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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1936
Page
4
This short devotional quotes 1 John 1 9 about forgiveness and cleansing from unrighteousness. It contrasts true freedom with passive luck and cites Stirner and Owen D Young on responsibility and honesty in business and life.
A travelogue detailing aLake Michigan shoreline trip from Chicago to Indiana and Michigan. Highlights include a stop at Indiana Dunes Beach, and the charm of roadside stands selling cherries, celery, and quilts. Notes on frugal lodging, transportation costs, and casual observations of rural life along the way.
A Chicago judge ordered three youths to be lashed for wayward conduct. The boys are identified as Joe Kuss, 20, Frank Buccierri, 17, and Geno Antonelli, 19, with Fiore Buccierri, Frank's brother, shown administering a rubber hose lash described as three-quarter inch thick and five feet long.
A morning exchange near Chicago reveals a lighthearted talk about rain clouds. A Washington visitor, Harvey Coulter, bumped into Jack Lytle during a bus stop in the windy city, briefly pausing traffic while they chatted on a busy street corner.
Dr. P. L. Etter and George Freshwaters claimed a monumental catch on Cedar River. After a tense weigh in, the local meat market owner said the dressed fish weighed eleven pounds, far from the men’s feared twenty five. The two fishermen used a light canoe to maneuver under the fish and net it, confirming a memorable river story.
A Washington man separated from his party in Chicago for nearly two hours was located asleep in a hotel lobby. A bystander praised the swift rescue while the man joked about who pushed him in. The piece notes chatter about skating pages and skids for representatives next November.
A collection of quips and anecdotes sbout revival meetings failed misread signals baldness and wealth envy. The items include a boy recalls a revival under a tent a signaled misread crash a man chasing back issues and wives who read husbands like books.
A compact reflection card presents a trio of maxims from noted writers. It cites Oscar Wilde on questions and answers, Gustave Droz on courage, and a general note on influencing people through interest and fear. The tone is concise and instructive.
A fragment of a playful verse imagines Reggie in love and readers judging the poet. It muses on thoughts of a beloved, mentioning brows blue eyes smiles and a soft voice as obstacles to kissing. The tone is intimate and romantic with lilting rhythm.
July issue notes England United States France and Germany competing to fix North Atlantic air routes. Clemmons argues the winner will dominate commercial aviation, with Britain controlling key routes via Newfoundland Ireland Bermuda Azores, and U S Pan American Imperial Airways integration shaping a multi nation system.
Iowa's cream grading law helped lift the states butter income by 4,000,000 dollars in 1935, raising total receipts from 58,118,414 to 62,157,034 despite a production drop from 237,824,000 pounds in 1934 to 218,821,000 in 1935. Ray Murray, Iowa secretary of agriculture, credited the law enacted by the last legislature for the last half of 1935.
Habson Park Massachusetts July 24 1980. Commodity prices react to business trends and policy outcomes. The column outlines four price scenarios tied to Roosevelt or Landon victories, then stresses supply and demand as the long term driver, noting farm and industrial price balance, droughts, and possible inflation or deflation effects.
In eastern markets creameries face grading laws with higher prices for top quality. Iowa dairies push to keep cream in top brackets as about 70 000 pounds were condemned as unfit in 1935. Chief inspector Bogle notes much rejected cream was shipped from outside states lacking grading laws, while some batches were 879 cans checked and 168 condemned. He estimates Iowa cream quality rose 15 to 20 percent since last July. Nearby Parkersburg barn built from century old cottonwood trees sourced from Hersey farm with seeds from Mississippi flats 75 years ago. A. B. Schmoeller and James and JoAnn attended the Lyman reunion in Pekin Illinois.
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