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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1935
Page
4
A compact note quotes Panim 69 5 with God knowing all sins and urges perseverance to finish well. A Herrick line emphasizes completion over mere start. It adds a business motto by Joseph H Defrees: public interest aligns with business interest.
Feuling the Democratic state chairman faced an election law violation charge. He initially pleaded not guilty then pleaded guilty and paid a 500 dollar fine. The affair casts a cloud over his campaign integrity and party leadership amid recent political setbacks.
The piece contrasts Mussolini’s rise to dictatorial power in Italy with American hopes that people can rule effectively. It warns against demagogues, promotes informed, independent voters, and urges fewer politicians and more statesmen to preserve individual liberty. It ends with a local readers column of humor and notes.
The piece argues that current times put democracy to an unprecedented test in the United States while noting that several other nations with limited democratic forms have recently shifted away from them. It reflects on global trends and domestic concerns about political totems and governance.
A quotation from John B. Langstaff reflects that modern motives to act bravely amid shattered income arise from high virtues and urges honoring the unknown soldiers with enduring tributes, suggesting humility over grand monuments.
West Chester article notes a Pythian Sisters food sale at Hoover and Porter store on Saturday May 25 to aid busy housewives with Sunday dinners. Nearby, family visits, church activities, and Memorial Day plans are summarized, including renovations at the Methodist church and a supper at the Owens home.
In Ohio a breed of insects called gallinippers, misnamed galliinippers, resembled pontines named after a famed Ohio chieftain. They were viewed as precursors to a dreaded historical disease that swept the state, sometimes decimating whole communities.
A critical voice questions Huey Long’s Share the Wealth idea. The writer mocks the notion of every man becoming a king, asks how servants would be found, and challenges how wealth would stay equally shared. The piece ends with a farewell urging Long to explain how his plan would work.
Bald eagles are reported to retreat when confronted by king birds, a behavior noted by observers and wildlife researchers studying interspecies interactions. The dynamic highlights how smaller birds can influence apex species during territorial disputes.
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