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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1939
Page
4
Daily meditation noting a clear conscience aids joy and health from Proverbs. It asserts the value of opening and then closing the mind with solid purpose, and cites courage energy and patience as virtues.
Observ Velons argues that twenty six new dams along the Mississippi from St Louis to St Paul will boost the middle west economy. He says water transportation is slow but taxpayer funded, and railroads suffer from heavy taxation to subsidize competing transport.
The piece argues the rail solvency crisis could force government takeover, urging conservation via surface water. It notes dams can back water and moisten soil, countering centuries of drained lakes and swamps. It envisions artificial lakes in Washington County to stabilize rainfall and crop yields, especially in southern Iowa facing hot winds and drought.
The piece argues conservation of natural resources outweighs other programs as essential for self-protection. It warns land and water degrade without protection and states that unpaid costs accelerate decline. It mentions the Mississippi River dama as a future nation’s conservation investment.
A fragment quoted scripture notes growth from childish speech to mature understanding and conduct as a person becomes an adult. The line echoes Paul’s message about transitioning from childhood to maturity.
A collage of jokes and satirical bits about banking slip mishearing and social ideas. The piece ranges from a treasurer mishearing the term aid money as eggy money to witty puns about names and anniversaries. It also includes a testimonial about deafness and a set of political cow metaphors contrasting socialism fascism and Nazism.
Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald star in Broadway Serenade at the State Theatre. Ayres as a musician and composer presents a scene revealing how modern melodies derive from classic tunes, a sequence praised as amusing with Miss MacDonald and Al Shean. Cast includes Frank Morgan Ian Hunter Virginia Grey Rita Johnson Gargan Pangborn.
Carerpr began at six and rose to a leading feminine role in Ror Love or Money at the Pox Theatre. She was a professional dancer from age six and first appeared on stage in Minneapolis, her birthplace.
A new officer wooes the police chief's daughter as peril looms. The Rookie Cop stars Tim Holt Janet Shaw Virginia Weidler and Ace the Wonder Dog. Holt fights for canine help to capture criminals until the dog saves the girl from outlaws.
The Keokuk County News reports Sigourney community singing in connection with a Sigourney municipal band concert at the courthouse park drew large public support. The editorial discusses the value of community song and reflects on corn storage policy and a timely Corn crop note from the Pella Chronicle.
Westminster residents report a shift from threshing rings to combined harvesters as six neighbors prepare to thresh together this week. The piece notes equipment moves, road improvements on a southward route, crop yields, drought relief in South Dakota, and local family updates.
Seventeen farmers have entered the statewide individual farming championship at the Iowa State Fair for 1939. The winner will be based on collective exhibits of grain forage crops hay fruits and vegetables from each farm. Cash prizes totaling 1565 will be awarded. Mrs. Fred Kephart of Washington will exhibit and Washington county is led by Fred Kephart.
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