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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1938
Page
4
A 1938 Bible Thought cites Psalms 16 11 and warns that in the United States the widening gap between central government and powerful business interests threatens social responsibility as hate grows. Sir Herbert Genp notes the social structure quakes on the edge of democracy.
The article portrays Douglas Corrigan as the witty "other way non stop" flier celebrated as the king elect of the Corrigan gang. It lauds his clean character, modesty, and common sense while noting his aspiration to fly the Atlantic like Lindbergh and his claim that the voyage was an unintentional mistake.
The piece imagines John Adams observing 1938 campaigns and costly state spending. It argues taxpayers bear the burden, living standards fall, and temporary fixes have become chronic. It calls for a party to insist on fiscal restraint and a “sweat cure” for citizens and leaders alike.
The narrator recalls Douglas Corrigan receiving a compass from admirers and jokes about truth from relatives. Lowell Thomas cites an uncle who allegedly said Corrigan never lied, while another says “TJ never knew Douglas to lie.” The piece notes the Atlantic flight mystery remains unresolved but entertaining.
The Carl Jarrard family departs for a vacation in Washington state visiting Ben Jarrard and other en route sites. Hotle will tend farm duties in their absence. Local notes also mention Girls Guild activities, house guests Edith and Ruth Burger, and a social benefiting the Mission circle treasury.
The phrase describes Deseret as the land of the honeybee, with the term drawn from the Book of Mormon to define its identity. The reference links a settler era label to a religious scripture concept used in early Utah lore.
A store visit ends with George McDaniel meeting Iowa Governor Kraschel and realizing the mistaken identity. Onlookers recount Dave Elder’s bee sting reaction at the golf course and a filling station remark about an IWW customer. An office grouch quips that night owls cannot keep up with day eagles.
A short anonymous verse defines success as praise for others, doing one’s best, and choosing restraint over hurtful speech. It champions politeness, sympathy, loyalty, courage, patience, laughter, prayer, and resilience in all of life.
A humorous exchange on whether Englishmen use American slang. The speaker notes some do and cites a daughter’s London wedding with a duke cabled invitation. Contributed by J. C. B.
A short sighted man chased a hat blown by strong wind. A nearby woman from a home calls out. He replies that he is retrieving his hat, but she corrects him that he is pursuing their black hen.
A collage of school jokes and quips on law and history with lines about Magna Carta rights, Henry VIII, English crowns, cheerful misstatements, and a courtroom tale. Includes puns about optimists and pessimists, octopuses, and an aviator
A terse chatty blurb ends a day described as chaotic with little further interaction tonight. The author asks if readers ever have such a day and signs off abruptly.
In Buffalo the Beadle brothers Erastus and Irwin founded Youth's Casket and Home Monthly before moving to New York to publish dime books. They partnered with Robert Adams and built Beadle and Company turning out the Pocket and Half-Dime Librarys. The firm shaped American youth literature with moral villains and virtuous triumphs. Irwin Beadle left in 1862, Adams died in 1866, and Erastus led the business to 1889 before retiring with a fortune.
The article credits Sara Josepha Hale editor of Godey's Lady's Book as the driving force behind making Thanksgiving a nationwide holiday. After 17 years of petitions to presidents and governors, Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving in 1863. Hale also authored Mary Had a Little Lamb and advanced women’s professional dignity and domestic science.
Report notes Chile spans about 250 miles at its widest point, highlighting a key geographic measure. No dates or events provided.
Hot August days inspire designers to show cool frocks. Margaret Lindsay wears a white tulle dance frock with silver embroidery and broad shoulders. Olivia de Havilland repeats color with cotton and taffeta, red ground, black and white figures, and a flaring skirt. Anita Louise dances in pale striped taffeta, square neckline, puffed sleeves, and narrow velvet wrist ribbons.
Keota based drum corps led by E C Pulver with A L Richardson R H Teetes and Rodney Arnold joins Muscatine and Washington players. The unit traces roots to Civil War drummer I L Pulver and performs rudimental drumming famed across Iowa. They will march in Davenport Legion parade playing Hell on the Wabash Old Assembly and The Downfall of Paris.
The piece notes that visiting the moon involves extreme temperatures from 100 degrees below zero to intense heat, with no air to breathe after traveling 239,000 miles, as a humorous take from Western Newspaper Union.
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