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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1941
Page
4
A long Iowa column argues the primary system fails voters, favoring party conventions for nominations and risking unqualified candidates. It urges reform while noting rising income tax, public debates, and a call for disciplined youth through military training and prudent fiscal policy to avoid financial ruin.
A reader objects to the columnist humor and demands restraint about a great race. The letter threatens action if requests are not met and mentions two cents postage due and reading neighbor's paper. The correspondent notes being born in Edinburgh and signs as R. M. 3S.
A curio collection of village humor and gags. Mothers scold dirty hands and grandma’s hands appear in a camel of lines. A professional man boasts a sheep skin yet laments learning after being skinned. Ministers seek money via a bazaar. A bus passenger clashes with a flirtatious woman. Old rural jokes get modern twists like a new divorce look. An exchange student quips about the sun’s distance. A misbelief about opticians ends with the optician helping people to see.
A woman is arrested for eye injuries while gossip remains a staple. The item lists weekend visitors and supper guests at multiple Iowa households. Names include Mr and Mrs Williams and families, Graber, Blanchard, Martin, Jones, Ferguson, Cherryholmes, Twinam, Strothman, Rich, Wenger, and Wells among others, with visits spanning Washington Ka hok o New London Wayland and Iowa City.
A sign painter with a cold applied art to a car used as a moving “jack of all trades” business. The sign claimed wide repair capability, while readers joked about misreadings. An office grouch quipped about a breakfast habit suggesting home life tensions. A man wearing his wife’s straw hat explained it was his hat, damaged by a car.
East Sunset, March 11. Jackie Wolford was celebrated at a Sunday dinner for her sixth birthday. Guests included Jackie and Jerry Wolford of Conesville with Jason Wolford and Mrs. Clarence Hering. Others visiting and dining at local homes were Hazel Weepking and James, L. A. Cherryholmes, and several area families.
Wyman reports students describe a classmate with brown hair and blue eyes while recounting last week's transportation study and a birthday candy treat. It notes 100 percent spellings for Richard and others, ninth grade workbooks, and new English texts, plus local visits and illness.
A brief note highlights that watermelons contain vitamins and nutrients. It summarizes that these fruits offer beneficial vitamins in watermelons and suggests including them in a balanced diet.
The origin story attributes the hammock to natives of Brazil who used bark from the hamock tree to craft nets suspended between trees for sleeping.
A reflection compares marriage to a pair of shears joined together yet moving apart, a union that cannot be separated and that punishes any interference with its balance.
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