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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1937
Page
4
The piece presents a January 1 1937 Bible Thought urging readers to please their neighbor for edification, citing Romans 15:2. It contrasts easy, obvious tasks with the satisfaction of reaching a hard destination, and ends with a Coal Dust Twins line about effort and reward.
The piece reflects on the greeting Happy New Year as a heartfelt wish rather than a guarantee of happiness. It emphasizes that while destiny cannot be steered by such phrases, the sentiment still offers comfort and good will to readers, wishing joy usefulness and fewer troubles in the coming year.
Roger W. Babson offers an upbeat forecast for 1937, noting past accuracy in predicting gains and highlighting inflation risks, federal finances, and the labor market. He expects better home building, farm prices, and a return of the sellers market, with cautious optimism on living costs and bond prices.
Babson ParkMass Jan 1 1957 Roger W Babson predicts 1987 begins prosperity after 1020 with 7 8 percent annual gains, real estate rise, and earnings growth led by heavy industries while labor tensions and higher costs shape the year He warns labor politics and Roosevelt policy will determine the outcome and advises contracts rents and prices to adjust.
Roger Babson’s 1937 outlook foresees a favorable business climate with sharp improvement and higher rents. It notes potential labor troubles, higher wages and more jobs, and a boom in new homes. Farm income may rise. clothing and retail trade expected to advance. quotas to rise 10 to 20 percent. no European war in 1937. money policy watched.
The article notes gains since 1933 totaling 30 percent and lists markets in South America, France, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, Scandinavia, Canada, and other Commonwealths as strong, with Japan and England weaker, and Spain Germany Italy poorer. It discusses the Gold Bloc devaluation, currency talks, and cautions that true international stabilization likely won’t occur in 1937. The author sees Europe’s improvement as key to America’s happiness and predicts a bright year ahead with lasting prosperity only through industry, thrift, and virtue.
A public notice urges readers to begin writing the year as 1987 rather than 1936 from today onward as a year standard change. The message stresses consistency in dates and avoids further details or context.
Readable anecdotes unfold at a barber shop as Dave Elder misidentifies a fellow as the examiner and laments a tie. E. D. Morrison Jr. recalls a similar moment of embarrassment with an offhand remark about a necktie. Pen Eldridge attends Y's Men Ladies Night while a Riverside misunderstanding looms. Dick McCleery jokes with a woman acquaintance as the scene tightens.
Two Washington youths driving through Des Moines saw an unusually beautiful girl, then crashed into another car after turning to look at her. The other driver apologized, saying he had to stop quickly. A local joke segment recalls Col Stoopnagle and Bud on the hoosegow.
Reid Boyd Ella Anderson and Fibber win copies of By Ways for 19837 frther resolutions. Entries include Do unto others as you would have them do unto you Ella Anderson states I’m not going to make any more resolutions and Fibber promises I’ll be reading By-the-Way every evening except Sundays in 1937.
A hermit arrives in a city to survey changes after twenty years and is shocked by new sales signs like Try Ethyl and Two gals. He heads back to the mountains where the pace is slower, concluding that winning a woman requires more than one box of candy and business prospects should be pursued similarly.
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