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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1933
Page
4
The Iowa State Senate backed Governor Herring's request to fund a comprehensive survey of state government. The bill likely passes and will allow an in depth comparison of current methods with other states. The piece urges openness to original reforms and warns lawmakers to heed the survey once completed.
In Berlin on Jan 4 1933 Mr and Mrs Dayton tour Kaiser Friedrich Museum on an island in the Spree. They view Dutch Masters Italian religious paintings and war relics including Zeppelins cannons and Napoleon era artifacts. They note the cold damp city and plan returns with more highlights.
By The Way notes old man D Blues was spared a relapse as seven doctors and Frank Wilson laughed for seven minutes in the hallway. The burst of laughter frightened the blues from the office for the day, leaving others wishing for more laughter.
D C Russell noted yesterday that the Navy's new dirigible named Mackon will have a gas capacity of 6 500 000 cubic feet. The item is a brief reader note in the Journal style.
Samuel buys a bowl for his brother Daniel and returns excited. He discovers the fish are not gold and tells his father they have been stung by a prank. The note ends with a humorous signoff, Funny Kat.
Mike Logan did not see the first robin of the year as claimed. Rural Ann reports her family saw a robin in their lilac bush seeking shelter from the heaviest snowstorm of the season.
A reader notes a favorite poem about valuing friends and praising worthy songs while alive. The excerpt emphasizes expressing love and praise before death. The observer recalls rereading the poem and finding its message meaningful. The note ends with the line Just Me, referencing the sharer.
The piece reflects on Tennyson's late-life vision in Crossing the Bar with themes of voyage, farewell, and hope for guidance from a Pilot. It contrasts the poetic sense of meaning with a final farewell, and ends with a stray line about money and pools.
Friends and family celebrated the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frazey in Brighton noting the presence of the officiating minister from their wedding fifty years prior and four guests. The couple married January 25, 1883 near Brighton and have since lived north of town and in Alton Kansas, with a long career in the ice business.
A reflective slice on virtue and reward contrasts intrinsic virtue with public praise. The writer laments a columnist's dull moment when a recycled joke arrives as reader contribution, noting a begrudging sense of usefulness despite repetition.
A reader shares selections from Rebecca McCann's Cheeria Cherub and other verses. The voice praises personal sentiment and human warmth, noting poems reflect trouble and beauty, with many contributions promised for a future prize.
The J. S. White family celebrated a long held anniversary with all children and grandchildren present. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Hoover of Emporia Kansas Dr and Mrs A H Andrews and Ruth Ellen Andrews of Chicago Mr and Mrs Les Hoover and children of Washington Earle Hoover of Waterloo and Rev A B Cornell of New Sharon. Mrs Lloyd Luers and her baby were to leave Washington county hospital for their home near Brighton.
Mrs Granville Love 36 died suddenly at home near Crawfordsville after a short illness of intestinal influenza. She is survived by husband married in 1920, three children, parents Mr and Mrs Enos Davis, a sister, and several relatives. Funeral at Crawfordsville Presbyterian church Monday at 2 with interment in Cambrian Cemetery.
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