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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1946
Page
4
A 1946 editorial cites Proverbs 16 32 noting that governing one's own spirit is rarer than conquering cities. It urges self mastery as a virtue in leadership and daily conduct.
A column argues against one track thinking citing Washington Lincoln Edison and others as multi faceted. It criticizes price ceilings for land and warns against bureaucratic control while noting varied views on postwar policy. The piece touches on education lynching and public activity programs. Columbus Gazette Dixie Dugan.
A man attempted suicide by inhaling gas, waking the next morning unharmed due to an open window, then a cigarette sparked an explosion that critically injured him. He survived briefly to recount the event, with a grim moral about air and gas.
A light exchange recalls a father telling his son his childhood goal was to wear long pants. He now proudly claims no one in the country wears longer pants than he does, inviting a challenge from others.
A wife attends a lecture titled A Smiling Face Wins Through and decides to change her nagging behavior. The next morning she greets her husband with a beaming smile, leaving him dumbfounded at the door.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a distressed speaker muttering about a collapsing scene and a woman with lockjaw. A neighbor laments a troubled marriage, noting a husband with no vices yet a strained home life and a comical digression about smoking habits and dog ownership.
A timid remark at a splendid dinner reveals class tension when a guest whispers awful pause and a wife answers with a pointed retort about her labor after the washtub. The exchange highlights social snobbery and judgment in a single evening scene.
A performer or intruder addressed patrons in a nightclub with a chilling line asking those in favor of leaving alive to raise their hands. The incident created a tense moment and raised questions about security and safety in the venue.
Noble August 1. The Peter Widmer and John Graber families held a reunion at the W. J. Graber home on Sunday July 28. Attendees included Jacob Widmer and other relatives.
A large gathering of Widmer and Graber families from Wayland Washington Muscatine and nearby towns shared a basket dinner then hosted ice cream and coffee. They bid farewell to Glen Graber who sails for China as a relief worker after discharge from the C P S unit at Duke Hospital.
The article advises using pine sassafras cedar or bass wood for kindling. It stresses the need for well seasoned wood kept in a dry place to produce quick hot fires.
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