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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1937
Page
4
A Great Prayer from Psalm 69 6 asks that those who wait on the Lord and seek Him be not ashamed or confounded for the sake of the speaker. The devotional reflects on divine aid and steadfast faith.
A compact list offering ten guidelines for mental well being. It urges pursuing hobbies, developing personal philosophy, sharing thoughts, facing past years, balancing fantasy with reality, avoiding escapes like alcohol and opiates, exercising, loving wisely, seeking early help, and trusting time as a healer through practical steps.
The piece argues Britain’s central role in European affairs stems from proximity to Paris Rome Berlin and Brussels. It advocates a United States of Europe with local governance but a common inter-country framework to maintain peace and law. Britain’s path aligns with Europe’s direction, per Prime Minister Baldwin’s remarks on foreign policy challenges.
The speech argues for a necessary British rearmament in face of European arms growth. It defends that armed forces serve only the Covenant, stresses no aggressions, and warns that delay would be criminal folly. The speaker asserts defense and deterrence as essential amid global threats.
A Charleston News and Courier opinion cites that high tax complainants are rarely the tax producers. It argues the only long term relief comes from downsizing government and notes tobacco taxes fall more on workers, while income taxes burden the laborer. It also invokes Franklin D. Roosevelt on taxes being paid by sweat.
The Christian Science Monitor argues that U S government bonds keep rates low due to an unbalanced budget and rising gold reserves. Banks purchase bonds by creating bank money, effectively funding the treasury and increasing the money supply as rates stay cheap.
Officials urge international intervention citing threat of war as Madrid government maintains humor amid crisis. League of Nations inquiry sought to ease tensions in the ongoing conflict reported by Battle Creek Enquirer-News.
A Baltimore Evening Sun report questions whether a school teacher in Oklahoma City used clothes pins to silence talkative students and asks if the method worked. The brief item notes parental interest and seeks outcomes or reactions from authorities.
In Detroit a Ford car derailed a freight train at a grade crossing causing disruption. The remark about a dog being hard to whip in his own backyard is attributed to Paterson New Jersey.
Mr and Mrs J Fred Moore drove to Tucson Arizona to visit their son Robert a University of Arizona student and are enroute home Mrs R J McCleery visits her son Hugh in Grinnell Mrs Fart Eversmeyer of Little York ill at home Mr and Mrs Earl Bennett welcome a daughter born Sunday Forest Bebb visited his parents in Conesville John Baker a patient in Muscatine hospital shows slow improvement Funeral services for Fount Craddock 86 former Grandview resident were held at Grandview Community Church burial in Grandview cemetery Surviving relatives include three granddaughters and two deceased sons and a daughter
The Thames has long been pronounced Temz with variations such as Temze Temse and Tamesis. Romans used Tamesis or Tamesa. The h appears from about 1377 and becomes standard after 1500. The original meaning of Thames remains unclear.
Palm trees provide shelter clothing food and many implements for native peoples in tropical and subtropical zones. They supply houses forts stockades war rafts and weapons and yield a few commercial articles entering distant markets.
A chaotic assemblage of letters and anecdotes from a bridge club in Oskaloosa, local musings on slips, wrecks, presents, politics and radio. The notes mention several named residents, the Amuse Miller pond near Wayland, and a reader letter from Dave Fulton asking for calendars.
A Los Angeles Times writer notes the Comanche battle flag the red dyed skin on a lance with eagle feathers. They worshiped the sun and rose with the horse, raiding across Mexican ranches and attacking settlers and soldiers. The banner signified dominance until rifles and frontier pressure diminished their power.
The article argues there is no biblical basis for the apple as the forbidden fruit and cites VitBus Magazine and fruit expert Lloyd C. Starks suggesting the Eden fruit may have been a peach linked to Chinese Greek Persian traditions. It notes biblical wording is vague on certain beasts and birds as well.
Washington and later figures urged readiness for war as a means to preserve peace. Borah and Eppes echoed the idea, while Coolidge warned that no army can fully guarantee peace in time of war. The quotes illustrate a longstanding tension between deterrence and restraint in U.S. policy.
The United States public health service says drownings do not follow a three rise pattern. Many victims never surface after submersion, coughing and expelling air as they sink. If air is expelled fully, ascent is unlikely, especially when clothed.
The passage contrasts local terms across regions, noting Providence usage such as shoes "tanped and heeled" versus "half goled and heeled" elsewhere. It mentions a Baltimore-specific term pontoon meaning a policeman's billy, illustrating confined regional language differences.
Silversmith Paul Revere supplied copper smoothing and fittings for the frigate Constitution from his shop, reflecting his dual crafts in silverwork and copper finishing during the period.
Miss Alice Rothlisberger reports a letter from her brother Carl a student at Ames saying flu is so widespread hospitals cannot care for the sick students. He has not had the illness yet. Local social notes mention a coasting party on Jess Meeks hill and various calls and visits among Bethel residents.
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