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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1933
Page
4
About one hundred men attended the annual Y M C A meeting indicating strong local support for the organization. The speaker stressed the club’s role in character building, guiding youth through critical periods, and balancing development amid leisure and modern changes.
The message warns of dangerous fast driving and failure to stop at signs within the city. It urges residents to slow down, avoid accidents, protect lives and property, and adopt a careful, deliberate driving habit.
The Daily News argues repeal alone fails to fix bootlegging era harms and urges careful planning to avoid reviving past evils. It notes saloon and speakeasy abuses, calls for a system reducing present corruption without restoring old sins, and urges earnest, wide consideration.
A colleague suggests blaming the offender for a theater style dressing down and delays the fine until a second offense. The remark implies a staged reprimand and softens the initial penalty.
A column recalls President Hoover not smiling at financier Charles Mitchell amid criticism of the National Credit Corporation during England’s return to gold. The tale quotes Hoover’s rebuke about Mitchell’s role in the stock boom and crash.
A light column recalls a boy with a nickel seeking animal crackers in a Washington store, and a lawyer and banker exchanging thoughts on honesty. The verse laments longing for a farm and garden, imagining cows and crops while awaiting an automatic future.
A column filled with barter requests for subscriptions in exchange for stove wood corn or pigs, and quirky wants like a complimentary notice in return for mushrooms jokes or a rhubarb pie. It also includes a macabre satirical excerpt detailing self harm methods, framed as late night joke material.
A photo recalls Jerry Curran once operating a Washington barber shop near West Main street. The former citizen died recently in California. Curran’s shop was in a room west of the Livingston Eicher law office, later used by Crane grocery for storage.
Citizens complain about dog damage and urge action. Mayor Lytle warns that unless the dog situation improves, the city will begin impounding dogs. He calls owners to keep dogs on their premises to save city expenses and protect neighbors.
The mayor warns against motorists beating fire trucks to scenes and blocking access. He urges drivers to clear the street where the fire is located so engines can reach quickly and operate freely. Public cooperation is requested.
Mayor I t Lytle warns drivers to slow down and stop at signs. City officials vow arrests and fines for fast driving as a safety measure to protect lives and reduce hazards on streets and around the square. Citizens urged to report reckless racers to the mayor’s office.
A survey report urges mandatory tuberculosis screening for all prospective college students to curb spread on campus. The survey notes a severe condition among the student body and calls for pre admission testing.
Quote fragment reflects resolve through fashion imagery and a line attributed to Edmund Burke. The remark shapes a theme of perseverance amid hardship. The phrasing hints at a period tone and a literary aside within a column or feature.
Readable fragments describe a summer scene where a woman cools herself with a hose and a jab at boxing lore surfaces. A referee-like voice tries to coach a fighter with hopeful chants while race-laden language appears in casual dialogue, reflecting dated speech.
Elmer Taylor Jr and other Iowa editors toured Chicago to preview the Century of Progress Expo. The Beacon City program promises travel ease with guided tours, hotel tips, and free daily transportation, aiming to maximize visitors’ enjoyment of the World’s Fair while avoiding common hassles.
Iowa officials announced an 80 member Farm Bureau band from 19 counties will perform at the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago June 12 to 14. Mayo Williams directs with Ila Hearst noting musicians hail from Appanoose Wayne Davis Van Buren Lee Henry Jefferson Wapello Monroe Lucas Union Adams Story Polk Mahaska Keokuk Washington and Des Moines counties. The group aims to outsize other state bureau ensembles and echoes the famed Great Lakes Training Camp band led by Sousa. A crowd is expected to accompany the band to the fair.
Riverside May 9 a large crowd attended the closing meeting of the year for the Parent-Teacher Association at the public school. The program honored Mother's Day with readings and vocal performances. Maude Cress presented a clock to Superintendent and Mrs. R C Knight. Officers for the coming year were installed: President Fannie Meeks, Vice President William H. Cress, Secretary Ernest Salladay, Treasurer C C W Ingram. Committees named include Program Hlazer Blythe chair, Hospital Joan Reinhart chair, Membership J Karel chair, Publicity Margaret Jane Griffin, and Financial Supt Holt Norval Flynn Ernest Salladay.
Hearst announced the band will play at the exposition with over 2000 Iowa Farm Bureau members. A final public rehearsal is planned in Ottumwa on May 28 expected to attract more than 20 000 people. Interest in music spread across southern Iowa as County Agent Glen Haren urged farm bureau meetings to feature music.
An efficiency expert evaluated H. I. Ward & Company last week and proposed changes to interior displays and merchandising methods after the house cleaning sale opens tomorrow. Ward indicated major interior changes and display redesigns will follow the sale.
A compact 12 cylinder engine, only 16 inches high, is designed to fit beneath the motor bus floor. This space saver promises to streamline bus design and free cabin room.
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