This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1932
Page
4
Today’s Bible Thought reflects on Psalm 51 10 urging a clean heart and renewed spirit. The devotional emphasizes inner renewal and steadfast faith for readers.
A speaker recalls measuring self by the garden wall among hollyhocks. Blossoms rise overhead as fingers reach the highest green buds with red lining, signaling moving from childhood toward womanhood.
The piece argues tariff policy splits parties during campaigns but in Congress lawmakers align with home constituencies. It asserts both parties back a bipartisan tariff bill for different appeals and predicts lawmakers will continue to serve district interests after elections.
The Hawley Smoot tariff is shown to protect agriculture as imports of 73 major farm commodities declined last year. Commodities with higher protection include cattle hogs butter wheat corn eggs milk and more.
The Hawley Smoot tariff raised import barriers in 1930 31 and cut the value of imported agricultural goods by more than 350 million dollars. Prices for cattle beef corn and wheat show higher domestic prices versus foreign markets indicating tariff protection to U S farmers.
Edward C. Stone reports from the United Business Service that though most industry and trade indicators still decline, ten factors point to rapid improvement. These include aid to railroads and banks from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, flexible Federal Reserve actions, voluntary wage cuts, fewer bank suspensions, more reopenings, lower hoarding, higher bond prices, stable commodity prices, Ford production restarting, and progress in balancing the national budget with better Wagland conditions.
Dr George Rockwell recalls a Friday ether anesthesia that lasted until Tuesday. Surgeons led by Dr Crawford worked in shifts removing 87 gallstones with one flaw, paying cash and a future allowance that covered stomach trouble X rays and a colored enlargement.
A compact note explains common English usage errors and mispronunciations. It defines desuetude as a state of disuse and cites the line Many words have fallen into desuetude to illustrate the term.
A column mixes candid social vignettes and humorous roasts about fashion costs and early toil. It features a playful exchange with Mary Jane, anecdotes about etiquette, mischief in church, and a dab of classic city life humor including a mule joke and light verse.
The Fortnightly Club Drama department will meet at 7 30 PM Monday April 18 at 404 East Washington Street home of Mrs George Freshwater. Pythian Past Chief Circle and Past Noble Grand Circle also set Monday meetings with specified hostesses. Young women missionary society meets at the homes of Mrs Thora Reynolds and Mrs Nora Marsh.
The E. O. W. club meets with Mrs. Russell Bell Tuesday April 19 at 7 30. Royal Neighbors meet Tuesday at 8 at Woodman hall. Fortnightly Club American Home dept section two meets Tuesday April 19 at Mrs A Speer. Pythian Sisters meet Tuesday 7 30. SAT West Chester P T A Last meeting for the year Tuesday April 13 7 30 with election and exhibit. Daughters of Union Veterans April party at Mrs W S Kyle 210 N 2nd Ave Tuesday 7 30.
The American Legion Auxiliary holds a 2 PM meeting on Wednesday April 20. Snowball Social club gathers with Mrs Sam Munson for an old fashioned event and white elephant exchange. The Pythian Circle meets with Mrs Chas Hebner in an old fashioned costume party. Sunshine Community club postpones to April 27. Kolah club meets with Mrs D Quin. Iowa City Jessamine Chapter 135 invites Washington chapter for an April 20 8 PM meeting where Malta Chapter 415 Cedar Rapids will present the work.
Members urged to attend the Fortnightly Club general meeting in the east room of the Y at 2 30 with officer elections. Kings Heralds meet at the church at 4. Chapter 1 PBE o meeting at 7 30 with Mrs Carl Roberts.
The Women’s Home Missionary society of the Methodist church of West Chester will meet with Mrs Walter Boyer on Friday April 22. Members should come prepared to answer roll call with two convention topics that interested them most.
The Alma Hearne Holland Missionary society schedules a quilt exhibit at the M E church on Thursday April 21. A K C dance is planned for Tuesday with all invited. The Wellston Serial club postponed until later. In Independence Iowa an auto crash kills three people including J P Cruse from Chippewa Falls and occupants Genevieve Zimmerman and George Norney.
Community members urge a philanthropic effort to paint all homes by June first as Washington seeks help. They express pride in the new Washington State bank and celebrate its name with a hopeful salute.
Grinnell Iowa April 18 President John Scholte Nollen of Grinnell College argues in a letter to Senator Reed Smoot that lawmakers should consider cutting salaries of high officials by a third if budget reductions demand it. He cites a 34 percent cut in the Senate bill to the Bureau of Education and warns the proposal would derail vital studies on school financing and harm teacher training programs nationwide.
Supt J H Peet releases the list of teachers for next year. All are reelected and expect to sign contracts. only Florence Peterson is not returning. The document also lists many junior college and high school staff across departments and buildings.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.