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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1931
Page
6
A brief meditation on restraint of worry from Matthew 6 27 29 asking who can add a cubit by thinking and noting lilies grow without toil or spinning Solomon’s glory compared. The piece urges trust over anxious planning and highlights divine care for creation.
A Journal bulletin notes July wheat in Liverpool selling cheaper than in 200 years while 1654 marked a low point. The article argues world wheat surplus, rising acreage, and reduced local consumption driving prices down, linking the trend to broader war and economic strain.
The man named Jack Swift receives fifty cents today for mixing up salad forks and meat forks. He notes how Journal boys eat salad by picking it up with fingers and pushing it into their mouths.
The speaker reflects on the impact of the war on nations including Germany and Austria, noting the current hardships and the hope for better times if no new war occurs. They warn that future conflicts reveal the costs of war and stress the need for nations to work toward ending the current global malaise.
An advertising club speaker in Chicago warned the nation about lacking war munitions and military preparedness while noting Europe shows little appetite for war. He argued most countries prefer peace and suggested redirecting funds toward aiding Germany as a tactical advantage.
Daily English lessons present mispronunciations and misspellings with a word study. Today's entry defines pretentious as outward show or making pretension, with an example about a house appearing larger than nearby cabins.
A jumble of quips and anecdotes circulates about Carlton Wilson and others. The pieces include a boast about driving three miles before breakfast to rebuild a bridge for harvesters and a string of witty exchanges about mischief, disappearances, arrests, and neighbors.
A Chicago newspaper item satirically urges staying home this summer with imagined amenities like a tingling ocean breeze and violet ray sun, while mocking ad talk and travel nostalgia. The piece cites stray jokes about advertising and urban life, ending with a garbled aside on work and leisure.
Colorado mining scene shifts to salvage effort by S T McKinney of Albuquerque who offers to clean up ore leavings in the Denver and Rio Grande Western yards. He proposes to pay a percentage of net smelter returns for the cleanup after discovering rich pay dirt amid abandoned smelters. Police raid in Cleveland disrupts Shrine convention as officers uncover a large bar operation within a tent.
A federal decree ordering religious instruction in Brazilian schools provoked widespread protests across districts. In Sao Paulo officers dispersed a parents meeting, while other cities report tepid reception and calls for revision or optional religious teaching under President Vargas. The law took effect in April.
Fifteen month old Joseph Prev falls from a second floor balcony onto a puppy and survives unharmed. In Staunton Illinois a drowning owl incident ends with a teen saving two girls after battling shallow water. Geneva Blaskowski and Anna Krechnyak are pulled to safety and revived.
Heavy rains across drought areas of northwestern North Dakota and eastern Montana improve pastures and aid forage crops. Oats barley and millet are being planted near Williston and Stanley with Sanish seeding forage crops after a long dry period. Prospects vary by region with some grain crops improved and others lagging.
In Grundy Center Iowa a suit for 315000 damages has been filed in district court by C O Ryan executor. The action seeks compensation for a death when Charles Neville of Eldora was struck by a Minneapolis and St Louis freight train at a railway crossing. Ryan charges negligence by railroad employees in the petition.
The Iowa Baptist Assembly weeklong gathering begins Sunday in Iowa Falls with daily sermons classes services and discussions. Young people from Iowa congregations will perform at meetings. Dr Howard R Chapman returns as assembly pastor and Dr Howland Hanson of Cedar Falls leads the speaker lineup.
It is estimated there are about 100 salmon varieties with key commercial types Chinook king salmon blue back red salmon silver or cole dog salmon humpback pink salmon. They are caught near river mouths on the Pacific coast in spring runs when flesh is plump firm and colored. All Pacific salmon die soon after spawning upriver.
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