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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1930
Page
4
A devotional line presents Paul’s vow to count all things as loss for the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus. It emphasizes renunciation of worldly gains to gain the higher knowledge and fellowship of Christ despite suffering.
Government engineers in Washington meet with Panamanian and regional colleagues to plan a vast inter American highway. The proposed route would start in the South and traverse Central America and Mexico into the United States, reaching along the North American coast to Alaska, creating the world’s largest and most significant highway corridor.
A reader named Marjorie Chalupa recalls a moment in class when she misheard a teacher asking about arithmetic and replied that she had most of it, feeling deeply embarrassed as the teacher corrected her and the moment was noted by the Evening Journal.
A lively tour pitch invites readers to dream of summer trips from Peru to Nome Sitka and Fairbanks with optional southern dives to Panama. Readers are urged to picture Atlantic fishing on a Pacific forenoon and varied warm weather getaways.
Iowa reports a declining tuberculosis death rate with 804 deaths out of 25,562 total last year. Births reach 42,127 while infant mortality ranks among the five lowest in the nation. Hospital care, nurses, school health inspections, prenatal advice, and regular exams are credited with saving lives.
The judge states a husband may kiss his wife but warns if the kiss becomes rough she may call a policeman. The New York American notes the police would handle such cases with restraint.
A lighthearted set of steps for a lazy hot day. The list includes sleeping in, breakfast in pajamas, reading the morning paper, avoiding being sown, changing into a swimsuit for a swim before lunch, napping after lunch, and multiple swims with iced drinks through dinner.
Brief humorous notes and quips from a 1920s style column. The writer riffs on furniture, manners, politics, and social scenes with playful puns and satirical asides about jokes, tobacco profits, and late-night calls, including Melbourne dry vote context.
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