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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1939
Page
4
A May 24 1939 Bible Thought urges humility and openness to advice. It warns that inaccessible minds refuse help, while even the wise should bend to friendly counsel and allow doorways for guidance and admonition. A Gracian quote emphasizes free, frank friendship.
A reader proposes selling 10 cent certificates to fund an illuminated fountain for Central Park Washington Iowa. Each certificate carries a name and a 10 cent stake with funds diverted from small luxuries. The note outlines stepwise savings and asks for public reaction.
Washington county witnesses a perfect Memorial Day with ideal weather and a grand parade. The standout moment is the influx of hundreds of children marching confidently, drawing eyes from spectators and sparking thoughts on their futures and roles in the nation’s progress.
The passage cites editorials from Fairmont Daily Sentinel criticizing indirect relief and praising direct aid. It includes a joke about a store clerk and a quip on weddings and alimony. The tone mixes commentary with light sarcasm and local humor from small papers.
After heavy traffic on Memorial Day a metropolitan paper carried a story with the headline Asleep at the Wheel Awake at the Hospital highlighting roadway incidents and hospital responses.
A reflective verse laments damaged trees along roadsides hit by careless drivers. The speaker notes tree bark splintered and whitened by car collisions, blaming intoxicated or reckless individuals and invoking a moral plea for prudent driving.
A sympathetic reader presents figures showing a business office typist uses about 12 ounces per keystroke and types around 40 000 strokes per hour. This equates to energy akin to lifting 15 tons of dirt, and over an eight hour shift to more than 100 tons of dirt shovel work.
Mrs Julius Roar belongs to a society that does good quietly. Each member contributes a dollar earned by herself. Mrs Roar explains she earned hers from her husband. The dialogue highlights domestic work and female wit in a light, column-like vignette from society life.
A high school science instructor recalls a quiz where a withheld identity student defined a bolt as a thick metal stick with a square end and rough marks, and a nut as the opposite hole in a short iron chunk with inner wrinkles. The examiner gave an A to the odd response.
A college visitor learns about a new green house project and a new dormitory for first year students. The student explains the campus addition, and the visitor remarks on the freshmen welfare and the college’s improvements.
A humorous exchange unfolds with flirtatious banter about lipstick as a landlady interrupts with a pantry mouse sighting. The boarder grimly suggests sealing the door to starve the creature, while the vignette captures a quirky domestic moment.
A survey of 1,000 graduates from last June shows future work paths. Teachers colleges, business and vocational schools will absorb 140 graduates in towns around 3,000. Clerical jobs in groceries and service stores will take 236 graduates, including delivery and handy men. Thirty-one graduates become salesmen, including canvassers.
Riverside May 28 Friday afternoon pupils of St Marys School presented a musical program in St Marys hall under Sister Mary Franzeling. The program included songs solos and duets by named students. In the same report Anita Bere men aged five died in Burlington from a throat infection. Bergman family long-time Riverside residents moved to Denmark in 1967. Funeral at Denmark with burial at Callao.
Missouri resident Elmo Knittel attended a Thursday evening meeting in Iowa City of representatives from Socony Vacuum Oil Co. Mr and Mrs EB Ford announce the arrival of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Earl Ott of Chicago on May 22. Mrs Ott formerly Edna Ford of Riverside.
A reader notes the sloth appears old-blooded, with reptile-like traits and an unusual motherly stance, offering a curious, observational comparison.
The term pure dye originally meant silk dyed without weighting to add body and luster. Later the phrase described silks with varying amounts of weighting, including metallic salts, some of which wash out.
Study notes humans can survive a broad thermal range with proper adaptation. Researchers report heat and cold tolerance limits in controlled trials, detailing physiological responses and potential implications for extreme environments.
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