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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1934
Page
4
Thought Thursday June 28 1984 quotes Micah 6 8 emphasizing justice mercy and humility. It discusses social relations among owners managers workers producers and consumers urging self control fair play value over immediate gain and mutual dependence for lasting prosperity.
On June 28 1934 members of the Journal's Three-Quarter-Century club gathered at the Methodist church for their first annual meeting. The aged attendees recalled 75 years of remarkable change and discussed life beyond this world with reflections on time, memory, and aging.
In Des Moines a few weeks ago the owner of a good Springer spaniel had a call from the police department. A friend contributes a sympathetic piece on pet protection, urging consideration of children's feelings for their dogs cats rabbits and other treasured animals. The artist will be read with interest.
A story from Washington describes Carleton Appleby and his father finding a lost dog and receiving a large counterfeit windfall of one thousand dollar bills from a friendly official. The piece contrasts polite, helpful police work with harsher practices in smaller communities and argues police should assist civilians rather than harm pets, praising Des Moines officers.
A garbled excerpt paints a scene with Henry Clay Dean’s tobacco stained shirts and Host insistence on clean attire. It rails on mean men and sharp witticisms from an audience including Pete Smith and Mrs McQuish while snippets of dialogue reveal domestic quips and oddball humor.
As members of a Three Quarter Century club gather in Washington, they reflect on longer life expectancy and express gratitude for public interest. They emphasize no desire for sensational attention and hope to continue celebrating future milestones in the capital.
Engineer John Wymore and a crew of 12 finish the surveyed segment No 22 linking Wellman to Kalona this weekend. Earlier spring work connected to South English road. Nearby grading near the county line will become gravel. Community notices include visits to Chicago and Iowa City for fairs, reunions, weddings, and social events across Wellman and surrounding towns.
Eldon and Clifford Ayres were sentenced to zero days in jail for disorderly conduct by Mayor F. C. Jones and jailed in county custody. Dale Ayres, after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace, was ordered to serve thirty days and sent to Washington on Monday afternoon.
Several members of the Three-Quarter Century club are traveling to Washington tomorrow for a meeting. At least five from here are expected to attend the 75 year party event.
We had a half inch rain Friday morning. Charles Coble called at Will Reiner on Thursday. Will Greiner injured in a car wreck returning from De ar Rapids with Ed Conrad. Mr and Mrs Will Crawford shopped in Keoly Wednesday. Relatives attended the funeral for Myron Tinnes at Vailey Saturday. Louie Tinnes and Jonnie Goeldner visited Robert Sheetz hamp Sunday. Virginia Kiefer visited Mildred Tinnes Monday afternoon. Charlee Coble and Will PP Greiner visited Sunday evening. Ray Miller family north of Keota spent Sunday with Greiners. Petre Tinnes visited his father Tuesday. Several from the vicinity attended the kittenball game at Richland Tuesday night.
Turkeys dressed today for the New York July Fourth market mark the first of the season. Two barrels will be shipped Friday and daily twice weekly until the heavy season. more barrels planned for Thanksgiving.
The University of Texas at Austin expands the five minute class interval by two minutes to accommodate longer walks between classrooms amid a redesigned campus layout with larger distances between buildings and updated facilities.
An old advertisement touts Doan's Pills as a safe quick relief for kidney discomfort. It claims 15 miles of kidney tubules wash out and warns against risky cures. The copy urges readers to obtain the product from a druggist and cites decades of use.
In August Seifert Vail is murdered at the Sherwood Forest Sanatorium. Playwright Mark Hillyer, once crippled by arthritis, becomes obsessed with the case, using a phonograph record of Vail’s voice to guide his clues. A vivid cast of Sanatorium residents and visitors offers motives and misdirections as Mark edges toward the truth.
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