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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1937
Page
4
The piece reflects on true religion from James 1:26 and contrasts this with ambitions of Boston and New York elites. It notes a New England youth trying many paths, never settling a single profession, and praising resiliency over steady formal study.
A London published English magazine claims German bureaucracy is deeply entrenched and unlikely to yield to revolution. The piece notes England is similarly entangled, with bureaucrats described as parasitic and difficult to hold accountable.
An English periodical warns that Nazi Germany’s vast economic control has grown from a small Reichsbank office to a massive, disjointed system with hundreds of authorities. Weekly ordinances, endless forms, and rising costs burden industry, suggesting the need to resist bureaucratic overreach at home.
Gray May 11. Max Water use of Brighton was a caller the neighborhood last week. Mr and Mrs Louis Rath and Iris spent Sunday at Frank Sallaby home. Mr and Mrs B Hoxworth spent Sunday at Ralph Howorth home in Brighton. Don Applegate has purchased a new Allis Chalmers tractor. Charles Longer and family and James Wyger called at Will.
Harmony residents share visits and meals across families including Longer Heck Schiebel and Kel sey households. Seventh and eighth graders completed tests while others travel to Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
One of the Gitar group and Howard Hazen along with a party spent most of Sunday afternoon in the woods searching for mushrooms. Toward evening a lone specimen was found. The sunburned Howard received a severe case, described as one of the season’s finest.
The Milligan case shows the Supreme Court voiding a death sentence after Miles Milligan was tried by a military commission despite civil courts being open in Indianapolis. The court held the right to trial by jury is protected by the Constitution for non military persons and rejected military trials without indictment. The decision emphasizes liberty, due process, and limits on military authority.
About forty rural letter carriers from Ainsworth Brighton Crawfordsville Kalona Riverside Washington Wellman and Richmond gathered at Kalona Community building for the Washington county Rural Letter Carriers association meeting. The event featured welcomes speeches light musical numbers and a business session criticizing road dragging and county road maintenance with next meeting set for Riverside on June 4.
A local business man asks Tib Mortimer to obtain mushrooms while he secures steak, but Friday abstinence from meat disrupts plans. The scene includes Tib proudly displaying mushrooms and the audience praising the speaker after a brief address at a gathering.
After a sermon a traveling man sits among board members at the altar to observe a post service gathering. He jokes about being bored with the sermon and offers to donate money, leaving attendees unsettled as the incident unfolds.
A Beecher anecdote recalls an audience interruption as a rooster crow echoed through the hall. The famed speaker remained composed and quipped about a faulty watch and animal instincts. Other quips note public impressions on women powdered for modesty and umbrellas worn around.
The reporter questions a prosperous soap manufacturer asking for the reason behind his fortune. He replies that it comes from clean living, stating quote clean living as the source of his success.
A prominent citizen returned to his hometown and spoke at a town meeting in his honor. He opened by saying he would not use formal salutations, adding I knew you all too well for that sort of salutation.
A mother explains that the father works downtown each day to earn money for a good dinner. The next evening Donald dislikes the meal as few of his favorites appear, prompting a juvenile snort and doubt about his father’s downtown labor.
A peasant named Hassan living near Bigha in the Dardanelles Straits wed his seventh wife at age 127. He appears youthful with good health, a 37 year old bride, and claims lifelong abstinence from liquor and tobacco aids his longevity. He walks to town for groceries and hopes to live another year, crediting outdoor life.
A fragmentary remark discusses how some people use their wits to win favors while others rely on a partner to advance, illustrating a cynical view of social climbing. The line ends with a tongue in cheek observation about using a man to get ahead.
Davenport Iowa May 11 The school board ponders an overhaul to allow pupils to graduate without required college prep courses and instead choose studies aimed at immediate tasks. Superintendent Kevin H Schmitt cites dropouts and boredom as reasons, suggesting job ready courses might keep students in school. board action not imminent.
The article surveys the Crawfordsville Methodist groups, detailing the Ladies Aid Society founded in 1907 and its early members, officers, and governance. It also chronicles the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society history from 1869 origins, key leaders, motto Saved for Service, and notable firsts in education and medicine in Asia and Korea.
Iowa Unemployment Compensation Commission announces that employers with eight or more workers must remit 2 percent of total payroll by May 15. Nine-tenths goes to the state commission and one-tenth to the federal IRS. Penalty of 1 percent applies for late payment. Data note: 4,624 firms paid the 1936 tax totaling $2,718,846.
Troop 32 members joined Troop 82 for a four trail treasure hunt Monday night. Three trails ran about four miles each with first group back winning three candy bars per scout. Herbert Huber and Ira Morrison placed first. At nine o clock the scouts met for a final circle and departed for home.
In the Hall des Invalides Paris a soldier hanged himself on a column. Twelve other soldiers followed suit on the same column until authorities removed the column to end the baleful influence.
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