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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1941
Page
4
In a July 15 1941 meditation the author laments shallowness of modern reading and radio culture. He contrasts 1800 citizens who thought deeply with 1941 readers who rely on headlines and media. He warns of communist influence in America and urges independent reasoning and vigilance.
In North Oregon on July 13 two members of the Three Quarter Century club, Mrs. J. J. McConnell and Mrs J. M. Stone, attended a party. A granddaughter born July 10 to Joella and Harold Gerdes adds to family pride as Linda Jo is named. The L. G. Club met with Mr. and Mrs. Duane Hazen. 12 local families belong, with two absent. Next meeting hosts are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henderson, with Helen Beenblossom and Hazel Anderson assisting. Mrs. John Ryan visited from Thursday to Saturday with daughter and son-in-law Morris Beenblossom.
The first intercollegiate football game was played in 1858 between Princeton and Rutgers, marking the origin of college football rivalry.
A young Houston woman joins the Journel staff praising Washington as a friendly town. The page features jokes and vignettes on work, grammar, ideas, and daily humor, including tales of unemployment, a barber, office gripes, a wooden leg shoemaker, a kiss definition, spring tonic wisdom, and a singing mishap.
A terse reminiscence recalls a past claim that income taxes would abolish all other taxes, attributed to commentary in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
A large snake about one yard long was found coiled over eggs in a hen nest at Gracehill. Mrs. Anna Williams and others captured and killed it after fetching help with a pitchfork. The rest of the notes cover a reunion, travel, rain, crops, a birth, and local visits.
The Fox Theatre showcases Knockout on Wednesday and Thursday. Arthur Kennedy stars as a ring legend whose heart meets trouble with women, opposite Olympe Bradna as his wife and Anthony as a shrewd manager.
In a tale from Arkansas a farmer keeps hogs inside his dwelling. The M F M comments on the health, the farmer boasts no hog losses in 15 years, and a family scene prompts humor about Nancy’s young man and past courtship.
Louisa county Boy scouts and 900 attendees from Louisa Henry Lee and Des Moines counties will hold a councilwide picnic July 20 at Camp Eastman near Nauvoo Illinois. The program includes Sea Scout boat races a 430 PM supper and a memorial service for Baden Powell and Dan Beard.
The pledge of allegiance to the flag was written by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist pastor and socialist minister, in 1892 for the Youth’s Companion magazine. Bellamy’s lines became a staple in American school ceremonies and public gatherings.
Prairie Center reports a hard rain and hail that damaged corn and disrupted lines while oats were cut. The piece notes multiple visits and gatherings including reunions in Tlinois, guests at the Koehler and Wolfe homes, and travel between Decatur and Albia with several other friends and relatives mentioned.
The text states seven days as the maximum time. It notes development from end to adult stage takes seven days. Odors or other features may appear sooner, but no stage should exceed a week.
Billy Rose's Aquacade at the New York World's Fair runs with weekly overhead of 28000 dollars. Its largest weekly gross took in 136000 dollars in October 1939.
The cocoon enveloping the silk worm consists of a fine superfine thread about 4,000 yards in length.
Jefferson Davis served as the president of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, leading the Confederacy through its early years and shaping its wartime governance and policies.
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