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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1934
Page
4
A brief devotional note cites Psalm 34 8 about tasting and seeing the Lord as good. It contrasts with labor value ideas urging workers not to waste leisure hours and reflects on virtue, vice, and self discipline with literary allusions.
Chicago Fair plans a modern summer show with new attractions including outdoor skating with snow figures and a central feature a towering smouldering volcano. A major zoo display is also under development, and science will handle the freezing effects for the exhibit.
The column teases tomorrow’s winners in a story about a cooking school run by Mrs Leona Jones. It confirms the ovens are real, with food from local stores and suppliers. Read on for quirky local notes, spring fashions and a promised poetry winners reveal tomorrow.
The piece details quirky exhibits and ambitious plans at the Century of Progress including unique paper made from flies and exotic animals. It notes signed contracts for European flies and a playful summer program title Ain't we got fun with wild imagery and jungle species.
A collection of verses celebrates spring with scenes of budding trees, young gardens, and the first robin. The feature includes entries titled Indian Spring and musical reflections on April and new life, showcasing community poets from Wellman and beyond.
Pennsylvania reports 29 289 miles of railroad track capable of circling the globe with about 4 000 miles remaining for switches and sidings.
A brief poem extols spring with images of life returning and old times fading. It proclaims renewal across earth and sky and ends with a cheerful exclamation that winter is gone.
A nostalgic child voice describes spring smells and a ready fishing mood. The narrator recalls a new pole, bait, and a straw hat while a family chorus jokes about chores and waiting for the moon to be right for fishing.
A brief verses celebrate spring with a chorus of birds and rain ending in a joyful forecast. The poem lists many birds including blackbird kildeer robin bluebird swallow thrush redhead flicker and sparrow and looks forward to singing when rain ends.
The poem contrasts spring cheer with aching cold and rough humor. It moves from sunny, hopeful images of blooms and birds to sneezing, wind chill, and parody lines about robins and happiness, ending with a personal, reverent note on a transformed soul. The piece blends playful satire with earnest praise.
A rustic poem sequence ponders spring rain, wild geese, and divine guidance as the speaker longs for inspiration. It shifts to farmyard life with hens, worms, robins, cardinals, and a sneezing, bareheaded moment, ending with a cricket chorus.
Stringtown letters report Mrs J J Wich and Mrs J J Rich visiting, plus local families like the Graber and Widmer households. Readers note spellings contests participants Kathryn Widmer Oletha Widmer, illness of Mrs Noah Widmer, and neighbors Rex Swan Paul Masts and the Wenger family visiting Washington and Burlington communities.
The church schedules its annual congregational meeting for Tuesday evening April 16 at 8 o clock. The regular meeting of VV. BOW members is set for Tuesday evening April 20. The Ladies Aid will meet Thursday at 2 with Mrs Albert Wehr. The V E W auxiliary School of Instruction at Mt Pleasant has been postponed indefinitely.
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