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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1926
Page
4
Loafing Around London at the London Museum
The author recounts a day near Buckingham Palace guided by a friendly London expert who led explorers to the London Museum. They tour the former private residence now housed with Roman relics, Saxon to Norman artifacts, battle axes, armor, a 1912 Cheapside jewel exhibit, and Newgate prison relics including torture devices, all reflecting Britain’s distant past and dark history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Museum
London
Buck Ingham Palace
Queen Victoria Memorial
Mall
St. James Palace
Lancaster House
Duke of York
Duke of Sutherland
Thames
Spain
Britain
Henry
Cheapside
Newgate Prison
John Bunyan
Local family thanks neighbors for support after loss
The Meyers family extends gratitude to neighbors and friends for their kindness and sympathy during illness and death of husband and father. They also thank for the beautiful flowers from Mrs. W. B. Meyers and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Meyers
Balanced Home Decor Finds a Happy Medium
The article argues rooms should look lived in not showroom perfect. It urges homeowners to furnish and decorate with taste to achieve a warm welcoming atmosphere rather than cold display.
Local Notes and Oddities From A Small Town
Weather talk unsettled with possible showers. A golf course search story mentions a missing ball and rough area. A joke about a boy applying for a summer grocer job, and a toastmaster gag. A funeral in Hot Dow Arizona includes a grim line about a double shot outside. The proverb about room at the top emphasizes relatives of the boss.
Bright Sayings of Modern Children in Washington
A light column presents child quips from Freddie and Percival. Freddie playfully saws a piano stool leg prompting a mother’s inquiry about his actions. Percival pours syrup into a loud speaker and answers his father with a sharp retort that shocks him into laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Freddie
Father
Percival
Landlord confronts liquor sale and rent dispute
A landlord accuses a tenant of selling liquor in violation of the law and warns consequences. The exchange centers on legal compliance and potential rent adjustments linked to the violation.
Husband and wife trade notices in broken quarrel
A wife and husband each publish terse notices blaming the other for a separation. The husband claims abandonment and vows to pay bills, while the wife pleads fault on him and cites a cheap dress and stockings bought during the marriage. The exchanges reveal a fractured marriage and warning to not trust him.
Amator Responds to Vitriolic Harsh Words in Letter
In a terse letter Amator addresses Ally Oop and Dodo Coop, questioning how readers should react to their harsh disparagement. The piece reflects a defiant stance and appeals for thoughtful response.
Shipwrecked at Fox theater thrills with storm scenes
Metropolitan feature Shipwrecked stars Leena Owen and Joseph Schildkraut and screens Friday at the Fox. Filmed off California during a severe coastal storm the hurricane sequences are especially dramatic as the marine photoplay delivers vigorous action and clever performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan
Leena Owen
Joseph Schildkraut
Fox Theatre
California
The Fourth Corporal and the Iceman Riddle
Fragment text presents a poem fragment about a Fourth Corporal in war lore and a punchline about an iceman climbing stairs to deliver a numeric quip. It mentions a cousin who married a man named Gunn and a curious sum 36.871.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunn
Dido-Dan
Daily Lessons in English Word Study Sample
The piece presents language notes on usage and pronunciation. It highlights None as singular and plural confusion and lists common misspellings and synonyms. It urges vocabulary growth with a daily word practice and defines essence or kessene as a thing’s intrinsic nature.
Odd Marriage Custom Amid Benu River Tribes
A Central Africa report describes a local custom where when a man marries his sister-in-law acts as a sister during a wedding ceremony or, lacking a sister, the groom must work for his brother-in-law for three years, the standard value of a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benu River
Central Africa
Mystery of wages and daylight saving aid to detective
The piece notes workers complain they cannot live on offered wages, a popular mystery. daylight saving time is viewed as aiding detectives in catching guilty parties before nightfall.
Junction of Arkansas River floods disrupts local roads
In Brighton Route 1 Prody A Borkoski reports heavy rains last week sent Skunk River on a rampage and Honey Creek to the highest level in thirty five years washing out bridges. Oats damaged, threshing finished, mail carrier travels forty five miles daily due to high waters and washed out road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trarvey Coll
Pann College
Oskaloosa
Skunk
Honey Creek
Jake Rudolph
Kosmer Borkoski's
African Tree Spirits Ceremony Believed Crucial
Central Africans believe certain trees harbor spirits and require a ritual before any digging. The practice, noted by observers, reflects deep cultural reverence for nature and the forest as a living community. Local elders explain the rite precedes any extraction to honor the tree spirit.
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