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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1934
Page
4
A 1934 Bible thought reflects that fear, properly understood, can spur effort and caution rather than ruin. It contrasts the common fear of failure with fear as a friend, an ordinary guard that shapes prudent action and work ethic.
The January 10 Progress Anniversary Edition of the Iowegian celebrates Centerville and Appanoose county settlement since 1842. It features pioneer memories, mentions Judge Vermillion and Henry Clay Dean, and recounts the James Brothers stagecoach robbery. Also details the town’s name change from Chaldea to Centerville sparked by Rev. Senter. Don Ross receives recognition for long service with the Journal and Meredith Publications.
Dear readers remind patrons the Whip Socket Contest ends Wednesday. Suggestions flood in from Cedar Rapids with humorous uses and a call to start personal museums. The author jokes about dangerous ideas and thanks readers for submissions.
Alfonso Johnson former Crawfordsville resident now in Dallas Texas leads the Dallas Insurance Agents Association as he recalls Christmas roses picked by his nephews Maurice and Ted Maxwell. He notes his Japan Advertiser stint and Journal carrier days while fondly remembering Washington County origins and early life memories.
A classroom vignette imagines life in a one room pioneer cabin, detailing early morning chores for the mother and children, from breakfast cooking over a fire to churning butter, baking bread, drying apples, spinning wool, and sewing. It contrasts frugal sustenance with modern canned foods and hints at hands on activities for students.
The Ainsworth schools announce six week and semester honor rolls. Named are Erma Pressly Freda Pearson Helen Gardner Florence Mare Wilma Stephens Davida Fisher Carl Basseler Victoria Canott Hazel Harbison Margery Morton Jeanne Martin Dorothy Pearson Doris Booth Mary Roth Pressly Carol Stephene Richard Lee Althaud Edith Folly Maury Olinger Daryl Pearson Mildred Pressly Beverly Smith Mable Thomas Marian Stephens Alma O Connor Betty Colthurst etc. Richmond correspondent Krank Patterson notes Theresa Chhopek returns to St Angelus Academy. Iowa Northwestern basketball trip. locals visit neighbors. Catholic Foresters convert Casino hall into a playing court. protest against tent unit abandonment. ethnologist reports suicide unknown among Zuni Indians.
Doctors at Iowa State College require a tubercular test for all students. Of 1,452 tested last fall, over 90 percent of men and about 96 percent of women were tubercular free. X rays of 178 positive reactors showed 70 percent essentially negative. The Von Pirquet skin test yielded positives in both former and current infections, guiding restrictions for the most active reactors to reduce spread.
The pre war period set hog farm price at 7.24 dollars per hundred weight equal to fair exchange value. When farm prices regain purchasing power, hog prices will again match fair exchange value. In 1932 hogs averaged 3.47 per cwt while farm purchases were higher, making the disparity 4.28. The Agricultural Adjustment Act aims to adjust production and restore parity.
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