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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1936
Page
8
The Roman water system featured about 1,000,000 cubic meters daily from aqueducts to a four compartment water tower. Water split to public baths, private houses, and public fountains via conduits and aqueducts, with ten main pipes feeding from a reservoir.
Dr J Kelly Giffen and family visit his relatives Mr and Mrs J S McCleary in Crawfordsville. Giffen, former Knoxville College president, will teach at a Maryville college next year. Out-of-town guests include Bruce McCleary Des Moines and the Kongables Winfield. They plan visits to Waterloo Estes Park Yellowstone Park and California. Mary Edgar not greatly improved after recent surgery in Washington county hospital. Chester Cherholmes and family visit Fairfield and Lucille Sipe in Ottumwa. Tri C 4 H Rally Day attendance noted.
Mrs. George Woodford entertained Clay Community Club members at her home on Wednesday afternoon. Guests included Miss Dot Meacham and Mrs. A J Morgan. Program leaders were Mrs A A Soeten and Mrs Zella Starr who led a program about the Flag and its display.
Verdi residents report the Bairds, Mr. and Mrs Stanley, returning from Peoria. Mary Joan Van Gundy will spend the summer with James and Mrs. Baird. Other visitors include Roy Miller and daughter from Muscatine, O M Briley of Ames, and gatherings with Fred Longer, John Simmering, Irene Coffman, Ruth and Jean Applegate. Ice cream and cookies were served.
A dialect voice notes that when a wiser person speaks one should listen, while when the speaker knows less, listening still matters to avoid wasting information the elder would not value. The lines reflect a rural Cajun or African American vernacular emphasis on respect for knowledge.
Three mothers attended as the girls sang a ceremonial contest song and finished second. They also executed a gypsy drill and had noon dinner with the Ainsworth club girls.
John Landon, father of Alfred M Landon, praises his son as dependable and trustworthy while reflecting on family history. He notes Landon’s modesty, wartime service, and early political roots, saying eight words on presidential suitability: All would make a good president.
The passage paints Alf Landon's family routine in Topeka. John Landon details Peggy Anne's visits, long train trips, and a close, informal governor household with Mrs. Landon and children Nancy Jo and John Cobb. He notes Alf's rejection of fuss and his feud with oil giants amid political life.
The British Congo area is described as mineral rich with copper as the leading resource, followed by gold radium and tin in the hierarchy of valuable commodities.
In the early fifth century B C Heraclitus taught that nothing is permanent except change. The idea, echoing the Weeping Philosopher, marks the transient nature of human life and its sadness.
A report to the American Chemical Society notes cigarette tobacco develops a mild smoking taste and mellow aroma after aging. likened to horehound and green hay, progressing over 18 to 24 months.
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