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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1934
Page
4
The item quotes Psalm 34 10 about the young lions lacking and those who seek the Lord not wanting any good thing It cites a contrast between reading quickly for information and reading slowly for cultivation and attributes this to Aldous Huxley.
The article argues Japan fears Russia and communism, sees no need for war with the United States, and notes the Philippines as a reason for American nerves. It describes Japan as an expanding empire densely crowded and wary of surrounding powers, suggesting readiness but no imminent conflict.
General Hugh Johnson criticized senators Borah and Nye for not joining NRA deliberations. He argued the NRA is a massive, changing program that could harm small business and force higher costs onto consumers. He urged patience but supported changes to protect consumers and preserve small merchants.
The Des Moines Register lauds a deceased 680 pound Hampshire known as Blue Boy from State Fair for his scandal free life and good manners. It also extols Rin Tin Tin as another model of restraint and propriety amid Hollywood chaos. A comic vignette ends with a young suitor seeking ten dollars from a wary father.
The passage speaks of rainy days with idleness and polite, calm behavior. It calls attention to courteous waiters, soft phone conversations, and the charm of simple things like blueprints and picture books. It lists items such as blueberries and candlelight and notes contributions to By-the-way.
A collage of verse and jokes surveys national grit with refrain about belief in the United States despite economic woes and social satire. It blends patriotic lyric, comic banter, and campus humor featuring names and playful remarks about local figures.
The article traces how Iowa’s early settlers moved goods and people. It notes river travel on steamers, flatboats to St. Louis and New Orleans, wagon trains called prairie schooners, corduroy and plank roads, ferries, and toll bridges. It also paints vivid scenes of stagecoaches and settler life, illustrating how transportation shaped settlement.
Paramount presents Ernst Lubitsch design for living on screen with Fredric March Gary Cooper and Miriam Hopkins. Ben Hecht adapted Noel Coward play about a Paris train meeting that sparks a polyamorous arrangement ending in comic, ironic bliss.
Dayton Grove residents report visits from Washington observers Mrs Sammie Gregory and her daughter Mary Lou arrived from Washington to stay with Mr and Mrs Thart Gregory Wie. Carr served on the grand jury this term and Nola Johnson held a Merry Mixers meeting midweek Lawrence Mottet returned from Chicago with a stock shipment.
Milkman James Quinehan, the only witness, saw Bremer’s car speed away after being overpowered by abductors during the Wednesday incident in St. Paul.
A brief note from the San Diego Union questions whether the January bill will yield anything for the January sales.
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