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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1930
Page
4
SONS OF GOD. Brief daily devotional noting divine sonship and spiritual inheritance. The excerpt emphasizes faith, guidance, and a call to righteous living under divine care.
Lisle McGugin reports the Newcastle Pa News announcing the start of murder trial for Irene Schroeder and W Glenn Dague. They face charges of murder manslaughter felonious assault and battery and highway robbery after a gun battle in Arizona. Public mood grows wary of gangsters as calls for harsher justice intensify.
A letter from Gwendolyn Yvonne Hunter describes a fourth grade student in Wallace school noting a mispronunciation about "position" and a playful scene with a friend and her father. The writer also references Chicago business and a general claim about economic effects of outlawry on activity.
Dr S P Telford writes a tribute poem to Matthew Springman on his eighty third birthday March 1 1930 honoring fifty five years as city cemeteries sexton in Washington Iowa. The verse praises his silent vigil over the graves and calls him an uncrowned prince of the City of the Dead.
A column mixes a humorous Ford Lincoln anecdote involving Calvin Coolidge with light features about local figures. It notes a Lincoln waited for a Ford, the ex-president in the Lincoln, and includes short items on school directors, home additions, travel, and local residents.
Miss Harriet Cookinham home management specialist from Ames will direct a series of Farm Bureau training schools in Louisa county next week for women leaders. Standards of Living will guide discussions.
Iowa City hosts the fourth annual state conference on child development and parent education June 17 to 19. The three day institute gathers leaders from the University of Iowa and Iowa State College with speakers from Johns Hopkins and Columbia to discuss physical development mental hygiene and parent education techniques.
A witty note from the Los Angeles Times speaks of roughing it as a week at a mountain shack with exposed plumbing and no full-length mirror.
A terse note describes a porter apologizing for no trains to London today while offering a pleasant alternative ride to Budleigh Sallerton on a small train. The account emphasizes customer service and diligence in rail operations.
Local humor column quotes Abe Martin remarking that elephants in suits and crocodiles are among the longest lived things. The piece adds a wry jab about women voting and washing bottles, voiced by Tell Binkley last evening.
A brief note invites under fourteen readers to try another puzzle picture with the same prizes, praising the ongoing interest and urging participation.
A brief puzzle item inviting readers to spot intentional mistakes in the artwork. The note promises a challenge with obvious and subtle errors and asks readers to test their observation skills.
Last week’s puzzle prizes were split with awards going to Washington and Ainsworth. Virginia Lemley claimed 1st prize of $1.00 and Helen Soukup 2nd prize. The note invites the winner to collect and thanks readers.
A list notes multiple issues: a tree growing through the roof, an unusable stovepipe on a modern house, an incorrect stone gable, mismatched front window tracery, improper brick and stone in the chimney, nonmatching shutters, a side window with one shutter, mismatched door-step bushes, and a missing cross bar on the window beside the chimney.
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