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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1930
Page
4
A devotional note cites Colossians 9:16 urging the word of Christ to dwell in readers with wisdom teaching and admonition. It emphasizes psalms hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in hearts to the Lord as guidance for daily faith.
A poem compares the soul to a free bird that roams the world, while a story recalls Sam Powers missing his son Junior’s Father and Son banquet after work. Years later he confronts guilt and attends a remembered banquet, realizing such events can be richer than conferences in a wool-shed.
A letter from Duane Dawson recounts a childish quarrel over a gallon bucket and a dented car, noting embarrassment and a desire for his father’s paddle. The writer, in third grade, reflects on the event and a humorous wish to spend the money carefully.
Missed census counts led to a local report: quadruplets were born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Morlock in Lansing. All four are healthy and with their mother doing well. father is also reported to be well.
A historical note records Avril 1883 as the date of the first successful appendix removal. Dr. William Grant in Davenport performed the operation, a pioneering case long forgotten after 25 years, with the patient’s name and later life details largely unclear. World’s Biggest Shovel operates near Colstrip Montana lifting heavy earth with a 1,100 ton frame and 120 foot boom, dumping 100 feet away.
A. V. King noticed a boy in tears while sawing wood and paid 20 cents to let him see a show. Years later a Treasury check of 2.75 was sent from profits of the boy who served in the Philippines and World War I. The benefactor’s gift followed a will.
Senora Leoncio Chavarria from Chiapas, married 40 years, has borne 37 children all twins. After 18 birth events, she produced 18 boys and 14 girls, claiming the largest number of offspring in Mexico.
A social debutante extorts a thousand dollars from Fritz Kreisler claiming a higher fee for a musicale while enforcing a no guest mingling clause. A deacon’s half dollar heist is humorously exposed as a long running prank. Montana farmer Thomas Campbell surveys Soviet wheat policy and predicts U.S. export competition. Dr Hogan calls for repeal of the Volstead Act and enforcement of liquor laws amid wet skepticism.
A caustic playful weekly column mixes humor and social observation. It mocks auto addiction and office life while praising Washington's prospects. Vignettes include a baby scene, a salesman visit, and a monkey poem. The writer notes a home vacation, pet care, and a joking line about business.
Rey Roy Seevis and family with Vera Harvey report a pleasant east trip and are home. Oriel Sinkey and Chyde Garrett plan a trip to the southwest to visit relatives in Kansas and Texas. Mrs Cora Carris and Mrs A Strohm visited Mrs Strohm. Threshing in the community will finish today. Gertitude Feawalde returned to Cedar Falls to be with her aunt Katherine Buxhalm. Trey Seems drove to Des Moines. Lucile Robertson joined them. the Ladies aid plans a tea event and bake sale.
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