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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1932
Page
5
A devotional caption centers Isaiah 11 6 with the theme of harmony as the wolf lies with the lamb and a child leads a world of peace. The caption echoes the biblical vision of creatures living together without threat.
A clipped newspaper piece discusses eel senses and life history. It notes Dr. Emmeline Moore’s radio talk on eels, recounts a Pond eel’s twelve years, and describes migration to a Bermuda-area spawning ground in the Atlantic where eels mate and die before their offspring drift to the sea.
A heroine reaches the shore and swims the Rum Run River then climbs Dutcher's Creek to resume a muddy hungry yet hopeful life by the pond where her mother began. The journey spans a year or more with legends of a dam and old Bascom’s place shaping their path.
Dr Cabot chronicles decades of medical experience showing alcohol harms in infectious disease and public health. He critiques the moderate drinking stance, links it to driving accidents, calls Prohibition enforcement uneven, and attacks Wet rhetoric as hypocritical and self-defeating.
A compact vocabulary note presents the day word Dissociate meaning to separate. It cites usage in a sample sentence stating It cannot dissociate the two ideas.
Ballots in the box downstairs will reveal the winner after Monday’s count. The race has been lively with public interest and contestants anxious for final results. A tale of a telephone prank is noted, and a remark on a married woman working despite marriage is included.
A car backs into a Bell market in San Diego crashing through a plate glass window and into groceries injuring a shopper. The piece also promotes Charley Miller of Albia delivering a humorous lecture on Our Neighbors about a wealthy Appanoose County neighbor who hoarded produce and faced a family rebuke.
A humorous collection of jokes and puzzles about job interviews, jackasses at water, riddles about a hen crossing the road and a cow on a hill, plus a rescued diver and a sighing hero. The piece closes with a summer sign of electric fan sounds.
The calendar and weather authority announce the straw hat season as official, marking the start of a local tradition. The declaration signals wearable seasonality and invites residents to embrace the annual custom throughout the coming months.
Brooklyn seized control with runs by Joe Stripp and Tony Cuccinello as Dazzy Vance spun a five to three win. Babe Herman homered for Cincinnati, Wally Gilbert misplayed a key ball, and Wright Cuccinello and Kelly turned Douthit’s liner into a rare three ply triple play for Brooklyn.
The notice invites participation in the Pentecost anniversary events at the Bible school at 9 45 a m Worship led by the Progressive class taught by Charles Corette The morning sermon continues a series on The Seven Churches The day includes a 11 a m worship with The Golden Candle Sticks a 6 30 p m Young People gathering led by Harvey Coulter and an 7 30 p m evangelistic service with the sermon Angels.
Sunday school at 10:00 led by Superintendent Walter Leet on the lesson Jacob at Bethel. Morning service at 11:00 with a sermon by Rev. Lefever. Christian Endeavor at 7:08 followed by evening service at 7:45.
A morning service is led by the pastor with Sunday school at 10 45. Lester Lease serves as superintendent. The lesson is titled Jacob at Bethel and invites all to attend. The message emphasizes faithful conduct and governance.
The article promotes the film Young America starring Spencer Tracy Donna Kenyon Beryl Mercer Ralph Bellamy and Tommy Conlon. It describes the story of a boy deemed the worst in town who seeks adventure and fun and portrays a vivid sympathetic realism of youth at life’s crossroads with a juvenile court focus. The State Theater presents the film Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.
The new screen attraction at the Moxy theater, staged Monday and Tuesday, centers on the giant tree harvest and lumber mill trade. J B Norby supervised the production and trained actors in logging camp life while Albert Rogell directed. Norby, a veteran lumberman, has forty years of saw and axe work and runs Central Camp on the Pacific Coast for Sugar Pine Lumber.
The slide rule traces to logarithms and Napier in 1614, with Gutter plotting logs in 1620, and a two foot straight rule. The first moving slide between fixed stock appeared with Robert Rissaker in 1604.
A reader’s guide praising several films from the era. Notes on Young America as entertaining yet meaningful about modern youth. Carnival Boat set in Northwest logging camps. The Office Girl a lively English romance comedy. The Crowd Roars a much anticipated James Cagney picture. Ghost Valley a Fox Western mystery with Tom Keene and his horse Flash.
A reflective quotation highlights Ruskin on yielding reverence to others and placing one’s life at another’s disposal. It frames this act as not slavery but a noble state a person may choose in life.
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