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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1930
Page
4
A brief Bible verse meditation features Psalm verse urging praise to God our strength and a joyful noise to the God of Jacob for Saturday. No local events or names beyond the biblical reference.
The Agricultural Economics section lists Iowa leading the nation in hogs horses poultry eggs and corn oats timothy seed and farm income from animal products cattle and calves hogs poultry and oats and timothy seed values. It notes Iowa ranking second in cattle numbers creamery butter pounds improved farm acres and total farm land value. It also highlights high literacy across the state.
Senator Brookhart quotes Harvard economist Carver praising U S wages living standards and savings, noting immigration limits reduce foreign laughter at America. He argues the country’s prosperity and modern conveniences provoke amusement rather than critique. The speech labels America a very amusing country.
A preacher urges collective effort to praise the good and blot out the bad. Dr Telford, a chiropractor at 307 Bailey Bldg, calls for unity to advance peace and righteousness across society.
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum reflecting on his long visits to Washington. He notes the city has grown with bigger, more beautiful buildings yet retains the same political chatter and lines of talk.
Virginia Chalupa of Washington Iowa recalls an April first classroom prank that left her embarrassed. She describes entering a room to study only to hear classmates yell April fool a moment that stuck with her. The note shows a young reader sharing a personal memory for the Journal's April feature.
A lively reader letter style column discusses Easter, fashion, and small town life. Observations include classroom pranks with seed pods, family anecdotes about moustaches, jokes about Cal Coolidge, and a hopeful wish for Easter eggs and a visit from the Easter bunny. The piece blends humor and community notes from Wayland Iowa.
The article notes Calvin Coolidge spent more years in public office than any president since McKinley. It traces a career from Alderman to City Attorney, Mayor, State Representative, State Senator, Lieutenant Governor, Governor, Vice-president, and finally President, highlighting his slow, stepwise ascent from the bottom of local politics to the nation’s highest office.
A brief quip exchanges between a passer by and a boy about manners and honesty. The boy asserts his mother is stone deaf yet would be amused by the swearing if she could hear it. The humor hinges on a blunt misunderstanding.
Political notice states Pollok J. Wallace announces candidacy for County Sheriff subject to Republican voters June primaries.
Mrs Belle Rice announces her candidacy to succeed herself as County Recorder. She runs in the Republican primaries on June 2, seeking the party’s nomination and hoping to win again.
Walter B Edwards announces candidacy for Sheriff of Washington County subject to Republican primary voters in June. He lists 4518 Sat as contact details and aims to win the party nomination.
William M Gardner born November 27 1854 in McDonough County Illinois died March 4 1930 in Chicago Illinois. He was the seventh of eleven children of James and Eliza Gardner. The family moved to Iowa then Illinois where he worked as a streetcar conductor for 37 years praised as honest kind and faithful. He outlived his daughter Josephine and is buried at Mount Greenwood Cemetery beside her.
Royal Holbrook from Iowa State College at Ames will lecture on Corn Cobbs and Corn Stalks in Keota High School auditorium Monday night April 21. The Keota Chamber of Commerce funds the event with a 6:30 banquet at the Methodist church dining room and expects 75 to 100 attendees. The lecture, free to the public, follows a Chamber banquet served by Camp Fire girls led by Mrs. Lola Gilbert. Also noted: W L Palmer and Oren Palmer buy Zimmer man Produce in Kinross rebranding as Quality Coal and Feed with Charles Wagamon as manager. summer ice delivery planned.
A collage of quips notes a shoplifter slipping through a crowd of women shoppers and escaping. A lit society hears a famed speaker politely declines a charity check for a special Ape Fund to fund better lecturers next year.
The snippet lists Carl Kallaus from Ainsworth as first prize and Grant Davis from Washington as second prize in last week’s puzzle. It hints at Ciris’s chance and mentions a new puzzle with corrected image beneath.
The text lists eleven depicted mistakes in an illustration. It notes a man with a rifle beside a woman near a factory and apartment, a railroad sign in a park, a girl in a backwards dress, a seeder with one wheel, a handbag without a handle, a man without a tie, a gun carrier, a keep off the grass sign by a pool, a couple entering a pool, two leaf types on a tree, and a coat pocket placed too low.
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