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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1936
Page
8
Eskers are long narrow ridges of gravel and sand found in Scandinavia North America and other regions once covered by ice sheets. They range from 1 to 20 miles in length and 40 to 80 feet high, believed to have formed by streams flowing beneath glaciers during glacial times.
A moral reflection argues faith without deeds is hollow and fails to warm the heart or uplift the conscience, likening such belief to a seasonless sentiment lacking practical charity and action.
Crawfordsville June 8 announces Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Williams and daughter Ruth travel to Madilin Minnesota for a family reunion. Mrs. Carrick and Mrs. Twinam visit at Eva Elvey Jones's home. Henry Robertson departs for Winterset with his father to fish at Lake of the Ozarks. W H McCall and T E Maxwell with Ted go to Iowa City for new glasses after cataract surgery.
Belief in charms hoodoo bags love potions and philters thrives in Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama with estimates placing annual spending around 1 million dollars on such practices. Local traditions and folk remedies continue to influence daily life across the region.
The text contrasts Western and Japanese marriage, noting that in Japan the vow involves ancestors and the bride joins the whole family. It suggests novels begin at the altar and end with family members fully understanding each other and tending to their own affairs.
The term Assineboine derives from usin stone and up wawa meaning to cook by roasting. An As sineboine described one who cooked by stone use.
The Day of the Dead in Mexico features native women wearing their loveliest costumes to honor ancestors and rich cultural traditions. The observance blends festivity with remembrance as communities adorn altars and participate in rituals across regions.
Iowa officials report 21 official delegates to the Republican National Convention, reduced by the death of former governor Hammill. Delegates at large include Turner Colflesh and Spangler, with first district delegates Sheaffer and Jones. Alt delegates Don McGiffin and Fred Albin will attend, while Brooklyn candidates back Dickinson may shift toward Lincoln London.
The passage explains scale as a white clinging shell covering tiny sap sucking insects on trees and shrubs. It notes its protective armor and rapid reproduction make it nearly immune to control efforts and stomach poisons fail to penetrate its shell.
In Iowa politics a state official notes the mental anguish of losing candidates who must repay campaign costs. The scene centers on a failed aspirant described as so low he can pass under a steam radiator with hat on. Other nominees include George Wilson of Des Moines for governor and Frank Williams of Cedar Rapids for state treasurer.
A state official questions adding more grand jury investigations in Sioux City and ponders political wisdom of a revival now. The piece notes Fred Free, special assistant to the attorney general, has not yet received compensation, possible pay from the attorney general contingent fund or via a bill before the executive council.
The eight GOP statewide nominees last Monday show a western concentration with no frontrunning from east of Carroll and north of Des Moines. Governor Herring leads Des Moines, while Kraschel, Harrington, Werman, Carron, Conway, Miller, Storms, and others occupy western or southeastern strongholds as the contest heads toward convention decisions.
Analysts note Aaberg’s upset loss in the Democratic primary for secretary of agriculture and John Mitchell’s strong position for attorney general. Mitchell’s bloc of legislative allies from his speaker days counts, while Aaberg’s Scandinavian name may have hurt his Irish vote against Curran’s Celtic name.
The piece states Landon and Dickinson are not in mortal combat for the GOP nomination but have an understood arrangement. Dickinson would be the Kansas second choice if Alf falters, as the only western contenders after Alf and Dickinson discussed in a conference.
In the report Dickinson may be placed in nomination by Bob Calflesh. Calflesh is the Iowa at large delegate from Des Moines. The action would hinge on Landon’s viability on the initial ballot and Dickinsons potential role if Landon falters.
SORTIE Iowa will be represented by many republicans and one democrat at the G O P national convention. Nels Kraschel, candidate for governor, is scheduled to auction a few bulls near Cleveland this week and plans to observe how the party selects its presidential candidate.
The cabretta goat of Curacao survives on thorny cactus. It pounds the spines with its hooves and then eats the cactus bark.
The two great training schools in France are St Cyr and the Polytechnic. Other institutions include the Superior School of War at Fontainbleau for staff officers and Saumur for cavalry. St Cyr was founded in 1808 and Polytechnie in 1704.
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