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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1935
Page
4
A News Review piece argues taxes page the largest share of American household costs. It compares food and clothing with tax outlays, asserting cutting government costs would lower living expenses and boost employment and industry.
Verse reflection from Psalm 39 4 asks for insight into life’s end and the measure of days. The meditation urges awareness of human frailty and limits.
Esquire's March issue quotes Captain Hugh Duncan Grant predicting a sea drome network across the Atlantic. Four man made islands with six acre decks will anchor 600 miles from the US coast and 500 miles north northeast from Bermuda, linking New York to Europe in a thirty hour hop.
A family faces rising costs as taxes exceed grocery spending, altering budget priorities and daily life. A regional economist notes tax policy shifts affect low to middle income households, prompting reevaluation of essential purchases and savings strategies.
The essayist recalls seeing laws burdening a rural grocer who refused a sandwich without extra licenses while dairy cases are fined for milk too rich. He cites store price tricks across floors, regulation of utilities vs. merchants price manipulation, and a critique of modern merchandising.
A By The Way column recalls a daredevil climb on a wobbly church ladder and a humorous misadventure. It includes a district court bankruptcy notice for Joseph P. Hradek with a first creditors meeting set for March 4, 1934 in Washington Iowa.
Bremer county poor fund spending in 1934 exceeded 1933 by 14 760 dollars. Auditor H J Stumm announced the figures noting 1934 costs at 89 206 dollars versus 87 058 dollars in 1933 and 30 645 dollars in 1932 2.
The Leon Beatty Post of the American Legion held its second monthly meeting with about 65 members present. Officers read minutes, discussed member drives, and urged prompt dues as Iowa aims to swell state and national turnout for the St. Louis convention. A public notice from Des Moines urged mortgagors to file renewal applications under the extended mortgage moratorium.
Aimed at internal causes the Thoxine medicine relieves throat soreness and fights cold and fever. It acts quickly and is guaranteed to relieve sore throat or coughs in 15 minutes or money back. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the product.
Mrs. Bertha Huntley presents the brass buttons red jacket and cap of the late Miels Petersen to Waterloo fire department. Petersen a member of the Red Jacket Engine and Hose co Waterloo’s first volunteer fire company died last August and would have turned 90 this Monday.
Des Moines reports Iowa legislators began steps to curb discrimination against horses by proposing a bill that adds tractors to taxable property, signaling changes in farm equipment taxation.
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