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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1940
Page
4
A thought on Psalm 66 22 urging reliance on God as the world faces Germanys threat and possible Trojan horse sabotage while noting tax and school funding concerns. The piece contrasts rising taxes with lagging teacher salaries and warns against blaming schools for financial pressures.
The Storm Lake Pilot Tribune defends its Chamber of Commerce and service clubs against a Spencer Reporter critique. It contrasts Storm Lake’s decade of industry and payroll projects with Spencer’s lack of service clubs, urging readers to compare contributions.
The article notes Arctic cap melting at about a mile per year since glacial times, suggesting climate shifts explain Missouri like rainfall patterns and drought trends. It warns forests face drought fire risk and urges vacationers to guard matches and review insurance coverage with agents before disasters strike.
A vivid portrait describes Beethoven as short and stocky with a ruddy face and wild hair. The piece recalls his clumsy stage mishaps including toppling candlesticks, crashing a piano, and an audience’s amused reaction before ending with a tease about tomorrow’s feature on a celebrated American composer.
The verse greets the arrival of friends and daily companionship with lines inviting warmth and welcome. The speaker expresses patience and longing, inviting Brother Sunshine and Sister Cheer to walk right in and share in the companionship offered by kindness and gladness.
A collection of quips and reflections on willpower, ambition, and humor. A Washington businessman praises good humor as evidence of health or sense, and a scientist defines life as metabolic activity of protoplasm. The tone blends aphorisms with light satire.
Mrs Brown attends a mannequin parade with her husband and an evening gown at the show catches her eye. She hopes he will buy it for their party next Saturday as the model smiles in the display.
A humorous dialogue features a wife mockingly accusing her husband of visiting a sick friend while he quips that if his hand had been the sick friend's, he would have profited. The cartoonish scene comments on men’s shirts rising in price and market satire about economic trends.
Betty Burt of Ainsworth will be the new instructor at Living Lake school for the coming year. She will board with the Birneys and Eliza Stafford family as local notices recount visits and community events in LIVING LAKE dated April 17. The piece notes local gatherings, farm activity, and remarks on freeze impacts and gardening.
Pleasant Hill residents rally in a long running letters column with notes from Mrs. Karl Kephart. Readers report visits from Ed Simmering and many local families with social calls, baby news, and weekend gatherings across Washington, Sigourney, Keota, and nearby farms.
Crawfordsville society items list visits from Robert McGee of Oelwein and Wendell Voss plus relatives in Iowa City Columbus Junction Newton and Davenport. Mrs J C Wooley recovering after surgery in Columbia Mo. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church plans a bake sale next Saturday at 2 PM.
The Clay Ladies Social club held a spring luncheon at Mrs. Sylvia Meachum's home on April 17 with Mrs. Carrie Dickinson assisting. A playlet led by Mrs. Hulda Baxter and Mrs. Mary Turnipseed followed. the Clay Ladies Missionary society met with Mrs. Lulu Walcott on April 11. Reverend Barber, Miss Frances Meacham and Mrs. Morgan attended Denmark association meeting. A. J. Morgan returned from Somerton, Arizona, with his daughter Mrs. Wrumbo.
A compiled page lists diverse local firms with April anniversaries including Stewart & Crane 1937 Pioneer Drug Star 1930s and Washington State Bank 1928 among many others. The entries show names and April years spanning 1920s to 1989 reflecting area business history.
GRACEHILL April 17 Mr and Mrs Nelson Woodford entertained a pinochle group Saturday evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Myron Burroughs Mr and Mrs Harold Klopfenstein Mr and Mrs Paul Harvey Mr and Mrs Dan Boone Mr and Mrs Raymond Graf Mr and Mrs John Hough Mr and Mrs Ralph Chorpening.
The Canadian Pacific railway sold a 15 feet 11 inch ticket, the company's longest ever. It was issued to Miss Alice Johnston, an English lecturer, for her lecture tour across Canada.
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