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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1929
Page
4
The Voice of the Shepherd column dated Tuesday December 3 1920 offers religious reflections and community notes in a period voice. It presents moral exhortations and local faith perspectives characteristic of early 20th century parish publications.
The agriculture department outlines a 74 million dollar road program for 1991 with federal highway aid exceeding 100 million dollars for states including Iowa at 2.0 million. The national plan totals over 2.5 billion dollars with 675 000 road labor jobs, plus flood control funding to aid Mississippi River communities.
County focus shifts to paving and graveling county and township routes. Number 2 paving completed. Number 1 gravelled. Number 161 under grade with paving planned. Wellsman branch nearing finish as state highway plans loom. Town to become among nation’s best paved areas, boosting travel and agriculture pride.
The passage defines voracious as greedy in eating and gives synonyms ravenous and gluttonous. It notes use in a sentence about a child with a voracious appetite and promotes expanding vocabulary by mastering one word each day.
In a cheerful afternoon scene, a local farmer rode through town in a large sleigh adorned with bells on the harnesses, drawing smiles and bringing festive spirit. Residents praised the sound and hoped sleigh bells would trend this season.
A student wearing a cinnamon bear overcoat obstructed view on the highway when Mrs. Em Mects hit a moving van head on. The note questions why a repeatedly losing person is called a good sport.
Des Moines Amer ican Legion post members launch a campaign for a new government hospital to serve world war veterans in or near Des Moines. They cite the Knoxville hospital housing troops from Iowa Missouri Kansas and Nebraska and note more than 200 Iowa veterans are barred from entry due to crowding.
Boston reported Charles Trippi Jr aged 22 was executed in the electric chair at Charles Town state prison after a failed appeal. He died at 12 96 a.m. four minutes after the chair was activated following the fatal shooting of Turnkey Fredrick Peluger during an attempted escape in 1928.
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