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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1942
Page
4
A 1942 dated note quotes scripture from Hebrews inviting reflection on the day’s meaning with a religious tone and no additional event details. The fragment emphasizes hearing a voice today in a devotional context.
The writer praises Central park in Washington for its grass, noting other county towns have many Keep Off The Grass signs and few benches. They argue the grass may be uneven or imperfect but the public enjoyment of walking and lying on it outweighs the minor flaws.
In a House testimony, officials warn price controls are near failure and subsidies would inflame debt and government control. The piece decries delayed action, links inflation to war costs, and urges aggressive cost containment across labor and agriculture to shield the economy. It also notes Mrs. Caroline Randall’s death, highlighting a 177 year lifespan linking Revolutionary era memories to modern crises, and ends with a humorous domestic note about a cleaning woman and her employer’s debt dispute.
Mary Manners reports a flurry of social visits from Crawfordsville including Mrs. Will Zeach of Des Moines visiting her mother Mrs. C. H. Fishburn, J. C. Huston attending a republican state convention, and relatives from Sigourney Eddyville and Burlington making calls. Mae Reese visits Winfield, and Mrs. Cora Lease travels to Cedar Rapids to stay with her daughter.
Twenty neighbors helped at the Frank Hagle farm southeast of Pleasant Plain loading thirty five loads of hay and two barns were filled. Ill Mr Eagle went to hospital for an operation. Visitors include Ronald Burroughs from Gracehill at aunt Mrs Harold Swick. Mrs Bert Arnold of Albia visiting Miss Bonnie Cassady and kin. Mr Ralph Garber family from Moline. Virginia Christy from Revere Missouri visited Joe Christy. Des Moines guests Opal Welch and Daisy Cotton with Marjory Newsome and Jimmy Hutchison of Kansas visited R W Fillmore.
A reflective column signed by an anonymous contributor offers memories and musings on community and everyday kindness, inviting readers to pause and consider acts of simple generosity in daily life.
The subject, an editor known from youth as a guitar player, feared snakes and faced a comic scare with a coffee pot snake incident. A fluent talker in youth he fought few battles through argument, lent money freely, and once wore a cork life preserver on a camping trip where he slipped, causing laughter at his expense.
Patricia Griffith Virginia Echels Appy May Rigenhagen and Mary Duvall attend the Pioneer Institute at Mt Pleasant this week. Rev H W Minister took the girls to Mt Pleasant Monday. The Hotle family moves to Washington soon as Homer starts with American Petroleum. John, a paper boy for Des Moines Register and Tribune, delivered papers with Patty Jeanne helping on the bike.
On a ski train to the Huntsville district, Creen Prince Olav of Norway endorsed the term shee over skee for downhill and trail skiing. He called shee Norwegian in origin while skee is German, stating shee better fits the winter pastime.
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