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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1936
Page
7
Today's Bible Thought for Friday December 11 1936 urges inner reflection with Luke 17 21 and credits Dorothy Canfield Fisher on the coming century's art as teaching to mold human potential through beauty and harmony despite limits.
The piece outlines ideals for teachers including physical vitality mental vigor moral discrimination wholesome personality helpfulness knowledge and leadership. It notes public demands a strong scholastic preparation and college or normal training but warns that starting salaries may be low with typical annual pay challenging to meet.
The piece criticizes low wages for workers while praising attributes like physical vitality mental vigor moral discrimination wholesome personality helpfulness knowledge leadership and similar traits as if they compensate for wage inadequacy. It frames the notion as inconceivable for many people and hints at social values shaping labor expectations.
In New York Bishop Manning denounces anti Jewish prejudice as anti Christian and calls for unwavering tolerance and peace. He warns Europe’s “fetid breath” of intolerance and war, urging Americans to resist fascism and communism while defending liberty for all beliefs.
In a critique from El Paso World News the piece argues duplication of government work raises costs and hinders recovery. It notes promises to streamline federal, state, and local bureaus, urging action to reduce leakage of public funds and avoid repeating past pledges that failed to deliver.
Tomorrow brings the largest edition of By Ways for 1937 to the Journal. It features fifty six pages of selections from the column over the past two years including jokes poems wisecracks and some local scandal about several residents.
The By Ways are on sale at Nicola and Harmons McDaniel Drug Store Phillips and Hebner and the Evening Journal. Louis Jones believes he wears a popular overcoat after Pat Reynolds traded coats with him in the North Side Cafe and N A Hay freen had a similar mistake at the YMCA.
A fragment notes a young author and a married rounder with lines about art in telling a story and the inevitability of truth. The remarks touch on silence, experience, and what is left unsaid in narrative.
Short moral maxims urging personal growth and diligence. Emphasizes self effort over lineage, performance over complaint, and mental cleanliness for longevity. Contributed by Mrs. A. J. Morgan of Clay.
A man recalls his low mood kept him unemployed while learning to cook. His wife then found steady work and proved essential to the business, so he becomes the housekeeper and she brings home the bacon.
A landlord discovers the plaster has already fallen, leaving no material to further drop as a tenant’s complaints end. A short tale frames a tele phone girl’s persistence against a crumbling building.
A Washington man suggests delaying snow shoveling and letting the fire go out to fool neighbors into thinking he is absent. He claims this test shows how his wife reacts, though he admits his own wife did not fare well in the test.
George Freshwaters allegedly locked Dean Harland Mead and Miss Elizabeth Erwin in the high school safe during a weekday event. Principal Della Patton reportedly faced a shock when she opened the safe to reveal its two occupants. An orchestral concert scene follows with a heckler and a bassist under scrutiny.
Bill Sloat, Mangold's radio repairman, received a letter with a Cleanest City in Town address. The piece condemns drunken driving with a safety council slogan and notes hazards on the road from an intoxicated motorist. It ends with a quip about Arctic eating habits and candles.
Rubio residents recount a close call when six high school girls from Rubio traveling to Richland by car were blocked near the C. M. St. Paul crossing. The car was damaged but all escaped unharmed. A community meeting followed at the school house. Local ladies attended the Kensington event at Valentine Fleig's home and held a Christmas exchange.
Gracehill residents gather at Asahel Robertson home for a farewell party for Guy Brown and family before moving to Mountain View Missouri. Attendees include Guy Brown wife and sons DeWayne Roger and Hubert along with several local families and children.
The Lester Small family turned from their trip on Monday and were seen with Gus Strum Wade Page C Chapman and Mrs Blanche with Francine and Mrs John Williams at 7 Robertson along with Mr and Mrs Al Robertson Dale and Chef Ann.
Lumber experts compare termite damage as a minor factor to destruction from rust decay and other physical and chemical changes affecting building materials.
Charles Crandal of Brighton spent Friday night and Saturday with his sister Mrs. Stanley Baird. The article notes visits and gatherings including the Brotherhood banquet at the Presbyterian church and various social events with neighbors and relatives in Verdi and surrounding areas.
The excerpt portrays a tailor described as always mathematically exact, reproducing even the faults of any item he is asked to copy. The lines emphasize precision and fidelity as defining traits of his craft.
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