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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1940
Page
4
A devotional note cites Isaiah 61 11 linking earthly growth to divine righteousness and praise. The piece emphasizes faith strengthened by experience and the spread of spiritual fruit among all nations.
A reader from Arkansas scolds a southern girl for praising a northern soldier and urges maturity joining the United States. The piece warns against honoring rival traditions and cites Mussolini, Kaiser Bill, Nile Kinnick and public figures, noting shifts in public opinion toward the New Deal and Roosevelt.
Franklin District reports several neighbors filled Ham Thompson’s barn with hay during his illness. A dinner was served at the Thompson home for the workers. Family and friends, including Mrs. Harry Davidson and Mrs. Thompson, helped during the operation and hospital stay.
The manufacture of phonograph records is a substantial business in Germany, with about 10,000,000 records sold last year.
Riverside notes a closing out sale by Robert E. Riverside on February 19 for Tobin at the farm southeast of Riverside. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Smola and daughters with Dr. and Mrs. Bigger at Lisbon. Monsignor Bernard Jacobsmeier donated five books to Riverside library. Nearby visitors are Mrs. Ries and daughter of Iowa City at Elmo Knittel’s home. Vincent Clear’s father Frank Clear of Oxford is critically ill at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
A reader complains at a meeting about a hat swapped or taken by mistake. A green hat with a white lining and a feather is missing and too small, its owner demands its return immediately. The note jokes about ear injury and includes other quips on optimism and arguing with a clever woman.
A compiled gag features an Englishman Frenchman German American and a lawyer stenographer about jokes and parties. The Grouch comments on media and professionals shaping daily life while people are left to work and pay bills.
The letter fragment voices support for Grant Wood while doubting viral Cherry Tree Hatchet stories. It critiques lying, praises reform talks, mentions Eleanor, Mrs Mooney, a divorce, and a widow’s financial dispute. It muses on fashion, high heels, and prohibition-era policy echoes.
Excavations in Egypt uncovered tombs with ointment jars alongside changed linen mirrors razors and combs indicating daily care rituals prior to soap use. The finds suggest cosmetic and hygienic practices in ancient burials and domestic life.
February listings include Lemsey and Yard Insurance Agency Feb 1 1925 Killips and Hebner Drug Store Feb 1 1927 Ross 5c to 1.00 Store Feb 6 1939 Morgan's Cafe Feb 6 1938 Charles Dickens Feb 7 1812 Thomas Edison Feb 11 1847 Abraham Lincoln Feb 12 1809 George Washington Feb 22 1900 Lytie's Super Service Grocery Feb 22 1732 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Feb 27 1807 Jacobs Tire and Radio Service February 1919 Wolfe Hatchery February 1917 Dr Fred Reid Veterinarian February 1921 Farmers Cooperative Exchange.
The Journal offers a dollar each for the three best 50 word paragraphs on "Our First Year". Readers visit listed firms with anniversaries, discover one first year incident, and submit to The Journal by February 29 1940. Each paragraph must cover a single business firm.
Actress Alice Faye chooses substantive acting over glamor in Little Old New York with Fred MacMurray and Richard Greene. She plays a Waterfaint innkeeper barmaid, wearing utilitarian attire and delivering a sympathetic, strong performance admired by fans.
The amount of currency outside vaults of the treasury and Federal Reserve banks totals about 6.856 billion dollars. Experience shows the public will not use more than that amount.
The article traces hemp and binder twine history from ancient uses to modern dependence on imported twine. It notes rising imports from 1923 to 1938, with 60 million pounds imported in 1938 versus 4 million pounds exported by U.S. producers by January 1939, and mentions state penitentiaries turning out twine to meet demand.
San Francisco artist Hilare Hiler filed a $100,000 lawsuit against the book publishers and author for misprinting his name as Hilare Hitler. He seeks an injunction to stop further sales of the volume amid a discussion of wildlife in urban contexts.
Italian string composer Boccherini rose to fame with over 900 quartets and 100 quintets. The King of Spain employed him at court but dismissed him after Boccherini defiantly kept and reinserted a protested passage. His fortunes waned until his death four years later in poverty.
Antoinette Behr of New York runs a dressmaking service supplying indoor and outdoor canine clothing. She specializes in matching the dog’s couture to the owner’s style for coordinated attire.
Eight members of the British Women’s League of Health and Beauty, all potato eaters, embark on a seaside town tour to dispel the notion that potatoes cause weight gain.
Regular meeting held first Friday each month with Howard McBride W M and A W Yard secretary at the Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M in Gulfport Mississippi. The pier at Gulfport is noted as large enough to hold six football fields.
Train schedule notes show Arrive No 8 Golden State Limited daily with regular stop at 4 00 p m and No 1 Local re stop at 11 20 p m plus No 43 California daily 2 27 a.m.
Raw specimens of copper ore varieties noted for their blue and green hues are showcased in a special geology exhibit at the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History. The display highlights ornamental uses such as vases ink wells and tabletops.
A department of commerce study reports American dentists earned about 56 dollars weekly last year. The report notes earnings rank between the tenth and fifteenth years in the profession, highlighting limited early income growth.
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