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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1933
Page
4
Daily Bible Thought for Monday July 24 1938. A devotional note cites Isaiah 40 8 about the grass withering and the flower fading while God's word endures forever. The compact meditation invites trust in scripture beyond passing human life.
A Garden Party stirred chatter as Queen Mary wore a dress seven inches above the ground while Lady Mountbatten wore an even shorter outfit. The piece jokes about dress lengths and jokes that long skirts may be for sweeping, praising the queen and Lady Mountbatten.
The Oklahoma flier Wiley Post completes the first solo flight around the world and breaks several records. Though not hailed as Lindbergh for pioneering the Atlantic, Post’s feat is a greater technical achievement and secures him lasting fame in aviation.
Discussion contrasts spectacle wrecks at fairs with real railway accidents. It notes Gladwin's damaging crash and loss of life among self issued fare passengers, then praises overall rail safety, noting vast mileage and millions of passengers with few fatalities.
The piece honors early captains of progress Fulton Wrights and modern aviators. It compares Fulton’s steamboat birth of propulsion to later feats by Wright brothers Lindbergh Post and Jimmy Mattern. It notes Mattern’s fate yet asserts his adventures rival fame of Lindbergh or Post.
A humorous vignette portrays people misplacing tools and forgetting common tasks. The piece notes the arrival and departure of noisy workers, the odd habit of storing a screwdriver in the ice box, and butter left in a tool chest as a lighthearted peek at forgetfulness. Telephone 308 appears as a prompt to submit similar anecdotes.
A fragmented verse paints images of Budapest, buffalo riders, painted posts, and jagged landscapes. The speaker, a roaming observer, folds in references to New England farms, Garden of the Gods, prairie journeys, and a distant farewell with a cryptic line about tomorrow.
Spencer Tracy and Marian Nixon star in Fox film Face in the Sky at the State theater Tuesday. The traveling signboard artist and a wistful country girl weave a charming romance in this talking picture era entertainment.
In Des Moines a basement Iowa State History Museum display traces transport from Indian pony carts to early horseless carriages. It features a two horse Jersey stage coach linked to Lee Tracey and H A Russell, a Conestoga wagon, a hand built 1840s covered wagon, two horseless carriages, a high wheeled bicycle, a pony cart, and farming threshing tools like a chaff piler and fanning mill.
A humorous note recalls a housewife proud of a singing teapot with a canary spout. After initial failures she coaxed it to whistle, forgetting it on the stove once and panicking neighbors thinking a crime occurred. The tale ends with a calm recovery.
Davenport officials report Mississippi Valley Fair and Exposition will prohibit games of chance fortune tellers and selling of corporation stock on grounds. Management aims for a safe environment where women and children may gather at all hours. Joe Palooka feature noted.
A new handbook for the modern husband by Wm J Shannon will hit shelves soon. The guide covers kitchen duties from ice cube removal to transferring viands, drawing on Shannon s Davenport Shroeder household experience. He emphasizes aesthetics and practicality, often seen in a neat green apron.
In a busy Saturday night scene a man named Alike McDaniel washes glasses in a drug store while Howard Hazen shows affection and interacts with the setting. The fragment depicts a small domestic tableau amid routine store activity.
Mrs. Alice Head died and undertaker Clarence C. Houk found 3.88 dollars in bills in her mattress. Some bills carried wrappers dating back to 1890. The note ends with a nudge to read the classifieds.
At a premiere star Leni Luneska meets a deranged husband Karl Kruger who hints at danger while gambler Lucky Cavanaugh intervenes and joins her for a breath of air. In the box Douglas Gates proposes amid tension as Leni seeks safety and a bold future with Cavanaugh.
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