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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1947
Page
5
A 1947 religious meditation cites Psalm 89 3 and frames calamity as a call to moral recovery. The text emphasizes God’s enduring loving kindness and faithfulness toward the believer, urging repentance and renewal.
The column reflects on American middle class gains, housing expansion in Washington, and a critique of European culture. It argues churches stay strong, warns labor leaders, praises the profit system, and endorses workers’ restraint while defending enterprise. It cites education growth from 70 years ago to 1940, and notes Iowa bond purchases and national income context.
Mrs. Fred Reid’s California trip includes a Hollywood Earl Carrolls visit with sixty guests to watch Queen for a Day and Meet the Missus on radio. She praises plane travel for speed and comfort and notes Bob Burns Don Ameche Frances Langford shows. A farmer mislabels cow disposition as Kind and gentle, and three Bloomfield girls get permanents from grandfather Joe Nelson.
A girl would value a gift that celebrates her growing curls, such as a stylish styling set, a satin pillowcase, or a curly hair care kit that supports her unique texture and confidence. Consider a personalized touch to brighten her day.
A collage of humorous lines and odd observations fills the page. It includes a ladder mishap about a painter, a pondering earthworm, a social minded woman appointed to a delinquent girls home board, a curiosities display of taxidermy moose heads tied to a Montana hunt, and a Maple sap aside.
The principle favors live steam under 16 to 30 degrees above boiling. Cabbage takes two minutes to cook, potatoes ten, and meat fifteen per pound. An electrical company notes higher fluorescence lighting demand in South America due to Latin campaigns.
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