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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1931
Page
4
The brief from Today's Bible Thought Wednesday presents a reflective devotional note centered on a universal call. It emphasizes inclusive spiritual invitation and shared faith, inviting readers to consider personal responses to divine communication.
The Kaiser reportedly wrote to Frau Meier, mother of nine sons lost in battle, promising a framed photographic autographed portrait. The piece contrasts this with Lincoln’s famous mother letter to Mrs Bixby about five sons who died gloriously for the nation.
A passage recalling the 1910s downturn shows Ohio industrial centers like Cincinnati Toledo and steel mills operating at 40 to 50 percent capacity. Bread lines fed thousands as employment plummeted and a national 40 percent unemployment figure circulated, tied to U.S. Senator Atlee Pomerene.
The Journal invites Keith Haskins to collect fifty cents owed today. Clerk says he told a blooming good story and should step in for the small cash due.
A family visit to Aunt's house ends with laughter when a father notices lettuce sprouting and blooming in the garden. The brother quips the plants are blooming, causing the father to feel playful embarrassment.
The senator speaks of brief trouble, offers encouragement, and notes that difficulties pass as time moves on. He emphasizes looking forward to better and worse times with calm resolve and public interest.
The article notes the U S government will buy land near Fort Worth Texas and invest about 3 006 million to 3 500 million to build and equip a facility for about 1 000 narcotic addicts from federal prisons west of the Mississippi The center will also serve volunteers seeking treatment and reflects shifting views on addiction treatment and prohibition era policy.
The piece recalls past rubber shortages and wartime pressures from Britain and laments failed cornering of the market. It jokes about future rubber substitutes, suggesting goldenrod may become a source and noting goldenrod’s historic role as a pollen trigger for hay fever.
A reading on the word sanguinary explains its meaning attended with bloodshed and cites a phrase a sanguinary battle ensued. It follows notes on misused words how to pronounce and spell and ends with a playful tip about claiming a word after using it thrice.
A reader complaint prompts a correction about Fourth of July debris. The street commissioner and crew swept and washed streets around the square from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Independence Day to keep the city presentable, illustrating cooperation and municipal pride.
Local column cites Lew Warren of the Y's Men at Waterloo, street car mishaps and jokes, along with a lengthy original notice from the District Court of Iowa in Washington County naming numerous defendants in a land title dispute and detailing the quieting of title actions for two tracts. The notice warns defendants to appear by September 1, 1931, or face default.
Three new members sat in deliberations of the Iowa state highway commission as bids were reviewed for 2.95 miles of paving and 20.31 miles of gravel. The session marked the smallest road-setting schedule in months after multiple liberal contracts that boosted total paving under construction this year to nearly 550 miles.
Geraldine Foster, a reception clerk at Dr. Humphrey Maskell’s Washington Square office, disappears from her Morningside Heights apartment the night before Christmas. Her roommate Betty Canfield reports to police three days after Christmas and speaks with Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt. The case features questions about Geraldine’s employer and a Christmas Eve lunch choice, with Colt coordinating inquiries.
Inspector Ruggles is sent to Doctor Maskell about Geraldine Foster's disappearance. Thatcher Colt teases Tony about Betty Canfield while planning a late talk at the Esplanade Apartments. Tony recalls Colt's hidden poet life as they ride with Neil McMahon through New York toward the crime riddle.
J. T. Quirk of Wall Lake Thomas A Way of Des Moines and W D Archie of Sigourney sit with the commission for the first time. C Riepe of Burlington begins another term after his reappointment as a Democrat on the board Way elected chairman of the board.
The young people held a social Friday night. An orchestra performed three patriotic numbers on Sunday. Mrs. Wenger sang. The Jubilee Singers of Prentiss Mississippi gave a concert Thursday. Next Sunday church services include church school at 10 and worship at 11.
The Jubilee Singers from The Normal and Industrial Institute at Prentiss Mississippi will perform two concerts at M E Church Crawfordsville and Haskins Presbyterian Church on Wednesday and Thursday evenings starting at eight. A free will offering supports the school.
James La Serre, 90, the oldest graduate, joined hundreds at Girard College reunion. He earned his diploma in the class of 1857 from the Stephen Girard founded institution.
Corvallis Oregon OSU physical education co-eds work to improve throwing form using 17 inch playground hall ins of the ordinary nine inch baseball.
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