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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1937
Page
4
Daily devotional note and quotes from Mark 2 17 and Samuel Johnson with remarks on sin ners to repentance and self confidence as key to undertakings. Includes a Charles F. Kettering line about no 30 hour week for workers.
A Will Rogers memorial tower near Colorado Springs on Cheyenne Mountain will be dedicated in summer 1937. Funded by Spencer Penrose, the 100 foot granite tower sits 10 000 feet up and 2 miles from Pike's Peak with a sodium beacon visible 125 miles eastward.
The seamen's strike on the west coast costs millions daily and leaves a lasting black eye on the region. It appears unlikely the strikers will win, risking losses for shipping and related interests while the public grasps only broad merits.
The article discusses a seamen strike led by invading agitators undermining elected officers. It notes the AFL outlawed the strike at its inception and questions the strike's leadership, urging a united front and grievance review. It laments economic damage and hopes courts can resolve such disputes fairly.
A collage of jokes and quips on fashion jobs families and social manners. The humor moves from retail mishaps to double meanings and sharp one liners. An Antioch Notes coda laments drift toward dictatorship while praising fairness and reason.
A humorous piece framed as a lecture on marriage with quips about wives, wedding funerals, and the notion that matrimony is a fifty fifty proposition. The jokes cover spending, love, and domestic mishaps, including a landlord oculist gag and a stove lighting misunderstanding.
The text cites Isaiah 6 5 condemning hoarding land and amassing fields until only a lone space remains on earth in prophetic rebuke of greed and enclosure.
A quirky town column notes the American Legion stay on East Main Street with cars moved between Bill Brown and Supt. EK A Ralston, and mentions changes in youth dating habits. It also covers flu hits a Washington business, a cardinal roosting at Dr. Atack’s garage, a water glass with a friend’s teeth, a California party guest Sonja Henie, a missing boy case near Everett, gratitude to the local fire brigade for saving a slaughterhouse, and a barber shop exchange about a cigarette lighter.
A contractor asks his lawyer to prepare a will listing specific transfers of debts and assets including an overdraft to his wife, car equity to his son, unpaid bills to a bonding company, and other personal property. The piece includes humorous asides about vocabulary and a joke about stitches from a doctor after a fight.
Charles Coyt Raymond born November 10 1851 in Orange County New York died January 8 1987. He moved to Iowa at age five and lived most of his life there. He married Laura Alexander who died early leaving one child Harry who had three children Laura and Russel of California and Dorothy of Wapello Iowa. He married Elizabeth Straw on December 8 1881. Surviving are his wife eleven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
The Iowa Southern Utilities Company seeks a franchise to erect and maintain poles wires towers and other fixtures for electric lighting power and heating across public lands highways streams and private lands in Washington County Iowa. A hearing is set for February 2 1937 at 10 am in Des Moines with objections due five days prior.
Mr and Mrs Gail Murdock shopped in Washington Friday. Iuth eria and Alvin Yegsy were among those taking care of the flu in recent days.
Honor roll lists by grade for Columbus schools led by eighth grader Lois Hetfield and seventh grader Margery Moore. Also notes births, injuries, visits, church group meetings, and family health and travel updates from Columbus Junction community.
Mrs. Dave Thomas of Cedar Rapids visits her sister Mrs. J J Fitzgerald in Ainsworth. Word has been received that Mr and Mrs R A Acheson and Mr and Mrs James Clege visited Walter Reaney in San Diego on Monday of last week before going to Long Beach California. Weather and other items follow.
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