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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1934
Page
4
A SAFE INVESTMENT Proverbs 19 17 reminds readers that lending to the poor is lending to the Lord who will repay. The Angelus Song offers a comforting verse about God’s care and the angel's message of peace on earth and goodwill toward men, set in Sandyhook.
A violent mob killed two citizens while attempting to protect a prisoner accused of assaulting a white girl. The piece condemns mob law, cites alcohol-fueled tempers, and notes lasting racial prejudice in the South alongside the liquor problem.
A Native essay interweaves transport ambitions with warnings from Henri Barbusse on imperialism. It argues that a broader US role could ease Central American ties while criticizing the Versailles settlement and Western powers for coercive peace terms. It predicts a new, nearer war driven by imperial motives.
The article outlines a grand transcontinental highway from Alaska to Panama with plans to extend into South America. It notes Mexico’s highway completion Texas to its southern border and Panama’s road progress, plus a proposed 18 foot international highway. Government buys road building materials for Latin America and Central American republics invest about 75 million dollars. It claims a solid concrete Texas to Mexico City road by next summer and mocks Bolivia Paraguay over the Chaco dispute, urging peace through road building.
A mused By the Way column offers seasonal humor and readers’ quips about Christmas and New Year topics. It recalls a Santa scene in Washington with a persistent helper, dips into millinery fashion misunderstandings, and shares light anecdotes about trains, dentistry, naps, and a humorous workplace incident.
Ward School reports a kindergarten Christmas party with cookies jello and decorations. The upper primary and other grades describe gifts exchanges, tree decorating, plays and letters. instructors and students are busy preparing for Friday's Christmas party and vacation activities.
The afternoon event featured a Christmas luncheon, games, and a tree with exchange gifts for the first and second primary classes. Intermediate room students prepared a program with plays, carols, and stories led by Elaine Thomassen and others, ending with Santa Claus and a PTA treat for all.
The Wallace School classmates share holiday plans and pride in a perfect attendance week. Joye Wright joins the kindergarten. thirty nine children attend daily, and decorations are handmade by boys and girls. A Christmas party is planned Friday.
The Kindergarten and third grade students celebrate Christmas with decorated rooms and a tree. Ruth Marcel Michels contributed figures for the manger scene while others sent ecards to the ill Lewis Case. Ardetta Goodwin misses the party due to measles.
Fifth grade pupils helped by Miss Cunningham present a Christmas program with poems and drawings. Ruth Cunningham read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" as students prepared booklets on Christmas customs in Germany Holland Norway Denmark France Italy Spain and Mexico. Santa Claus is expected at Friday party.
The piece extols sheriffs and deputies as on duty 24/7 from taking office until successor arrives. It notes confrontations with armed criminals and urges public support for the newly elected sheriff and his deputy.
A historical note lists liquid weights per gallon. Water weighs 8.3 pounds, milk with typical butterfat around eight and a half pounds, cream with 40 percent fat about 28 pounds, and mineral oils range from 7.5 to 7.75 pounds.
Regular meeting held on the first Friday of each month led by Harry é. Turner as W M with A W Yard as secretary. The notice lists the lodge title and officers for the Masonic group in Washington.
The document lists daily and except Sunday train numbers with routes and times including No. 80 local freight 7 45 A M, No. 80 passenger, Apache and Golden State Limited services, No. 3 and 4 Golden State Limited stop rules, No. 11 Apache, No. 1 and 8 local freights, No. 429 430 mixed trains, and notes on stop specifics for California passengers, county areas, and El Paso. Station agents and branch details are included with times for Washington to various destinations and Southwest Limited schedules.
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