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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1932
Page
9
A daily Christian note urges readers to seek peace with all people and live holy lives to see the Lord, citing Hebrews 12 14. The meditation emphasizes harmony and sanctity as essential to spiritual sight and fellowship.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil True returned from a five month stay in Denmark visiting relatives including her parents Mr. and Mrs FE W Chrissinger. They compare Denmark's social system, economy, and politics with American life noting government lotteries aid the elderly, low poverty, and a struggle in butter exports while predicting slow European improvement amid political tensions. They say Denmark is good enough to return to but were glad to come back and resume life in Fuller ton California.
A column presents vocabulary notes focusing on plutocratic meaning ruled by wealth and impeccable defined as not liable to sin. It repeats a daily word challenge with examples and usage guidance.
A collection of humorous snippets and dialect wordplay from a past era. The piece includes bluesy dialect, classroom quips, a Kentucky whiskey joke, and colonial style banter reflecting social attitudes of the time. The items appear as brief anecdotal quotes and punchlines.
A cryptic fragment from a 1930s Joe Palooka strip hints at a letter to a mother figure. The garbled text includes jumbled lines and potential character names, suggesting a humorous but unreadable panel caption.
A reader letters column by May exposes personal cynicism and social observations. The writer recalls school days, laments selective invitations, and notes a surge of vulgar literature while highlighting a bold hotel anecdote about a supposedly virtuous woman and a traveling man.
A column notes gossip amid a local sale at Midway sale barn on the R Smylie property with horses selling from 142.50 to 170 and brood mares 17.50 to 21, plus auctions by Paul Klotz and WE M Duncan. The piece also lists club postponements and local political nominations for town offices and council seats.
A reflective quote attributed to Addison states that heart virtue defines charity rather than band affiliation, emphasizing inner moral character over outward associations.
An old advertisement touts SENDOL tablets as non habit forming and non injurious. It claims quick stopping of pains from neuritis and rheumatism, soothing inflamed nerves, sciatica, frontal headaches, stiff joints, and sore muscles. Available at druggists for 20 cents a box.
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