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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1941
Page
4
The column opens with a Bible verse from Genesis 1 1 and a reflection on belief. It recalls a 1926 European trip by Mr and Mrs Orville Elder via Iceland the North Cape and areas resisting or conquered by Hitler. The piece introduces reprinting Elder travel letters from July 9 1926 as timely.
Friday July 9 1926 Reykjavik Iceland as the Carinthia docks crowds of Icelandic youths in small boats greet the ship tossing oranges and candy. A welcoming Icelandic choral society performs a vivid concert followed by a wrestling exhibition highlighting their distinctive harness style and artistic grappling.
Floyd Letts narrates a local tale about a bullsnake found with an egg inside during eggs were high. Grove captured the snake using rubber gloves and killed it after the egg emerged. The column also notes visits, threshing progress, oat yields, and various Bethel residents aiding threshers and cooking for the crew.
The guide advises selecting a garden spot with southern exposure and away from trees. It notes trees rob soil of moisture and plant food needed for vegetables, so choose an open sunny location for healthy yields.
The word sabotage stems from the French sabot meaning wooden shoe. Its original sense described workers throwing a saboteur’s wooden shoe into machinery to halt production.
Our office mate Tom Stewart reports a hot week up in Bemidji Minnesota with a fisherman surrounded by an enormous abundance of fish. He says he has never seen so many fish or cleaned so many this past week.
A brief unsigned caption touts portraits and humor in the Cleveland Press with a wry line about laughing at one’s own expense and the cost staying free.
In a July 21 1941 note from Camp Claiborne Louisiana Private Sam McCleery recalls a swampy 20 mile west maneuvers where Sergeant Pickett fell into a muck filled ditch after scolding forward men The section pulled him out and the sergeant did not react The letter also mentions Min Jones from the 135 Medical Regiment now heading to Lake Charles for a unit start and later Officers Training.
The underground filter consists of 25 to 50 feet of field drain tile laid about twenty inches underground and packed in gravel or crushed rock. It allows sewage to percolate into the ground without clogging.
In Des Moines July 24, lawmakers balked at funding promised pay raises for highway patrol officers, leaving salaries fixed by rank but with no appropriation. Resignations loom as officers seek better pay in defense plants, while council secretary Berry Halden faces possible replacement.
A delicate eye glass lens is en route from Dr. Terry Sullivan of Shenandoah to Rev. Carl Branstrom, missionary in Nanchang Hopeh China. Though mailed by air, the lens will travel the river and trail portion to reach its destination.
Five Junction boys will compete in the Muscatine soap box derby on Sunday afternoon July 27. They are Leroy Orris 15 James Rutt 12 Jack Harbison Roger Hill 14 and Harry Lowe. Nearby items note various local visits and personal notices across Columbus Junction and surrounding areas.
A brief exchange captures a wife and husband in a domestic moment. She questions whether she looks thirty and his reply reassures, revealing perceptions of aging and affection in a domestic vignette.
In Illinois a suitor tells the girl's father how various New Deal programs will back him. He cites FSA for a farm, AAA for partial pay, WPA for his wife and winter road work, Surplus Commodities for food, extension for bedding, and federal agencies for medical care. The father agrees, jokingly offering to include his own and his wife's pensions as part of the deal.
A discussion notes that in the United States last year 12,500 pedestrians died and 250,000 were injured in traffic. It argues many people could benefit from guidance to improve walking safety.
A lighthearted item notes an American arrested in Paris for speeding. He protests he is American and the officer asks him to sing the Star Spangled Banner. The exchange ends with the officer confirming the traveler’s American status.
A Chicago judge passed an unusual sentence ordering the boy's father to take him fishing once a week instead of jail. The judge hinted that more father son companionship could curb delinquency and offered a warning to any man whose wife is away on a visit.
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