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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1927
Page
4
A reader wonders who wrote a pasted verse found in a doctor's office. The poem ponders fleas and endless subflea repetitions, ending with a playful mathematical line. The piece remains unattributed, inviting identification.
A two month study by the Towa Tuberculosis Association in an Iowa town of 1300 shows school health inspections by a nurse increased income for dentists by 320 dollars and for physicians by 517.50 dollars. 357 children examined. 233 with defects. 858 total defects. 171 with dental defects sent to dentists. 64 treated at average 5 dollars. 69 children with other defects treated at 7.50 dollars. 294 pupils and teachers immunized against diphtheria. About 20 percent underweight. extra milk provided.
In California on September 19 1927 San Diego lies near a foreign land. The border to Mexico is about fifteen miles from San Diego and thirsty Americans have beaten a path to the Tia Juana border town. A good paved road from San Diego to Tia Juana is heavily traveled.
A daily English lesson emphasizes clear use of the word formulate meaning to fix or state in definite terms. It notes misused phrases and common pronunciations and spelling tips to build vocabulary. The sample illustrates statesmen formulating foreign policy.
A traveler notes the border town of Tia Juana across from San Diego as a lively yet vice ridden place with gambling houses saloons and dog races. The piece contrasts tidy California towns with Tia Juana and warns about the dangers of vice and reckless indulgence.
Local residents share daily routines and visits across Crawfordsville and neighboring areas. Families note harvesting help, travel to Merrimac and Washington, and a new baby girl Talma Marie weighing 7 1 2 pounds with healthy mother.
Annabelle voices exasperation over a pile of dresses each with a flaw. The speaker complains that none fit perfectly, from short to loose to tight, leaving no option that feels right.
Hoot Gibson stars in Painted Ponies at the Fox theater starting Friday with daring bucking horse stunts and a ride by Gibson as Ducky Simms. Filmed partly at Savens rodeo in California, the drama teams up Ethlyne Clair and Gibson in a period of western bravado and spectacle.
A humorous mixed text references Hepzibah, poems about rain and horses, playful puns, and satirical lines about a fall festival committee. It ends with a quip about a woman posing for a photograph without crossing her legs during transatlantic travel.
A New York plumber successfully collected a bill twelve years overdue by court action, showing delays can work both ways. The tale contrasts long-standing unpaid charges with a quip about ancestors and names.
Bridget taunts T about reading her name in tablet dust. Paris notes French girls favor older husbands over youths. A Dublin priest hears a vanity confession from a late Father Healey’s parishioner. A father's reply frames vanity as a mistake not a sin. Woman’s intuition misreads bob style choices.
A fashionable woman rents to cut costs and confronts a tenant in discontent. She claims the kitchen is in terrible condition. Mr James confirms little paint has appeared in six years, and a political jab about presidential birth in a log cabin closes the exchange.
A fragment on fashion concerns seeks longing style guidance for dresses described as short. It hints at dancing styles as possible solutions to cover or extend wear with sport or performance contexts implied.
In Harmony several neighbors participate in hauling clover. George Evans led the effort with clover, while Mr Turnip Seed and Mr Burroughs supplied the outfit. Some of the clover was turned for transport.
The text humorously ponders recognizing the world’s greatest saxophonist, noting Mrs. Snyder of the Judd Gray-Snyder combination as a parlor red with more than six years ahead, implying judged fame by public perception and longevity.
Quote from the Boston Transcript notes that leaving tasks to chance reduces chances of success.
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