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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1937
Page
4
Daily devotional reflection from May 27 1987 inviting readers to persevere in faith inspired by Hebrews 12 1 and Powys on culture as a deep human instinct The piece frames culture as a passionate pursuit of the heroic and rare guiding the spiritual journey.
A plea urges Iowa residents to conserve land and keep soil and farming wealth within the state. Citing data from the United Census and National Industrial Conference, it notes Iowa holds 20 percent of grade one farm land and 70 percent of such land lies within 250 miles, arguing to prevent cultivation in the Mississippi delta.
John Putnam, son of Mr and Mrs A KB Putnam, reports on the quantity of hardwood timber in the southern states. Putnam, long connected with the VA Forestry Department, has conducted an extensive survey of regional timber resources, stressing their enormous importance to the South and beyond.
Mr Putnam, a timber expert, advocates reforesting and maintaining forests to harvest lumber annually after trees mature. He argues northern depletion and southern push into print paper, with a national shift to sustainable timber management and annual harvests rather than yearly clearings, planning to locate in Iowa and Washington.
The New York Times argues that at 35 billion dollars the nation should cut debt during a recovery. It notes high industrial employment wages farm income bank deposits and business activity as reasons to reduce deficits and protect national credit for future emergencies.
Martin White visits the office to share his efforts toward improving Washington over the years. Since arriving forty years ago he remodeled thirteen houses and built four new ones including his own home. He notes multiple rentals and sales, current holdings, and past lot improvements tied to local development projects.
Ann invites the speaker and Mr Howe to dinner the day after tomorrow. The response is affirmative with thanks expressed.
By-the-Way announces a Pathfinder service to help visitors newcomers residents locate places since street signs installed thirteen years ago have mostly vanished.
Directions to the Post Office at 115 North Mayion Avenue describe a two block drive from the Highway 1 and Highway 2 junction. The yellow brick building sits on the left. The Office Grouch comments on social justice reform as a call for more money.
A newspaper note observes that a suitor seeking marriage with a film queen often encounters a divorce history. The piece comments on the social pattern that marriages in Hollywood sometimes unfold with high public interest and established manners.
A reformer vows a perfect place with strict rules yet ignores prisons already punishing misdeeds. A Washington Square man laments his wife’s misunderstandings, and a local golfer’s improving game is noted. A humorous hair tint joke and light anecdotes from Mrs. M D Reason close the page with playful banter.
A collage of quotes and anecdotes from Wally and others including a nun archbishop incident, a farmer named Ewell buying fuel, a landlady scolding a big eater, political notes on household budgets, and business leaders like Schwab Kiplinger and Donley commenting on American industry and the economy amid strikes and downturns.
Macon and Gordon families enjoy electric lights via the Washington high line. Local residents H. T. Carris and J. E. Lemley host and visit. Charley Grs ham and Albert Greiner attend at Davenport and Lemley homes. Andy Heinzman and Marguerit on report 20 to 30 percent above last year. A prominent inventor plans mass production to supply refugee trailers in the next war.
Sexton of Waterloo brought Alice Wehr home after a four day stay. Various families visited the Loyd Loeffler and Curtis Snyder homes on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Wehr transported Mrs. Jesse Pace to Oxford Institute to see her ill father Pen Hever. Mrs. Oscar Laubach is recovering at Washington Hospital from a goiter operation.
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