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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1935
Page
4
A Bible verse from Isaiah 2 3 opens the piece urging a moral journey to the mountain of the Lord. Charley E Carpenter criticizes the American executive for ignoring misrepresentation of Business arguing that busy people let libel calumny harden into belief harming both public and business.
The writer notes how heavy rains prompt cellar checks and old time worries about windows and flooding. A drought last summer highlighted soil erosion and surface water conservation, predicting wider terracing and more dams to store water on rolling farmland in coming years.
The piece extols Iowa's revival after drought praising the governor and noting upcoming corn, pastures, grainfields, and orchards in bloom as the state recovers and welcomes spring.
A patriotic projection extols Iowa's beauty and productivity from farm towns to highways. The piece urges residents and outsiders to reject inferiority, celebrate flourishing farms, schools, and towns, and proclaim to the world that Iowa indeed looks good.
A dialogue satire notes an office seeker asking if the job includes added duties beyond pay. The political boss confirms some work is connected, prompting the seeker’s wary question about a catch. The exchange reflects concerns about obligations tied to employment in politics.
The Los Angeles Times notes a recent paper misidentified a newborn as the Dionne quints, clarifying it was box office star Jack Dempsey’s latest child. This correction highlights mistaken infant visuals in early press coverage.
The Charleston News and Courter editorial laments that in the United States the government is the only danger to business, warning of regulatory overreach and fiscal policies harming enterprise.
In Buffalo Courier-Express archives a fragment shows a debate on the NRA's fate. Readers question preservation versus disbanding with a brief exchange noting skepticism about keeping the organization as is.
A Baltimore Evening Sun piece wonders if future phone video would force callers to confront wrong faces during conversations. The column ponders social impact and privacy as technology enables visual contact in telephony.
A Manhattan man who recently had a physical exam was told he was sound as a dollar. He now checks whether his physician leans Republican or a New Dealer citing partisan labels in a Mercury, Manhattan Kans., report.
A spoken tale recalls a minister who forced his child into his Daily Vacation Bible School. The child hid behind the church, telling his mother that inside they preached too much rather than telling stories. The narrator hints at a moral hidden in the story.
A quirky poem about spring and animals contrasts with a string of light jokes. A bashful girl’s stocking hole leads to a banker's daughter courtship gag, ending with a late evening greeting.
Washington County Rural Letter Carriers hold June meeting at United Presbyterian church Ainsworth marking the retirement of Harry D Hazlett after 30 years service About seventy attendees represented Ainsworth Brighton Crawfordsville Kealona Riverside Washington and Wayland A bountiful supper followed and an program was conducted with Isiah Yoder presiding Miss Pearson piano Rev Fitzimmons Riverside and Supt Butterworth among speakers Paul gave the response
W P Rawn county engineer for twenty years spoke on Washington county roads then and now. He described starting from zero paving to a broad interlocking system, the battles with property owners and the board, and the shift from dangerous ditches to safe main traveled roads. He praised the county’s rise from nationally poor roads to among the best. A lively program followed with solos, readings, a quartet, orchestral numbers, and speeches.
The Poughkeepsie Regatta shapes up as the national rowing crown with California at the top, Pennsylvania in the center, and undefeated Syracuse among the favorites. Jim Ten Eyck, 82, Syracuse coach, is hailed as the grand old man of the sport.
Clara Phillips, known as the tiger woman, will be released from San Quentin after serving 12 years for the hammer slaying of Alberta Meadows. Armour Phillips, her husband, is expected to greet her on release as they plan to resume life together and atone for the past in 1922 Los Angeles murder case.
The Washington Star notes fairy stones found atop Bull Mountain in Carroll county Virginia. The stones are staurorite, a hydrated iron aluminum silicate, with orthorhombic crystals often forming cruciform shapes due to twinning and a brown to black color with a sub vitreous to resinous luster.
Aristotle founded the Peripatetic School a walking philosophy method taught along the Lyceum colonnade known as the Peripatos.
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