though negotiating payment in notes seems possible. Marjorie and Jack exchange proposals and hospital vows provoke amusement.
A humor strip sketches a doctor and patient discussing golf as a mind distractor for work stress. The gag turns on a pun about prescribing activity and a play on words about a gardener and eggplants failing to yield produce.
Descendants of S. P. Miller and Martha Miller McBride gathered at Columbus Junction chautauqua park Sunday September 11 for a large reunion. More than sixty attendees shared a noon dinner and an afternoon of visiting renewing family ties with many relatives from Colum bus City Coppock Ainsworth West Liberty Washington and Crawfordsville listed among attendees.
An 1868 Port Louisa Township resident is mourned with surviving widow, daughter Mrs Harve Brown, and son Burrell of Grandview, burial in Grandview cemetery. Mr and Mrs Henry Murray, longtime Cairo residents, relocate to Morning Sun. Letts hosts a homecoming and barbecue on Oct 6 as Rev H F Hebner begins duties at Conesville Methodist church. Carthage Ill visitors A Trier and relatives in the area. Local students Dorothy Schock Carol Hill Irene Thomas and Rex Duncan enroll at Iowa Wesleyan College.
Funeral services were held for James Pallette 58 a lifelong Louisa county resident. Hiram Parks brother in law of Mrs Brock was buried at La Porte. PEO Chapter CX attends dedication of P F E Memorial library in Mt Pleasant. Ralph Baker returns to Chicago after visiting brother Frank. Leslie Lowe relocates to William Emmack property Columbus City. W H Jennings of Lincoln Neb visits sister C N Johnston Columbus City and plans talk at United Presbyterian church. William Randolph family to move to Eldon Thursday. Funeral held at Grandview church. Ende.
A speaker from Ohio voices a belief that political prejudice could influence the Vanzetti Sacco case. He notes that if a man is revealed as a Democrat, harsh treatment might follow. He adds a personal remark about avoiding discovery while stationed on the Hawaiian Islands.
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