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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1934
Page
4
Script excerpt presents Isaiah 9 6 as the Bible Thought. A poem titled Girls Cooking Class by Gerald Rafferty portrays girls learning budgeting, nutrition, and cooking skills with plans for a future kitchen of their own and for a distant, unseen man.
The article argues New York City's cash surplus and cheap borrowing mask broader weakness. Forbes notes capital idle across the nation as banks flood government bonds while private lending and industrial investment shrink. It warns that wealth shifts to bonds, delaying recovery until demand and confidence return.
A rough journal meeting honored Lewis Warren with a baby spoon and handcuffs for Father's Day. A comic skit about ancestry and social climbing follows with railroad station humor and a dairy farmer tale. The text ends with a classroom exchange about interest.
The text laments ultra cheap loans at 1 cent, arguing such terms prevent banks from earning, risking bank vaults choking and overall business stagnation. It frames this as a harmful condition for economic activity and lender profitability.
June 15 report from Xenia notes Mrs Wo E Frame with daughter Margery and others at a 4 H girls rally day in Washington. The article also mentions visits by John Krause to Richard Stephens, Evelyn Wilson helping sister Wayne Norman can cherries, Florence Baird returning from Waterloo teaching duties, and social calls by Dick Stephens, Wayne Norman, and Ed Davis families.
A historical geological expedition uncovers seabed remnants suggesting the Indian Ocean once contained landmasses and continents. Researchers indicate potential ancient deserts and shorelines preserved beneath the sea.
The narrator describes shipboard life aboard the Sixada from Havana to Cristobal. He recounts Aristolobulo Carizo studying medicine in the United States, coaches on English polish, a party with Captain Rose and Isabelle Browne, and amateur musicians in the music room. The piece highlights colorful passengers including Miss Radebaugh and her mother, Mrs Calais, and the aging seaman Skipper, who gets drunk then sails again after a confrontation with Captain Rose.
June 15 Farmers seek rain amid chinch bug troubles as oiling efforts continue. Eugene Mann and Esther Alrea Mann welcome Gerald Eugene born June 14 at 4 AM. Grandson Billy Leeper graduates Mt Pleasart high, attends state chorus in Des Moines. Various visits and church events accompany community updates.
In Boling TT Downs the reporter enters the office and asks the editor about what the eminent statesman stated. The editor replies that there was no answer or statement given.
June 18 to June 23 outlook shows showers likely early week with rain toward end. Temperatures near normal, with generally fair conditions in the first part of the period.
Murky notes mention a visiting celebrity tied to casual buzz and heightened tension. Several fragments reference kindness, single status, and uncertain outlets, with names like Davis and Puough appearing in scattered lines.
The term black frost refers to a frost or killing freeze occurring above the dew point not producing white hone frost. Such frosts blacken exposed vegetation and the weather bureau classifies them as light, heavy, or killing.
Westbound and eastbound trains depart Washington at 0 42 a m and 2 05 a m respectively. Local freight runs daily except Sunday at 7 45 a m. Passenger train No 30 runs daily at 9 29 P M. Train 25 Southwest Limited departs at 2 05 a m. Train 6 departs at 1 33 a m. Agent W C Bell issues the schedule.
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