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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1933
Page
4
Today offers a reflection on God's wonderful love from John 3 16 highlighting belief in Jesus as the path to everlasting life. The message emphasizes divine sacrifice and eternal salvation as core Christian teaching for readers.
A poem recalls a private dinner between lovers set against a backdrop of summer heat and social pretense. The speakers skewer how shared silence and polite topics shield deeper feelings, leaving distance as a barrier as their bond drifts apart.
Washington observers note the Mahaska county lake near Oskaloosa has begun with the first dirt moved by state dignitaries amid a large crowd. The project aims for a 60 to 80 acre lake with a dam about 1900 feet long and a 30 to 33 foot deep headwater, forming a good fishing lake and camping park. The article suggests Washington as the next Iowa county eligible for a lake if requirements are met and urges continued local support.
Lieutenant Governor Kraschel led the ceremony for a Mahaska county dam project praising its wider value. He outlined plans for conserving national resources, expanding cattle ranges, and improving streams with timbered shores to curb erosion. Washington county seeks a lake nearby and local officials push for a state park via a reforestation camp and soundings for a Dutch Creek township site.
By The Way notes a lively crowd at the circus with praise for the side show Barker who impressed a reader. NRA poster joke and neighborhood chatter follow in a light, gossiping column style with local figures and playful sketches.
At the Chicago World's Fair a Days of 49 reenactment in Gold Gulch features a violent ambush and sheriff posse saving the bullion office, echoing 1849 mining camp law and order. The exhibit includes dance halls, Fandango, and Far o games in a Bret Harte atmospher e.
The piece contrasts modern heat safety gains with earlier hardships under the Old Deal. It credits improvements in wages, housing, food, health, and summer recreation for fewer heat fatalities and urges continuing support without harming the poor.
STRINGTOWN correspondent notes multiple social visits in Iowa. Edd Widmer family travels from Priday to near Manson for relatives, others host Sunday dinners, and several locals join a picnic in Iowa City honoring Harry Wenger. Additional trips include visits to Milford Nebraska and the Century of Progress in Chicago.
A column opens with a misogyny riff about preferring male company and financial woes. It then lauds Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White as the greatest mystery in English. A brief zoological aside wonders why monkeys seem funny due to their resemblance to humans.
A tourist barges into a village shop ordering oil petrol spark plugs a five gallon can and pie tins. The clerk invites assembly in the back room and the scene blends local humor with chatter about making news where the font page will carry the item spelled correctly.
The International Fixed Calendar would create 13 equal months of four weeks each with Year Day before January 1 as an extra day. The plan includes a fixed leap structure and assigns a Faster period to April, reshaping the yearly cycle.
The White Oak threshing ring held an ice cream supper at the Car Daering home last Tuesday evening with about 65 attendees. Homemade ice cream and cake drew hearty praise as townsfolk shared in the event and visits among neighbors continued throughout the day.
Mrs John Wenger entertained in Wayland with a pink and white miscellany shower for niece and cousin Doris Mowery of Ottumwa Iowa, soon to wed Irwin Rich. Guests from Ottumwa Washington Crawfordsville Morning Sun and local towns attended. announcements included the August 12 1933 wedding date and a brides book with useful advice.
Mrs Harley Rhea entertained the Jolly farm club at her Crawfordsville home with eight members and two visitors. Secretary Esther Orris resigns, Laura Young elected as new secretary. A basket dinner for Esther planned at the park. Ice cream and wafers served to close. Visitors Jeannette Wooley and Mrs F M Wood announced. Lafe Finke and Bonnie Lou visited Winfield relatives. Farrel Young and sons Jimmie and Richard return from Kansas.
Margaret Morgan returned home from Des Moines after visiting relatives. Des Moines traveler Oo W. Schmitter visited Ot tumwa on business. H. H. Butler and daughters from Des Moines spent the weekend with P. B. Johnson. The Richland and Woolson Friends churches presented a play The Lost Church to a large audience at Rublo Friends church. George Nef and Ina of Fairfield visited L B Hanan family. C E Morgan hosted relatives J M Lemon and four children from Coffeyville Kansas plus Sol Wenger Clark Wenger Arthur Wenger Milo Wenger and A W Gruey of North English. Omer Long and Jake Rudolph ended threshing season at the Morgan farm with oats and timothy seed near average yield. Local boys camped in Morgan timber. heavy rain ended trip in damp conditions. Campers included Kenneth and Carrol Steinbeck Keith and Kermit Steinbeck Milford Bond Harold Coffman John Morgan Dean Schmitter Keith and Rodney Hanan.
The record shows a long rise in immigration from 70 years totaling about 1,000,000 to a peak in 1907 with 1,286,000 arrivals. Irish and German migrants surged after Ireland's 1847 famine, driving the later influx.
Mrs Cora Teeter Dunsmore spoke at the Rotary noonday luncheon on her thesis aboutPercival Pollard writer critic and his Washington state heritage. She traced Pollard and family ties to the city noting his early fame and connections with Ambrose Bierce and Richard Mansfield before Pollard died of pneumonia and was buried in Elm Grove cemetery.
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