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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1932
Page
4
A Daily meditation quotes Psalm 125 2 about God surrounding Jerusalem’s people as a protective fortress. The reflection emphasizes divine safeguarding from now and forever.
C D Morris notes stark contrast between two months of 1931 and the prior year, with 870 freight cars and three locomotives added versus 2,631 cars and 26 locomotives earlier. He warns of bankruptcy risk, unemployment, and flawed decades of railroad policy, urging protection from unfair subsidization.
Quote from George Ade about luxuries being accessible only in a few countries and to the poor age eight and older. The fragment suggests a broader social observation on luxury access and exclusion.
The piece argues that countless Europeans view the automobile as a luxury and that many in Europe lack basic amenities such as phones and butter. It contrasts wealth at home with global poverty, notes how luxuries become necessities, and cautions that many live with far fewer comforts than Americans.
A garbled vocabulary note presents daily word guidance. It covers usage corrections for phrases like cannot help thinking, pronunciation tips for hearth, and spelling, with examples for efficacy and culpable. It lists synonyms and urges mastering one word daily.
The By The Way column notes no nominations yet for the Floor Walker's Club with eligibility limited to men who have become fathers. Voter ballots circulate in the Journal office lobby as readers rally around a contest valued by the community and its newspaper.
The piece reflects on moments when strangers pass without greeting and the chance misread of social signals. It suggests most omissions are unintentional and urges understanding over assumption in everyday street interactions.
Dr Funkhouser of the University of Kentucky claims doves are among the most quarrelsome birds in home life. The piece notes a clash of tradition with scientific inquiry and ends with a satirical poem about a town man and fat girls on his lap.
A humorous fragment contrasts language confusion with tax reduction views. A narrator notes foreigners struggle with our speech while joking about drinking conventions and common tax opinions. An exchange with an agent and a man hints at skepticism toward universal knowledge.
A humorous collection contrasts a boy’s shop skills with flying insects and a college speeding pardon. It recalls a student blaming brakes for rushing, a joke about the Empire State Building’s aluminum stripes, and a birthday note for Brother Macon on eighty four.
In New York the Spread of Education Cooper Union Institute was founded to provide free schools of art and science a free reading room and a free library for the working classes A night school of science a day school of science a night art department a women's art school and several other divisions are described.
A political notice states that Candidate 1 will seek the Republican nomination for the Board of Supervisors for the term starting January 1, 1933, subject to Republican voters in the June primaries. The announcement appears in a local newspaper.
Candidate A Claire De Wr submits for the Republican nomination in Washington County. She pledges to cut unnecessary expenditures lower taxes and ensure fair distribution of the tax burden. Run dates indicate Thursday and Monday June 2 1982.
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