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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1935
Page
4
A quote from Owen D Young warns that the ability to explore and inquire fuels America’s growth and knowledge. He argues that any paralysis of this trait would endanger material and intellectual advancement, urging the nation to value curiosity and discovery.
The piece questions proceedures in enacting laws and the constitutional checks in government. It cites debates over the NRA and AAA and argues for practical farming policy over centralized expertise, endorsing sorghum planting and gradual land restoration for the western plains. Lee Pristol comments on rewards for effort versusjoarding.
A commentary on partisan influence in courts and legislatures, noting NRA decisions, constitutional constraints, and Iowa’s costly bond vote. It recounts a humorous Cedar township scene where Fred Radda seeks entry into local clubs, mocking self-importance and club politics.
A Richmond Rover quips about the Blue Eagle after a Supreme Court ruling, joking that the Eagle’s neck is wrung. The piece notes the Hawks Nest restaurant in Iowa City closed recently, with a waitress attributing the nest’s end to rotten eggs.
A quirky urban vignette follows Fran cis Haney and Earnest Lem mon as they spot a shoeless boy near the square. Bolce, in a drug store, reveals he paints screens in the old style, while reflections on roads to the cemetery close the piece with a wry local tone.
A reader laments missed rainwater capture and persistent dandelions with a humorous quip about neighborly effort. The column ends on a note about remaining contributions and extra inches for another installment.
Des Moines Register and Tribune carrier salesmen and their parents are invited to the Sixth Annual Register and Tribune carrier salesmen convention and frolic in Des Moines on Monday June 10. The list includes Wendel Baker Stewart Bell John Bidwell William Brown Billy Cnossen Max Cuddy Harold Davis and others. About 4 820 carriers from across the state are invited.
The United States leads global consumption of sulphur, supplying key inputs for paper, fertilizers, explosives, rubber, paints, and chemicals across major industries.
The June meeting occurred Tuesday evening at the post club rooms. Vice Commander Pony Voorhees served as post commander in Aaron Staf ford’s absence. A first district meeting of post commanders and adjutants is planned not later than June 20. Plans to decorate veterans’ graves for Decoration Day were discussed along with a letter of appreciation from James E Bey for softball equipment. Paul Snakenburg, hospitalized in Des Moines, is improving. Palmer Schilling and Charles Embree were named captains of two teams to work as ticket takers during Sunset Amusement Co shows the week of June 24. Further plans for aiding the amusement company were made. Unique ideas to boost post meeting attendance were proposed by Everette Burham. Howard Miller reportedly lost two valuable horses that became too familiar with his automobile, suggesting the need for shock absorbers. The animal cannot be replaced.
In a report on local antics, Carl Voorhees admits a need for change and avoiding replanting as barbed wire entanglements frame his corn fields. The piece notes cornfields used as makeshift race tracks and other entertainment including cards and a political reference to Hoover at Drake University.
The passage notes a puzzled group of Legionnaires amid a maze of the complex yet not overlooking the obvious. Sporcer Reed and Eddie Squire served lunch of cracker sandwiches and hard cider in a capable manner. It hints at a 1936 campaign flavor with brown sugar hard cider and Log Cabin syrup as possible items.
Report notes Pony Voorhees taking a barrel home and using it for a pillow with his remark that a poor hare working farmer has no place by his head. The anecdote underscores rustic hardship and scarcity in rural life.
Mrs. Pelzer of Iowa City presents the mural Symphony of Iowa as the official Iowa entry to the National Federation of Women's Clubs national exhibit in Detroit. The artwork depicts Iowa's first century from territorial to statehood viewed from an aerial, geographical, historical, and artistic perspective.
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