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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1935
Page
4
The entry quotes Exodus 20 12 urging honoring parents as a path to long life. It adds a Lincoln note praising property as fruit of labor and a spur to industry and enterprise. The piece pairs religious counsel with a proto capitalist line about wealth and motivation.
Washington D C is cited as the deadliest automobile city in the United States for traffic deaths. The report also notes about 6000 traffic tickets were fixed in recent months by influential people, shielding violators from penalties. It describes Washington as a law enforcement center with ongoing dark doings on its back streets.
A newspaper note reports an attorney has been appointed to investigate the motives of the grand jury in Woodbury County amid ongoing vice inquiries. The item ponders who will scrutinize the motives of the appointing authorities and hints at broader calls for congressional inquiry into the Supreme Court’s recent declaration.
A short polemic ridicules female claims of superiority while praising David Hipple of Elgin Illinois who won first prize in a Cook County fair home made jam contest against 100 women competitors. The piece urges men to endure insults and toil to prove worth, citing Hipple’s success as vindication of masculine labor.
A Colorado field worker reports a fast-moving object that struck ground nearby and left a half-pound chunk of molten material. Scientists suggest a distant space shot, possibly from Mars, implying space rocks occasionally reach Earth and burn up on entry.
The Brighton Enterprise notes a July forecast from Frank Macon in Washington claiming corn stalks on Chalupa field reach thirty five feet and bears are seen in the SE corner. The piece calls for investigation of Macon’s unreliability. Also includes wedding humor by Ann Noely Wedd and light verse.
Dayton Grove Aug 12 guests included Alvin Mattison Lyn Jean Lucile Dewis Maxine Grim from Iowa City and others visiting Mr and Mrs Ivan Enfield. Local social notes list trips family visits and a nursing student in St Paul with several residents attending. Moody Canott Des Moines uncle death is noted with funeral at Wellman.
Henrietta Hull is visiting Omaha this week accompanied by her sister Josephine. The sisters are seen touring local sites and meeting residents during their stay in the city.
Interested parties are asked to attend a meeting at Neyserhire Cemetery to discuss officers planning improvements and the sale. The text references Mindieburgh and a local gas company president, with garbled quotes about upholding light and a charge.
A child recalls his father’s hard work as a watchman for six watchmen. A political quip from the Indianapolis News quotes two politicians debating graft and a hypothetical graft free state.
West Chester on August 10 features W. E. Auten a former rural mail carrier renewing acquaintances. His family moved twelve years ago to Oskaloosa while Auten now works on the Everett West farm. Maurice Kauer and his three daughters conclude their visit, and Kauer plans to meet a neighbor girl in Kansas City on the return. Elwood Kleese hosts four schoolmates and neighbors stop by. Dorothy Ferguson and Betty Reif bring glad ioli. Mrs. Rohrer of Iowa Southern Utility calls, and Elsie Bratten from Washington works in the area Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Bernice Benson and Ruth Sigmond return home after visiting Ruth’s aunt in North English.
The article notes nine congress members who follow in their fathers' footsteps. It lists three senators and six representatives including Hamilton Fish Jr New York Robert L Bacon Old Westbury NY Paul J Kvale Benson Minn James W Wadsworth Geneseo NY Martin Dies Orange Tex William B Bankhead Jasper Ala Robert La Follette Jr Wisconsin Bennett Champ Clark Missouri John Bankhead Alabama and mentions Phil La Follette as Wisconsin governor.
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