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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1937
Page
4
A Bible Thought urges divinely guided hearts toward love and patience as 2 Thessalonians 3 5. It condemns reckless and drunken driving, calls for fines and vehicle bans, and stresses teaching children safer street habits and strict obedience to traffic rules.
A rebuke of the publicity law for salaries of 15000 or more in the United States. Lawmakers claim it wastes revenue and invites curiosity seekers while preventing fair income representation. Authors argue protection of enterprise leaders contrasts with tabloids over stars earning vast sums.
A Pinch Hitter fills this Mother's Day mainly with poems about mothers. Valeria presents Edward Bok's verse on Mother and a separate tribute by Valeria about her own mother. Blanche Novy Shalla contributes verses for mother and mother in law, with Lois M. Pringle and Sir Percival offering memories of mothers. Wilma Kleese, age 10, shares a child’s verse praising her mother with chores, care, and learning.
Sunday schedule lists 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. worship with a Coronation sermon. Evening activities include 7 p.m. Epworth League and 8 p.m. Haecalaureate service.
A Riverside fire loss claim reached a satisfactory settlement with Louis A. Rose after a workshop blaze on April 30. Rose carried 400 dollars on stock and equipment. the building was not insured and is owned by George Rose.
Waterloo based report states Lonnie Jasper aged 45 a Negro transient wrote District Judge George E Wood from jail claiming he had got religion and would devote life to improving his race. Judge Wood sentenced him to five years in Anamosa reformatory before he may take up missionary work.
Gladys Lenore Witterman presents a loving tribute to "Mother" with lines about care, comfort, and heavenly reunion. The collection includes "Seat out of here You dirty little brat" and other verses celebrating maternal affection, memory, and loss.
A child recalls a mother soothing him at night after a day of mischief. He lists acts like wading in a brook stealing cookies, smashing a window light, roughhousing with Bobbie White, tearing pants, and lying, yet she knows all and he feels remorse though he won’t admit it.
A verse imagining a child aging milestones from crib to bed and fork to spoon. The speaker cherishes Mother’s tuck ins each night and notes the end of the poem collection as the conductor returns to take charge of the train and bid goodbye.
The article traces Crawfordsville school history from a small wooden building of 1850 to the 1922 brick structure. It notes building moves, consolidations with outlying districts, and uses by churches. It then recounts the Sunday School movement from 1790, crediting Raikes and Mrs. Bradburn, and citing vast Methodist School enrollment and impact.
Daylight Thursday afternoon Walter Leet started to the field with four horses hitched to a disc near the Elmer Nevin farm. The horses became frightened, ran off the high grade, three uninjured but one horse broke a leg in two places. Leet jumped from the disc, suffering a minor bruise, as bystanders hoped for his quick recovery.
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