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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1931
Page
4
A boy named Francis Hughes recalls a mix up at Biklin's Store with his father and brother. He mentions a half dollar waiting for him and a plan to spend it on a Christmas gift if he cannot go in to collect it. The note reflects a child’s perspective from grade four at nine years old.
A devotional note recalls Lamentations 3.26 urging believers to hope and quietly wait for the Lord's salvation. The message emphasizes patient faith and steady expectation during trials.
A reflective hometown column urges conservation and new water strategies. It argues for damming streams to hold surface water, reforesting northern areas to retain rainfall, and restoring marsh lands to raise humidity and precipitation while balancing dry conditions that threaten farming and comfort.
A community urges Iowa to gain a hearing for local conservation, proposing a lake as a remedy. Claire Dewey seeks attention for new lake sites, noting drained old-time lakes and a potential dam could bring moisture and value to the region.
A speaker advocates building on Towa to store and return surface water to local soil. He notes millions of tons of rainfall yearly runoff to the Mississippi and the gulf, arguing the gulf has ample moisture and needs none more.
U S Senator Capper outlines a concise plan to simplify government reduce activities to essentials improve justice by reforming legal procedures distribute taxes equitably across wealth promote mutual East West interests aid agriculture and unite national progress inviting public cooperation for another year and pledging personal effort.
Mrs William Evans wife of a West Virginia University professor in Morgantown found a dime inside a fried egg at breakfast. Experts at the university could not explain how the ten cent piece came to be inside the shell or the egg.
The postal service employs 370000 people, including 71000 clerks and 53000 city letter carriers. It operates from the small Rosberry Arkansas post office earning $9 yearly to the vast New York office with $73000000 in receipts, over twice Canada’s postal business.
Daily English briefing notes explain CALAMITOUS meaning producing calamity or misery. The example sentence reads The amendment is noble in purpose, but corrupt and calamitous in operation. The lesson urges mastering one word daily to grow vocabulary.
The piece notes the Welcoming of Elmer and B new members from Cedar Rapids to the X Marks The Spot Club. It playfully contrasts Elmer’s jail time in Linn County with B’s stays in three Roosevelt Hotel rooms as he pursues bootlegging. The writers joke about clean Washington and assign playful fates to the two newcomers.
The Wapsie camp at Central City Iowa reports a week of visitors, hundreds at meals, and daily awards. Leaders and staff select star campers and honor roll, with note book awards and a Bible or New Testament final. A campfire and Decision Rock service cap the week before departure.
A collage of light verse and sketches on beach life and daily frictions. Contains quips about vitamins, stone age scribes, landlords, and a chautauqua contest with a two dollar prize, plus rambling captions and caricatures.
Wencil Belka born July 2 1850 in Bohemia came to the United States with his parents at age seven near Richmond Iowa. He married Mary Vodicka July 14 1873 who died in 1919. they had four children Frank Leroy Joe and a child who died in infancy. He leaves a sister Mrs Frank Vodicka and another sister Mrs Frank Chabal. two grandchildren Leroy and Gladys Iowa City. and many relatives. He died July 22 1931 at his son Joe's home after four weeks of poor health.
New York July 28. Will Thompson 27, formerly of Crawfordsville and now of 150 Claremont Avenue, New York, and Miss Myra M Waterman 26, a journalist of 542 West 118th Street, New York, were issued a marriage license at the Municipal Building. Thompson is the son of Hezekial H Thompson and Dorcas Nichol Thompson. Waterman is the daughter of Walter B Waterman and Rose Waterman, born in San Jose, California.
Rev Royal J Montgomery of Grinnell led services at the Clay church on Sunday. A noon basket dinner drew nearly one hundred attendees and he spoke again in the afternoon. Attendees included visitors from Antioch church near Perlee and numerous local families.
Mrs A A Soeten and Dr and Mrs M L McCreedy of Brighton were callers Sunday evening at the H D McCreedy home. Mrs Max Waterhouse will entertain the Ladies club at her home on Wednesday.
Frank Hesseltine took his threshing crew to Ainsworth for dinner served by the U P church. Oats on Frank Sickle place yielded 60 bushels per acre. Wheelers had a machine break Friday morning at Long’s. R Smith crushed a foot hauling dirt and was taken to the county hospital. Mrs. Walter Gardner visited with daughter Mrs. Forst Donaldson. Mrs. Sam Witting visited her mother in Washington. John Wittrig and daughters from Wayland visited Sam Wittrig. John McCall and Mr and Mrs Ferguson from Washington helped thresh at Sam Wittrig’s. Orley Page from near Wellman and families helped with threshing at Donald Smith’s. Edna Witting and Gertude Maxwell of Washington visited Fred Spangie’s home.
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