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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1934
Page
8
A farm owner with a lower tax bill than last year visits the office and jokes a $300 reduction would finally make him laugh. The piece argues fixed taxation ignores price cycles, harms producers, and farmers endure low prices only if taxed fairly. It warns surcharges on nonproducing property provoke anger.
Bible Thought Thursday reflects on Isa 58 6 The chosen fast to loose wickedness undo heavy burdens and let the oppressed go free. It emphasizes breaking every yoke and freeing the captive through faithful observance.
The piece argues for a temporary Iowa sales tax ending April 1 1937 to relieve property taxes, expecting tax shifts to boost values and business. It cites the Iowa Board of Assessment and Review condemning the current system as oppressive and notes local reductions of up to 25 percent already achieved, with further cuts hoped to lower tax burdens.
A Nebraska editorial discusses state and local law requiring disclosure of all claims paid by county and city bodies to educate citizens on expenditures. It argues publicity curbs waste and urges broader adoption, while noting monetary costs as a small insurance premium for protection. It cites newspaper support for the policy.
Reporters discuss an upcoming World’s Fair exhibit of paper nails claimed to be hard enough for sledge hammer use. They argue iron nails are cheaper and safer, and note paper nails would be nonconductive and could reduce sparks in powder factories, raising questions about practical sites for their use.
A playful column previews a soda fountain invention called Pickaninies in Bed and announces Judith Rae Warren joining the Warren family with starry future prospects. It notes Norman Sage’s return as assistant state bank examiner and includes spring contest poems and witty town musings.
Four year old Jimmy Jones from a big city visits grandparents in a small town. The doctor grandfather promises a long ride after a country call. Jimmy alternates between wanting to attend Sunday school with Grandma and going to the country with Grandpa while feeling unwell and feverish.
A fragmented lyric fragment describesGes VELU singing in trees while the speaker endures a head to toe ache and Spring Fever. The narrator expresses sickness and longing for rest in a bed.
Time speeds on and farmers are in fields sowing oats and plowing. Illness keeps Jean Sigafoose and Donald Lambert home from school. Mrs. John Gamble seeks exams at the hospital. Several locals helped or visited across Sam Lambert and Bert Donaldson households. New correspondents joined, and early plantings include potatoes, lettuce, and cabbage seed.
Railway timetable lists daily trains including Golden State Limited Apache and local freight services with departures from Washington to Oskaloosa and beyond. Noted stop patterns include California passengers, county seats, and several towns such as Brighton Eldon Centerville and Liberty. Local agents W C Bell and J C McKay oversee services with several morning and evening departures.
The article notes that psychology has become a subject of widespread general interest only within the last generation, reflecting shifting public attention and curiosity about mental processes and behavior.
Real cool spring weather with little rain. wells and cisterns need rain. Glenn Smith sawing summer wood Tuesday. Mrs. Carl Walton ill. Lena Fellendorf helping. Stancer and Gardner visit Moline Ill. Lee McAvoy butchered for Chub Walton. Coon family Cedar Rapids visited Ruth Coon. Margret Melinery visited Davenport. Fred Foriash butchered for Lee Ralston. Jennie Stewart very low. Ruth Coon to Des Moines. Fellendorf family north of Washington visited Carl Walton. Walton relatives visit Coppock. Lyle Smith and Charley Harland shopped in Cedar Rapids. Eggs and chickens fetch good prices vs last year.
Fifteen year old Margaret Zink admitted stealing her father’s life savings of two thousand five hundred dollars kept behind a living room photograph. She spent fourteen hundred dollars over several months before discovery.
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