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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
12
Scripture from Proverbs 3 5 6 appears as a devotional text for Thursday December 10 1936. The piece emphasizes trusting in the Lord with all heart and not relying on own understanding while acknowledging him in all ways to guide paths.
A nostalgic Christmas verse invites a welcome home and big smiles as bells ring across the snow. The speaker beckons to sing ancient songs of Bethlehem and spread peace on earth, asking for an end to greed and strife and for every heart to be glad.
A book of poems titled Gypsy Feet by Edna Bacon Morrison is reviewed, highlighting its graceful verse and themes of common life. The Seattle Way section recounts a Seattle labor dispute narrative showing harsh union tactics, driver checks, and wage claims impacting farm produce shipments and unloading practices.
Mrs Morrison's compilation of her best poems is available at the Nicola and Harmon store. Her friends in the Washington community will be interested in seeing the edition, as she notes teaching a child to pray as a simple aim.
If your wife won’t listen to reason try a fur coat. We’re safe from chaos so long as everybody expects it. With few exceptions the harder the work the smaller the pay. We cheer our friends by reciting our troubles to them. Deep in every human breast is the instinct to do worthwhile work. The prospect of modeling a perfect world seems increasingly remote. The price of peace at home comes high but it’s better than sniping and sulking.
The column notes Christmas cheer from Shavings Betty and the Andersons, plus a Wayland girl who found a dollar and drew four calls from people who shot dollar bills. Howard Hazen reports a rooster balancing oddly on a bumper near Sigourney, a humorous aside amid a string of light, chatty items and notices contributed by Shavings.
A collage of anecdotes and poems. Betty Lewis Warren tries to get Judith Rae to call her mother, Judy answers with Mrs. Lewis Warren, and a short poem by Ella Anderson imagines ancient Egypt and nomads.
Mrs Pete Gerot hosts a mixed bridal shower for Mrs Robert Gerot with five euchre tables, prize winners Bessie Prehoda and Robert Tobin, lunch served, and gifts displayed. Attendees include Leona Frank and many Gerot family members at East Highland.
The speaker laments a hypothetical era in which time and distance may have separated them from a beloved figure. They imagine life across ages and fear missing the person by a thousand years, expressing awe at the breadth of history and their own chances to meet.
A column mocks street chatter with a string of quick quips. A colored soldier jokes about K P duties while peeling potatoes and a man silences another with a whispered refusal to give the time.
A brief dialogue line presents a pun on the name Bowen by asking Do you know Bown and Bowen who and answering with Bowen Arrow.
The Senate finance inquiry paints a tale of high finance as J P Morgan Co and New York bankers move to auction the Van Sweringen empire for 40 million dollars. Indiana manufacturer George A Ball and Cleveland shipowner George A Tomlinson buy assets for 3.121 million and grant the brothers a 10 year option to control the holding company MidAmerica. Ball testifies he kept empire management in the Van Sweringens hands to protect his investment and city interests.
Merrimac reports a weekend of visits with Mr. and Mrs. John F. P. Crile and Mr. and Mrs. Will Brannon as Sunday guests at Elmer Bevhley’s home. John Hyde and others shredded corn for several locals this week. Mrs. Johnnie Baldosier owns a new Dexter washing machine.
The description defines cumulative voting where a holder with 100 shares and five directors to be elected can cast up to 500 votes for any single director or distribute votes among candidates as desired. This method allows concentrated voting power across preferred candidates.
Pleasant Valley women met with Mrs. Albert Saunders last Tuesday afternoon. Twenty one members, one visitor and five children attended. Refreshments were served by hostess Mrs. Harry Mullikin and Miss Dora Saunders. Several residents visited Ottumwa and nearby homes during the week, with horse mishap noted for Albert Saunders. The first winter snowstorm and first zero temperature were recorded, and locals Bruce Fox and family visited Brighton and surrounding homes.
Paraguay’s war from 1865 to 1870 with Brazil Argentina and Uruguay devastates the country. The conflict nearly halves the population and leaves about eleven women for every man across the nation.
A vintage ad claims constipation ages a woman and parades Kellogg's ALL Bran as a gentle cleanser. It urges two tablespoonfuls daily in cereals or cooked dishes, promising a money back guarantee if not satisfactory. Kellogg's Battle Creek production noted.
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