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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1932
Page
4
Today's Bible Thought reflects Psalm 41 1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor with a promise of deliverance from the Lord in trouble. The note underscores charity and faith in hardship echoing a religious daily verse.
Fate the mouser is a sleek cat that pounces on a tiny mouse inside the house. She toys with it before crunching it, then washes her face with dainty feline grace.
A church leader argues that change is constant, urging preparedness as civic duty. He asserts citizenship blends divine and civil law, defends arms for internal security and defense, and warns against war unpreparedness, noting America’s strength and the need for readiness.
The speaker argues for rapid adaptation to modern conditions across transport and industry. Railroads must reform to new realities, while the shift from horses, phonographs, and hand labor to mechanized, automated systems shows the pace of change. The message: be alert, sympathetic, and efficient to survive.
A collection of quips on shared opinions, household help, party conventions, and weather complaints. It notes narrow mindedness in disagreement and remarks on rain versus heat, ending with a light exchange about improving a business bureau.
A humorous column recounts neighborhood signs from a drugstore and a restaurant. A Chinese laundry owner reacts with a bold sign ME NO SLEEPY TOO as locals joke about vision slips and the costs of a family doctor versus specialists.
In Gail Bordan's Ahead of the Times column a hospital chat among four year olds yields humorous replies about leaving out spinach castor oil and even becoming a bottle baby after describing daily chores.
A mother comforts a boy who swallowed his new dime and expects a doctor. He insists on the minister who can “get the last dime” from a man. In court a Black defendant named Joshua jokes about making the moonshine after the sun stands still, adding local humor to the record.
W Fef Bickel announces detailed committees for the George Washington pageant to be held July 27 28 at Case Field with a 500 cast. L B Lupton directs the pageant as Miss Etha Dawson leads the general committee and many groups including publicity grounds costumes and music are listed. Five thousand spectators are anticipated.
State entomologist Carl J. Drake reports grasshoppers remain a danger in western Iowa after rains. Infestations vary from 50 to 2000 per square yard. Separately eastern colleges vote to ban radio broadcasts of football games to protect gate receipts ahead of the NCAA meeting in Pasadena July 28–29.
A California pharmacy adds moving pictures to its stock as a promotional gimmick to attract customers, pairing film entertainment with medicine and other goods in a bid to stimulate sales.
Lodges Washington Lodge No. 26 regular meetings first Friday monthly. Glenn Mace W M and A W Yard secretary listed. Damascus Shrine No. 10 regular meetings fourth Tuesday monthly at Masonic Temple rooms. Grace E Twinam W H P and J W Bidwell W Scribe noted.
A late 19th or early 20th century timetable lists trains from RK A and P, B and Q, M and STP rails. It includes local freights, motor cars, Apache and Golden State passenger trains, mixed trains, and notes on stop patterns. Agents I Goodlander and J G McKay are named.
Major John L. Griffith, athletic commissioner of the Western Conference, said twelve eastern universities have banned broadcasting football games and that the Big Ten may follow suit. He spoke in Chicago on June 28.
City clerk W H Fulton explains Washington’s finances show a net debt of 125500 dollars, funded by waterworks and disposal plant earnings. Waterworks bonds mature in 1942 and disposal bonds in 1943, with annual payments around five thousand dollars. Tax reductions reflect a 10 percent cut over two years, from 61874 in 1928 to 45000 in 1932, as officials push for further reductions.
Dorothy Mackaill leads the Columbia picture Love Affair at the State Theatre on Wednesday. Humphrey Bogart plays Jimmy Lenard in a witty modern romance with pathos and humor. The cast also includes Hale Hamilton Astrid Allwyn Bradley Page and Jack Kennedy. Thornton Freeland directed.
Cedar Township announces a farmers movement meeting to be held Wednesday evening at the Prairie Port church. S. W. Kaster, county chairman, announced the event.
The ad lists three dentists with locations and phones: Dr W D Dwyer at Bailey Building northeast corner square third floor end of hall phone 176. Dr T J Pease opposite Court House upstairs turn west at Penney store corner 219144 West Main St phone 364. Dr O F Boller turn west at Commercial Bank corner upstairs 219 West Washington St phone 76.
Attorneys LIVINGSTON and EICHKER announce abstract department services at 204 West Main Avenue block east of Court House. Phone 147.
Chiropractor Dr Chase Brown offers neurocalometer service from an office opposite the court house with phone numbers 102 for the office and 162 for residence. Downstairs office location noted.
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