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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
8
Bible Thought Thursday edition offers a meditation on gentleness and teaching from 2 Timothy 2 24 and a proverb about doorways. It contrasts perseverance with regret as defeat is framed as education and a first step toward something better.
A local column warns that radio advertising can exceed printed limits with extravagant claims about Baby Chicks. It argues the spoken word is harder to disprove than black and white print and notes risks of romantic letters becoming legal trouble if emotions fade. A broader note: radio advertising remains less regulated.
A Rotarian Magazine piece sketches a newspaperman with a hobby of collecting misleading press statements from around the world. It notes harsh depictions of America abroad and suggests mud thrown is ground lost, while praising careful, accurate young reporters shaping public opinion.
A Guthrie County editor warns about false radio advertising for baby chicks. He argues that overhyped claims mislead buyers, urges buyers to judge hatcheries by select well bred varieties, and compares chick ads to faulty auto or farm equipment promotions.
East Highland residents share Sunday visits with relatives across Rock Island and nearby families. Cordell Podarii Mincer Prymek Lungquist Stolley Lorack Neal Watkinson Pearson Mincer hosted and guests included Wieland and others. Read the Classified Ads.
A Washington man denies his wife is outspoken saying she has never been out spoken by anyone. The State Theater rushes Tuesday night with drinkable water plans and a pipe cooling system for hot nights. If forced to choose between social uplift and strawberry shortcake, the speaker would pick the short cake.
Dr. F W Eastwood weighs humor versus knowing not funny. Harry Springman reports 1896 Ringling Brothers circus photos in the Journal and links the event to H M Eicher's East Main Street home construction, claiming the parade view from the Eicher porch settles the date debate.
The Journal notes the regular department conductor will receive mail next at Niagara Falls New York. He travels with a private secretary who handles his correspondence. A police court report describes a dispute where a woman threw water, scratched a man’s face, struck him with a shovel, and cried for help.
A fragmented humorous item from a 1930s Iowa City column recalls a duel tale, traffic woes and spoof pleas for better driver etiquette. It weaves satirical quips about brake lining alcohol in radiators and avoiding prying into others business with light references to British royalty and public figures.
A police surgeon corrects a reporter over a gunshot story stating the victim was hit in the lumbar region rather than in the woods. The comic aside notes how opinions on women and impulse shape actions while a humorous line about waistlines concludes.
Mary Schneider age 88 dies Monday at her Riverside home after months of illness. Born Mary Bendas in 1848 in Germany she came to America at age five. Survived by husband Peter and children Frank Mary Rose and Peter H. Schneider ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral at St Marys with burial in St Stanislaus cemetery.
The article notes several local social visits and travels including STRIEBEL and McEVOY with two Cedar Falls children visiting Saturday night with Vernon White. Visitors over the weekend include Miss Winifred Lamb and Lyle Taylor from Palatine Illinois, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kilpatrick of Burlington for Memorial Day at FE Clark's home, and Miss Alice Holmes visiting from Burlington for a beauty course. Rev. Frank Wright of Tulsa attended union services and greeted friends, while the Gormly family from Charles City and Washington DC made short visits. Other locals welcomed back Rebecca Chrissinger and son Edwin from Lakeside California, Alberta Cochran returning from Fairfield, Lisle Anwyl finishing a school year in Mediapolis, and C W Cochran attending Iowa Wesleyan commencement in Mt Pleasant.
Crawfordsville on June 1 records Vr and Mrs Haereld Elwell in a local society notice. The item marks a social acknowledgment without further details or context.
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