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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1931
Page
4
Hundreds bid farewell to Dr. McCombe and the Close duet as they move on to Mt. Pleasant. The writer notes the evangelistic meetings have benefited the community, especially the youth, and cites renewed faith in neighboring towns like Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield.
A reader laments California’s harsh winter of cold, wet, sunless days while noting Iowa’s milder, dry winter. The writer playfully conjectures Californians visiting Iowa for a winter retreat and reflects on Iowa needing surface moisture, snow, and ice.
The passage notes California’s irrigation and snowmelt providing water for homes while describing damp cold in southern California. It contrasts flowers thriving with people growing chilly and tired of mud and gloomy days, reflecting weather feeling rather than a formal report.
The star Clara Bow faces public scrutiny after revelations from her secretary about theft allegations and Bow’s private conduct. She admits having boyfriends drinking and smoking, prompting a public rethink of her prestige. Movie audiences may shift to wholesome shows like Lightnin starring Will Rogers.
A compact reading lists daily vocabulary guidance focusing on mispronunciations misspellings and a featured word PARTIALITY meaning a special liking as in She has a partiality for poetry.
A spoof column tracks a rumor about a car stall delaying R Phillips and a claimed borrowed car. Replies from Pontiac dealer W J Kiefer and others debunk various makes from Ford to Buick. The piece ends with cheeky asides and a note on etiquette and headlines.
A collage of comic snippets and letters features: a journalist evangelist joke about a cook, a reader doubting a thirteen month year, a Himalayan four legged sheep at forty miles per hour, movie goers regretting missing the scene, a Scotch tale about stationary and naming, a doctor misdefining syncopation, and a call for reader contributions to fuel future columns.
A union of carpenters asked contractors for a five day week and a ten cent hourly wage raise. They argued the shorter work week would help relieve unemployment. Read, to ...
Anna Pavlova world famed dancer dies in The Hague at 45 after illness started with pleurisy. She contracted a chill en route from Dijon and remained in the open air during a railroad wreck delay. Her career spanned London Paris New York and extensive tours spreading a new artistic conception in ballet.
Police began a probe into a $50,000 swindle linked to Jules Arnstein a famed New York gambler. Mrs Myrtle Blackridge and Edward Litsinger accuse each other of loss as federal authorities review a Springfield fare game and a complete set of gambling gear found at a hotel. Litsinger offers a 2000 dollar reward for three men, while Blackridge calls the affair a dirty trick and a national plot to ruin her politically.
The De Sylva Brown and Henderson Fox Movietone comedy Just Imagine debuts before a full Vox Theatre audience. Brendel leads with Marjorie White and Frank Albertson, supported by Maureen O'Sullivan and John Garrick in standout numbers. David Butler directs and Seymour Felix choreographs the dance sequences amid popular song tunes.
A quotation attributed to Joseph Addison asserts that knowledge, next to virtue, truly lifts a person above others. The remark emphasizes intellect as a key personal distinction.
Quotation from Col lier's Weekly contrasts gender roles with a shopper's duty to manage every cent. It asserts the woman ensures a hundred cents to every dollar spent while the man earns the bacon.
In Fort Dodge Judge Sherwood A. Clock denied an injunction to halt the sale of the Roscoe Puller company and rejected a petition to liquidate the Tuller company. The sale to a Minneapolis firm was approved.
The War Department signed contracts today with several aeronautical manufacturers for new planes and engines totaling 1,190,259 dollars. January 22, Washington.
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