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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1935
Page
4
A newspaper-style note presents a Bible verse Isaiah 41 10 and quotes from Walter Lippmann Henry Ford and John H Mc Comb on private life, history, salvation, and the limits of political reforms in lasting happiness.
The essay asks whether Roosevelts new program expands the economy and urges inspection of conditions before his inauguration. It notes the Hoover era left the nation in helplessness after voters repudiated the party, framing a shift in leadership and policy.
A column recalls the 1932 presidential transition halting U S economic recovery and argues that partisan leadership disrupted progress. It likens swapping horses in the stream to a flawed political shift and critiques the resulting banking crisis and mood of the era.
A collection of quips and jokes from a Seattle judge on divorce causes to light exchanges about etiquette and humor. The note includes playful lines about moth er figures, manners, and a weathered scene of Crooked Creek flooding.
Wayne Cline, 14, harvested the first new potatoes June 19 from his family patch five miles east of Washington near Ainsworth. The potatoes were not large but looked nice and will grace the Cline dinner table.
Mrs Sam McKee from Washington state visited the John Caldwell home in Red Brick with Mrs Caldwell and other guests including Mrs Edgar Stout and the Dillon family. Carl Hering’s mother-in-law Mrs J A Walker is seriously ill at West Chester, as rain continues.
Knights Templar of Iowa gather at Templar park Spirit Lake for the seventy second annual convention with sessions through Friday A public installation Friday morning and a series of dress parades receptions and balls mark the week A Trinity Lutheran choir concert and a women’s program accompany the event led by Grand Commander H B Lewis and other officers from Davenport Des Moines Ottumwa Keokuk and Spirit Lake.
June 22 report from Rubio Town notes Rev and Mrs Orville Dillon and their son Lyle traveled to Union Iowa to attend the wedding of Mrs Dillon's brother Floyd Hinshaw. Also mentions local social visits and weekly Friday summer shows beginning June 14.
Douglas residents enjoy a Saturday evening ice cream gathering at Dave Rich’s home with Wade Sinn and family, Farl Rich and family, and others. Various neighbors including Roll Hyde, Amos Graher, Stella Roth, and Mr and Mrs Ren Roth are noted visiting, while Joe Graber and Chris Rich host and share in the event.
Des Moines reports that the social security bill will enable Iowa to fund pensions for about 20,000 additional residents. Byron G. Allen, head of the old age assistance commission, notes final passage could extend aid statewide.
Mr and Mrs Amos Graber were business callers in Weehington Monday. The Graber family, joined by Clyde Clark and his son Dale and daughter Clara, spent Monday evening with Andy Kaufman.
President Robert M. Hutchins warns graduates that moral danger, not economics, threatens their future. He critiques conformity, media pressure, and political evasiveness, urging steadfast integrity, intellectual independence, and active civic duty to sustain democracy.
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