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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1932
Page
4
The High Calling urges readers to strive for perfection as in heaven. The message cites Matthew 5 48 urging believers to emulate divine perfection in daily conduct.
The article notes a party shift as the wets celebrate gains in the House after redistricting. Cities gain congressional representation while rural districts lose power, increasing wet influence and provoking calls for reform of big city government.
The piece argues organized gangs profit from bootlegging gasoline into Iowa and notes similar illicit trade in opium cocaine and other items. It asserts bootlegging exists where there is demand and profit, citing pre prohibition liquor, blind pigs, and ongoing illicit sales as long as customers buy.
A reflective monologue on mortality urging readers to face aging and eventual burial as bells toll for the old man. It contrasts youth and age, noting Providence and time spare no one and ends with the reminder that everyone will become “just some old man.”
Horses and mules fetch record prices in Iowa with mules at 385 dollars a pair, 350 for another pair, and a five year old at 175. Managers report demand up 150 percent from months ago as farmers turn to cheaper motive power over rising fuel costs. Milk cows rise 10 to 12 dollars per head and shoats gain 2 to 3 dollars. sheep prices expected to rise.
A concise guide highlighting common misuse and mispronunciation examples. It notes avoiding phrasing like meet together, pronouncing profuse with the s as in loose, and spelling bituminous with two i s, urging attention to usual English norms.
A note invites readers to submit lines for a contest while recalling spring blossoming and the George Washington celebration. A Chicago magazine by Livingston-Badeaux, Dave Livingston, calls readers to action with a half thoughts message. The piece highlights a cherry pie baking contest as the standout event.
The narrator muses on ad writing and nightly routines as a wife’s bedtime ritual unfolds. He jokes that every woman’s pre sleep glow routine is a spectacle, from garb to toothpaste. The piece ends with a light remark on Los Angeles absorbing vast toilet goods.
A collage of scenes recalls a Maine night meeting John Corcoran, a salesman who jokes about memory courses and a central line about telephone courtesy. The piece shifts to a schoolyard vignette about two seventh graders and a harsh punishment. It ends with jumbled lines and a line about a popularity contest priced at 84.50, plus a hidden plea for contributions.
The study of music becomes engaging for small children through movable notes cut from metal or wood and hung on wires to form the musical staff. This method encourages children to create their own simple compositions.
The first Red Cross seals appeared in 1908 and were issued with health work including the anti tuberculosis effort until 1919 when the tuberculosis campaign assumed full control.
In Taylor No 9, Gertrude Anderson leads a six week period with fifteen pupils enrolled, four Troyer children from Utica returning home and Schoonover children moving south of Washington. The Little Citizenship Club celebrated a Valentine party with duties assigned to Jack Trotman, Mark Spiedel and David Jackson. Students studied Washington and Lincoln, prepared Easter posters, and prepared for state tests in May while continuing geography, language, and history work across grades 1 through 8.
Josephine Stewart reports Billy Olds moved to another district and welcomes Marvin Lambert as a new pupil. Students crafted Washington booklets and finished Washington essays. Declamatory contests crowned winners: John Rothlisberger, Mary Donaldson, Mildred Meyer, Betty McCartney, and Alice Rothlisberger. Alice won in township and county contests. spelling team included John Rothlisberger, Mildred Meyer, Gladys Wolfe, Harrison Peters, and Alice Rothlisberger. Valentine box and dental card submissions noted.
A kingdom is a political entity ruled by a monarch titled a king. An empire is a collection of kingdoms and states governed by an emperor.
The Commercial club met after school with Miss Berg as speaker. Senior girls beat Sophomores 39 16 and Juniors beat Freshmen 34 2. Senior girls topped Freshmen 60 9 while Sophomores lost to Juniors 18 20. Senior Boys won the inter class tournament all three evenings, Seniors first, Sophomores second, Juniors third. Freshmen finished last without a win.
Milan Thompson took first in the sub-district oratorical division at Richland on Monday night and will represent Washington in the pre-district contest. William Stewart from Olds was second in the dramatic division. Washington had no entrant in the humorous division.
Washington's negative side led by Maurice Mayo and Milan Thompson defeated the Grinnell affirmative squad Tuesday evening, opening the first round of Iown Nine debates. Washington's affirmative squad then lost the second half Thursday to Iowa City, ending the night with a split result.
Hi Y and Y’s Men club members met Tuesday evening with a dinner program featuring talks by J H Peet and George Freshwaters and musical selections by Karl Bevins and Velda Parcell. The Honor Roll for the six weeks ending March 4, 1932 lists many students with grades including multiple A’s and B’s.
March 16 Richmond notes Mr and Mrs W J Keifer and family from Washington visited relatives here Sunday. William J Grinsted suffered a broken ankle in an accident, details not provided.
The English River post of the American Legion shipped a car load of grain to northwestern Iowa for crop relief. Farmers donated the grain, railways transported it for free, and Legion posts distributed it to needy farmers upon arrival.
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