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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1939
Page
4
Babson Park Florida February 3. Despite war scare domestic business holds steady at January levels. January up 20 percent from a year ago. December 15 percent gain. Building remains strong. railroads improving. mining uncertain. If advertising spending stays high and economy keeps pace, first quarter may reach 25 percent gains.
Mrs. John Shebeck reports Elma Booth, a missionary in China for seven years, has a year furlough and is traveling home. The note highlights family greetings and community scenes in Snowball with visits, dinners, and local camaraderie among neighbors and relatives.
Grenada is described as the home of the nutmeg where the fruit resembles a nectarine. When ripe it splits to reveal an oval seed wrapped in crimson mace lace. The fruit covering the nutmeg is noted as excellent jam material.
The Arawak Indians, original inhabitants of Jamaica in the British West Indies, had no agricultural implements. They burned the dry savannahs and stirred the earth with short sticks.
Citrus fruits provide high vitamin C, with oranges as a key source. They also offer vitamin A and contain trace amounts of vitamin B, contributing to daily nutrient intake.
Philippine lighthouses must be constructed to endure typhoon winds reaching 120 miles per hour. The directive emphasizes rugged design and durability for coastal beacon structures.
A Washington woman asked Mrs. George Prestwaters to play numbers for an I KB OF birthday dinner. Mrs. Prestwaters agreed and offered to help choose tunes, but the committee member could not recall the songs. After much humming, they settled on the program.
A letter laments a hit and run collision that killed a little boy’s dog. The writer urges the driver to stop, offer aid, and consider the human damage of Wally the dog’s loss, stressing responsibility and compassion.
A local business man tiptoes into his home to avoid waking his wife. The family dog, upset by late night noise, began barking loudly on several occasions. To pacify the animal the man carried a bone in his pocket, but the dog persisted and howled for the bone during the early hours.
William Jeffries, president of the Union Pacific railroad, rose from messenger boy to the top job, crediting character and ability. A farmer advised him to discard wrist watches in favor of an alarm clock, a habit he maintains and which he says reflects a broader need to abandon wrist watches in this country.
A quirky note shows an office grouch admitting cattle stampedes no longer mystify him after hearing cow boy songs. The piece blends humor and Western imagery with a light, reflective tone.
A business man reacts to a centenarian story claiming the subject drinks a quart of whiskey daily, questioning the feasibility of such longevity. He doubts the account and reflects on the odds of living to 105.
Rosalind Russell made a hit with A J Cronin author of The Citadel. Cronin wrote another story and wants to sell it to me. The condition is that Rosalind plays the lead.
The noted horse Warrior, famed in Wallace Beery films, is billed for the 1939 Bollies release. The plot features a champion skater who loses nerve after a leg break, with the horse portrayed by Lew Ayres and Jimmy as the rear rider.
Review notes the outdoor drama combines action packed sequences including hand to hand combat gun battles wagon wrecks jail dynamiting and saloon brawls. Stars Wal Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor headline with George Hayes also featured. The setting overlooks the San Fernando Valley offering dramatic scenes though fog effects are created with vaporized oil.
Riverside notes report St Marys school pupils and Sisters of Charity organizing a card social for February 13 at St Marys Hall. Boys and girls compete to raise funds with prizes for bridge euchre and pinochle plus a lunch after games.
A reader explains a proverb on gentility and a Bronx Zoo joke about the sex of a hippopotamus. The keeper replies a gender question is one only a hippopotamus should find interesting. Lincoln quote notes folks’ happiness depends on their mindset.
Sam Williams tells of Brown a Bolton clothing store owner who promises more than he can deliver and schemes to sell his business by exploiting his wife’s illness. Brown manipulates a buyer Wilson to finance a deal but learns too late that the tuberculosis disease grips him not his wife.
County Superintendent Mae Gray visited Wayland teachers for rural exams set Friday while Wayland teams prepare for Henry county tourney openers at Mt. Pleasant. The Dutchmen defeated Brighton 55 28 as Eicher led with 22 points and Davison Graber contributed strong defense.
A herd cow in a Coligny South Africa pasture was killed by vultures. The birds pulled out its eyes and tongue before tearing the carcass apart to gorge. A local count put the flock at 39 vultures near Gock.
The word Friday derives from Fri ga, linked to the Scandinavian goddess Freyja, associated with peace, fertility and riches in myth.
Local entries record Gail Murdock helping with summer butchering at the B. B. Marshall home, JoL Vegey’s valve issue, Joe Chihak visiting with John Weber, and visitors at the Robert Cooney and Albert Weber homes. Mrs Emma Hayes returned home from County hospital. a card party at F J Miveer’s with Milt Birt high and Mrs Swailes low. 560 day old chicks lost to a stove fire. Enbert Quinn visiting his parents. Linus Veiggy stepping on a nail. Rita missing school to help her mother.
David Livingstone, famed African missionary and explorer, hoped for a China posting but was disappointed to be sent to Africa instead, shaping his early travels and pioneering work.
In Washington the conversation centers on President Roosevelt's reciprocal taxation plan. Representative Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, discusses the program with Undersecretary of the Treasury John W. Hanes.
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