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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1936
Page
4
A compact devotional noting blessings in Christ from Ephesians 1 3 and quotes John Wanamaker and a 1915 U S Supreme Court statement about large businesses benefiting the community. The piece reads as a daily spiritual thought.
A column argues Republicans feign less conflict as Democrats fray with internal fights. It condemns partisan self interest, urges citizens to seek enlightenment, and calls to halt the federal spending surge and growing national debt. It stresses voters must resist selfish party loyalty and vote for principled, unprejudiced leadership.
January contest featured students presenting orations such as What ies t with Youth and The Toll of Speed Hysteria with winners including Robert Sharpe first in oratorical and Betty Burt first in dramatic. Contestants to advance to district meets. Rev J P Davis dies in Colorado after hip injury and coma following Christmas.
The fragment hints at a reflection on a sequence of worsening events. It presents a terse, opinionated aside without concrete names, places, dates, or actions to document.
A club scene features Mrs. Roland Milk speaking loudly with her husband and a witty exchange about debt collection and a milkman. The dialogue includes a pun about pasteurized milk and cows in pasture, ending with a light humorous note.
A personal letter from Out of the Mail Bay Indianapolis discusses delaying return for two weeks to care for a sick mother in Washington Iowa. It mentions a new clerk, wages, and a hope about Anton Moe and Annie Moe while noting noisy basketball games at the Y M C A and grade school matches.
A sick man challenges doctors over diagnosis and the physician replies that the post mortem will reveal which is correct. The exchange ends with a humorous farewell.
Will Weible of Brighton was taken to Fairfield hospital Monday for an operation after several days of illness. Local churches held no evening services Sunday due to severe cold. Epworth League met at Bridges home and Christian Endeavor at Rev R W Fillmore’s.
The obituary notes a man who died and is survived by three sons Paul Walter and Howard and two daughters Eva and Sadie. Interment occurred in Syracuse Kansas.
I K Beal the Amboy farmer has been up and around the house in recent days. Will Roberts was discharged from Iowa City hospital and sent home Tuesday afternoon. Relatives and neighbors visited the ill Mrs. I K Beal in Burlington and Will Roberts’ family hosted Sunday meals and drop in visits at several Ross and Roberts homes.
Mr and Mrs Dan Griffiths attended Saturday evening events. The declamatory contest took place Tuesday evening with Conn Whiteman placing second in oratorical competition.
Prairie Center report notes Mr and Mrs George Zeck moving Thursday to a new residence north of Washington. Blizzard and road closures caused school cancellations in Ainsworth area. Dr A Ruebsam recovering well after appendectomy. Neighbors endured heavy snow cleanup. Milburn Underwood's son Dickie seen by doctor late Saturday. Lloyd Robertson visited from Waterloo.
Morning scene as a woman meets her father from Co. A Ruebsam at the 4 am train in Columbus Junction, marking a notable reunion in the small town.
Riverside dispatch notes Mrs Anna Walter came home from Muscatine where she cared for Billie Kay Stalkfleet ill with pneumonia. Also, Mrs Vern Beatty left Washington county hospital. St Marys defeated Costrove 22 to 21 on Costrove’s floor in a close basketball game.
Sioux City merchants report a boost in long woolen under wear sales not seen in years. They attribute the rise to virile young men who defy weather by going without their hats, despite the garment bunching under socks and knees.
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