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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
4
A brief reflection cites Matthew 23 27 28 noting hypocritical outward piety masking inner corruption. The passage rebukes scribes and Pharisees for whited sepulchres revealing hypocrisy and iniquity behind an outward show of righteousness.
In Rochester Minnesota on Monday June 27 observers note the principal activity is patient care. Nurses say the clinic accepts all comers for examination and advice though board is not provided. Mayo training details reveal 30 doctors intake quarterly for three years each, totaling about 360 observers.
A 20 year old ex convict with university training advertises for a cub reporter position. He lists a Columbia University session, IQ 180 MA, earlier delinquency and a year at U S Southwestern Reformatory El Reno Oklahoma. He is a native New Yorker unfamiliar with many eastern and midwestern cities.
The piece recalls Rochester as a Mayo Clinic hub with hospitals, hotels, and staff aiding patients. It notes a drifting daily population of 2,000 to 3,000 and that the clinic treats those who can pay but accepts all worthy patients in need. It also reflects on Thomas H. McMichael and past local baseball ties, and mentions the Cherry sisters era.
A federal court hearing pauses after the judge sniffs garlic from a witness and asks if onions were eaten. The piece shifts to a party scene where married guests display old fashioned chivalry toward wives and a narrator reflects on the waning ideal.
The note quotes Mae West responding to claims she was box office poison. She jokes that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs would have earned more if she played Snow White. The second snippet notes the U S as the world's top coffee user consuming about 1.5 billion pounds annually.
In a dinner scene the hostess fills the wait with a piano piece. She asks guest Mr Mason if he would like a sonata before dinner, prompting a surprised but pleased reply about having earlier music en route. Joe Palooka.
A series of light anecdotes features a man frightened by ghosts perched on fence posts and a Washington businessman who cures insomnia with wine. The item then shifts to a Rockefeller coded creed urging frugality, work, faith, and religious giving, concluding with a quip about summer suits with pockets.
Mrs. Milt Birka and Mr. and Mrs. Wingler hosted visitors on Sunday. Families including the Mincer, Dvorak, Swailes, and Lorack households spent the weekend at various homes. About 25 friends gathered at Anne Lear’s house for a basket dinner. Mrs. Lantz is sick but improves. Funeral attendance noted for Mrs. J. A. Green. Leona Anne Mincer visited Wilma Wing a week.
Mr and Mrs Lyle Wilson spent the weekend at their Moline home visiting with the Swisher Wilsons. Harold Humston and Clay Humston plus others visited the Oscar Kessler home in Fairfield and Cedar River cabin. Numerous families including Nelsons Dunbars and McKays shared Sunday gatherings across Walnut and Davenport during the period.
Rubio town notes say Rev John Baxter returned Friday from Duluth where he attended a peace conference. Funeral services were held for Pearl Bennett in Keota Sunday afternoon. Family travels and local church events follow with community figures listed.
Standley Singer of Packwood and his intended spouse had planned a wedding this week, but the ceremony has been postponed indefinitely.
Prairie Flower a local item reports Guy Hoyle using his tractor and an eleven foot drill to plant twenty acres of beans for E L Smith on Tuesday afternoon. The note mentions community visits including Mrs Bessie Weade at the Knapp home and farm helpers Ward Benson assisting L Smith with operations.
Mr and Mrs Clayde Knupp and family enjoyed a Lake McBride visit Sunday afternoon. Wayne Standley and Stan ley Knupp hosted relatives. Mr and Mrs Orley Page dined with Pearl Mourey in Mt Pleasant. H L Huber Arlene and Will Embree visited Swain Beatty in Brighton. Merle Turnipseed helped on the Smith farm for hay on Tuesday afternoon. Dorothy Bear stayed several days with Mrs Cloyde Knupp.
The height of Mt. Vesuvius varies by hundreds of feet due to eruptive activity and shifting volcanic plumes.
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