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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
4
A religious meditation cites Psalms 27 4 and reflects on churchgoing as a path to dwell in the Lord’s house. The text asserts human equality by noting that clever men may feel small and that most people do, with Chesterton’s view framed as a moral reminder.
A reflective sweep through Tom Pendergast’s Kansas City dynasty ends with his guilty plea and looming prison term. The piece contrasts his downfall with other reform blows in New York and Missouri while urging crime prevention through industry and social investment. The column blends moral aphorisms with observations on crime costs and public policy.
Riverside Leader editor H. P. Allen critiques government spending as political and wasteful. A. C. Roach from Richland urges tasteful hat choices for women, urging companions for shopping. A Delta high point notes Delta Delta primary pupils visited Sigourney, riding a train for first time and meeting city sites.
The author argues against complacency in reform while noting that the United States spends about fifteen billion dollars annually on crime legislation. The piece compares this to government costs, estimating over one hundred dollars per person per year in crime-related expenses.
Mr and Mrs Marion Smith and family visited Lloyd Dickinson s Sunday for dinner. Lawrence and Clark Bather spent the afternoon with the Erlenbush boys. Edd Heek and family called on Fred Heek. The 4 H Chatters practiced songs at Millers Sunday afternoon. Roy Randall Mary Ellen Will Miller Clark visited Glenn Pratts. Margaret Pratt returned home after time with her sister Mrs Will Caldwell who fell and fractured her hip. William Masson Louise Gene and Jimmy Hardin visited Clyde Lamberts Sunday evening.
Crawfordsville mourns the death of William Hunter former head of the industrial arts department at Iowa State College after he died by carbon monoxide in Ames. He taught here before World War I and left to enlist. Survived by two daughters ages 10 and 7. wife died in 1937.
Quote from Toledo Blade emphasizes preferring to hate only those deemed worthy while condemning blanket hatred. The fragment reflects editorials on moral restraint and selective enmity as a social stance.
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