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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1936
Page
4
A reflective proverb from the Exchange notes that emptiness invites evil, while filling time with good actions and companions offers defense against malevolent forces. The saying links mental emptiness to spiritual risk and promotes virtue as protection.
The Bloomfield Works News notes that criticism can signal worth and a chance to gain insight. It counsels calm response to insults and warns that unscrupulous rivals cannot keep advantage. The piece urges resilience and humor when the world laughs.
AUSTIN Iowa memory of U S Senator Murphy follows his death in a car crash yesterday. He earned broad respect across parties for fairness and dedication to the common good. Locally he is remembered as a faithful public servant who served the people and the nation well.
Mr. Al Beasty visits his sister Mrs. Frank Bruty and recalls the 1896 St. Louis cyclone that struck his streetcar. Eight passengers died, the motor man perished, the car was crushed, and Beasty survived by struggling to breathe under wreckage until help arrived.
Walter Lippmann argues the defining issue is whether civilized peoples can sustain a free society or revert to authoritarian rule. He warns that praise for centralized power masks a dangerous reaction that seeks to plan civilization, undermining separate institutions and individual liberty.
The witness describes his time in a firm's cashier department handling daily strongbox deposits of 60 000 to 125 000 in coins and notes. He recounts a cyclone event in St Louis in 1896 that damaged his family home yet left two sisters uninjured, while another sister was unreachable for days.
Secretary Morgenthau argued on radio that the public debt grew from about 21 billion in March 1933 to 34 billion at year end. He said last year’s deficit neared five billion as nine billion was spent, dismissing the belief that the rich could pay more and stressing the burden on every wage earner.
Crawfordsville reports Miss Lillian Holmes traveled to Cedar Falls to attend a play by the State Teachers College dramatic club. The local softball league saw Cubs defeat Robie and Aces beat the G8. Hills and Crawfordsville girls split a 6 to 4 Crawfordsville win mieć.
Mr and Mrs Clint Shull were in an accident southwest of Washington Tuesday night when he failed to make a curve and rammed into an embankment. The local garage towed the car in and said he was somewhat injured.
Miss Loretta Walker of Keokuk is spending a week at the George Reed home this week. Mr and Mrs John Heck have moved to the tenant house on the P F Whisler farm and the community welcomes the Whisler family to the neighborhood.
Vacationing in Colo residents report Living Lake threshing meeting at EB L Stewart home Monday. Ren nie Dawson begins threshing Wednesday morning with Bob Nelson's outfit. Mrs E L Barthelow visited H P Wilson home. Richard Birney has been sick. George Reed family and Loreta Walker joined Morrow Reed for a birthday at West Liberty. Cloyce Stewart hosted a gathering for Mrs Karl Galloway visiting from Kansas.
A local produce man imagined testing an eye on a blistering cement sidewalk this week claiming success would vary with surface. The passage notes Joe Louis offered no alibis after his loss to Max Schmeling, presenting him as a rare champion not dwelling on defeat.
Joe Falk and Charlie Crane describe a cooling routine of sprinkling lawns with water and resting in lounge chairs at dusk. They note mosquitoes are not their main concern.
A Kentucky foothills tourist loses a mirror found by a backwoods mountaineer who suspects it may belong to his father. He hides it in the attic but his wife uncovers it and quips about the old bag. Also notes fall politics and a deputy warning about swimming and a flirtatious exchange.
Young Billy returns from creek fishing after an unexplained absence. His mother asks why he did not ask permission, and Billy replies with a brief, direct reason. The passage ends suggesting a moral or lesson from the child’s stance.
Report notes people remarking on a rare cool spell as temperatures hover near one hundred across the city yesterday. Residents gauge the relief and discuss how the heat wave eased, while authorities remind vulnerable groups to stay hydrated.
A humorous exchange features a wife asking her husband John to leave money at home to ease loneliness. The witty line underscores a domestic joke about money and talk. Betty contributed the anecdote.
Mrs. L. A. Merridith has submitted the initial entry for the By The Way contest. Details are promised in Monday and Tuesday evening papers.
A timid suitor asks Mr. Jones for ten dollars not marriage, prompting sharp denial as the father questions acquaintance and intent. The exchange unfolds with light humor and caution about trust and lending.
A brief vignette recalls Casey teasing Dooley for hard work while Dooley pretends to carry a heavy hod and keeps working. The exchange highlights shared labor and humor in daily tasks. Contributed by E. M. M.
Rival dairies wage an advertising war with a daredevil race driver who drives a car around town for 166 hours without sleep. The vehicle bears large placards announcing This Daredevil Drinks Our Milk as a rival responds with placards twice as large urging You Don't Have To Be A Daredevil to Drink Our Milk.
A reflective aphorism warns that affectation harms a face more than smallpox, suggesting appearances can mislead judgment and social attitudes about vanity and health.
The article notes Placing the Blame Istanbul asserting the city as the origin of bridge. French authorities contest, stating the game evolved there in 1888.
A fragment notes how an old saying about flattery sits in a parlor yet its praise is pushed aside as a dealer or social figures dismiss it. The terse item hints at social hypocrisy and shifting attitudes toward flattery in domestic circles.
Journal notes a travel writer’s London sights from Hyde Park to Westminster and the Tower of London. He visits Wesley Chapel Bunhill Cemetery and the British Museum then moves to The Hague and Cologne admiring Gothic Cathedral, Dutch cities, and Dutch cycling culture while noting currency shifts and Nazi flag at a German dining alcove.
Trevor Davis plans to sail to Wales on July 25 to visit his grandmother and relatives. The article notes accompanying family movements, local death, job, and social updates in Columbus Junction and nearby areas.
New Haven July 17 local farmer Glen Cuddeback collapsed from heat while threshing at Merle Statler's farm. The incident prompted quickly responded aid as residents noted the day’s extreme temperatures. James Franklin Smith of Duavenport is visiting the Marion Smith home this week. Mrs Alfred Brigham and daughter Betty Jane arrived from California after a six week journey via Panama Canal Cuba and New York City.
Harry Tetlow former U S immigration official heads a campaign in Youngstown to unite steel workers under an industrial union backed by John L Lewis the union leader and promoter of broader labor organization efforts.
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