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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1940
Page
4
A reader laments Washington's exclusive social circles and urges individuals to reach out to newcomers. The piece compares practical friendliness to a broader critique of social indifference and calls for neighborly outreach across blocks. It also touches on political trends and concerns over Communist influence in America.
A devotional line asserts steadfastness before God, proclaiming willingness to bear chastisement and seek guidance for unknowing sins, citing Job 34:31. The fragment hints at personal repentance and hope for divine teaching.
A collage of old notes and verse pieces includes a teacher’s remark about a student Betty, a father’s note urging a meeting, Mt Holyoke 1837 rules on women’s duties, a gypsy fortune teller joke, a dedication line, and a poem about seeking a wife who can bake, all reflecting changing social norms and literary humor.
A speaker extols mothers over college teaching in cooking noting that formal instruction weighs ingredients precisely while a mother improvises with intuition. The poem contrasts scientific methods with practical kitchen speed and skill, praising maternal know-how in a humorous critique.
A fragment list of April anniversaries with year markers for various firms and a garbled verse and prose piece mentioning a prison warden and a suggestive party idea. The text blends business names with scattered dates and literary fragments, lacking a clear single news event.
A clipped fragment notes a discussion on meek inheriting the earth and a contested will in Tampa Florida as reported by a Tribune fragment. The source text is incomplete with garbled phrasing and missing specifics.
April 17 notes from Sandy Hook report local happenings. Taylor Stout suffers a sore eye from a weed injury while W Tucker drives a new tractor and C Farrier shows a new plow and tractor. Families and friends visit at Farrier Palm Gordon Thompson and Hesseltine homes amid rain and club day disappointments.
A New York editorial argues for Wheeler Lea style reform to save railroads from annihilation by airlines buses and trucks. It contends reorganization without junking securities can create jobs raise tax revenue and stabilize the industry while reducing regulations and boosting competition.
George Frederick Root 1820 1895 a versatile American composer excelled in sentimental ballads hymns and war songs Best known Civil War pieces include Tramp Tramp Tramp Just Before the Battle Mother The Vacant Chair and The Battle Cry of Freedom Root wrote the Battle Cry after Lincoln 1862 call for troops Lombard sisters singers promoted the song in Chicago that evening Lincoln thanked Root for the patriotic tune Tomorrow: A persevering Russian
Sioux City report says George Williams, janitor at city hall, won his fight for inclusion in the police pension eligibility list. District Judge Miles A. Newby ordered City Treasurer C. A. Carlson to deduct 1 percent of Williams salary for the pension fund. The pension board opposed Williams eligibility claim on the
A strong melodrama follows Judy Wingate a factory girl framed by her mother for murder. Sent to prison she finds the harsh world there oddly offers more hope than her prior life. Reporter Wynne Gibson and stars Louie Platt and Leinstint Woods headline a tense crime focused tale.
The subject was discharged from the police department fifteen years ago, one year after appointment.
Review notes Barbara Pepper’s strong performance in a light comedy with Nipper the trained dog contributing notably to the humorous tone.
Merrimac notes recount visits among Beese Reschleys Smiths Cooks Cooks Crile and Nicole families. Julius Crile is reported not well while others spend Sunday with relatives including Zears Wellingtons Wieneke and Burger households.
Professor William Reuter of Westminster College argues that men outperform women in intelligence based on tests. He cites that women rarely achieve success through their own abilities and that men have historically defeated women in many fields, possibly due to a larger masculine brain.
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