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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1935
Page
4
The message emphasizes defending the poor and fatherless and doing justice for the afflicted and needy citing Psalms 82 3. A brief daily reflection to encourage compassion and social concern within the community.
The speaker argues temptation builds Christian character while condemning reckless living. He portrays young men roaming sinfully at night as fools unfit for decent companionship, urging harsh corrective measures and moral restraint.
The piece discusses the British French proposal to end the Italy Ethiopia war and Ethiopia’s surrender terms. It questions whether nations will risk war or impose an embargo to force Italy’s defeat and suggests Britain and France fear Mussolini’s wider implications.
The piece questions the availability and purpose of machine guns, noting alleged Chicago gang centers renting guns for 25 per day and implicating killers in Minneapolis murders. It argues for government control or prohibition of manufacture and sale, with severe penalties for misuse, citing the deadly combination of machine guns and fast cars.
The author debates how to enforce peace among nations, proposing either strengthening the League of Nations or forming a powerful federation. Historical examples like the Boxer rebellion are cited to show concerted action can impose terms without war at home. The piece wonders if a global police force could maintain order in the future.
Funeral services for Mrs. J T Risk were held Saturday at Sherman’s funeral home with Dr B F Schwartz of the Methodist church in charge. Burial followed in Brighton cemetery with pallbearers John Squire Gilbert Alliman J E Wells Emerson Krabill George Leebs and L N Hilary.
Patrons submitted just three entries in eight days, one per prize. On the ninth day the mail bag overflows with Santa letters, so the column will run a few more days before announcing prize winners.
A December 12 1935 letter from a young farm girl to Santa Claus asks for gifts for her cousins and hints at leaving a lunch and door unlocked due to chimney concerns. She offers cats to anyone who wants them but asks Santa not to leave a cat for her.
A humorous plea to Santa from Ann O M a id requesting a husband and material for the By the Way column at the Evening Journal in Washington Iowa. She suggests leaving jokes and contest ideas at the Journal office and hopes for gifts to share with readers. The letter blends whimsy with a wish for companionship and ongoing column content.
A nostalgic Christmas note expresses desire for a red sled and a bow for a sister. The writer asks not to be scolded and to remember them in prayers, signing farewell with gratitude and a hint of holiday longing.
The narrator Rozy Glasses Friday Dee asks for a pair of Rose Specktickles to avoid noticing changes at home. She comments on her father’s thinning hair and white edges, ashes on stoves and floors from fires, and footprints on scrubbed porches. The speaker notes pa wears her reading glasses.
Kaybee Store contributes used garments from a special trade in sale. Clothes including overcoats dresses and suits will be distributed to local charity via the Goodfellows and county welfare office with Ruby Dankwardt coordinating. John Lemmon, chairman of the Goodfellows committee, to assist in planning distribution.
Everett Chance of Washington, taken to Wapello by Sheriff George Oakes, denies involvement in the Rock Island freight station robbery in Columbus Junction Friday night. Oakes says Chance was with three others earlier but left before the crime. Arrested co-defendants Tom Dewees Clarence Chance and Merle Walter Dewees were sent to Muscatine jail. Walter Walker held at Wapello.
Archaeologists propose that the white gypsum sand mounds at White Sands National Monument New Mexico formed from Indlar camp fires. The theory suggests fire-induced blowing and dune shaping created the distinctive mounded features observed on the monument grounds.
Funeral services for Mrs. L. P. Jackson were held Saturday afternoon at the L. A. Jones funeral home. Dr. F. W. Eastwood conducted the service with pallbearers Will Embree Harry Dusenbery E. K. Nevins P. J. Hoover E. F. Bauer and Frank Ross. Burial followed in the West Chester cemetery.
Nutty Nell signs a playful card thanking friends for kindness during illness. She jokes about improving with new stockings and books of poems and silk hose, asking for fashionable items as gifts in a lighthearted, whimsical note.
Expression of gratitude from L. P. Jackson Mabel Plummer and Ed Jackson for caring in West Chester and vicinity after the death of their wife and mother. They note the beauty and fragrance of flowers and the kindness of old friends and neighbors.
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