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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1936
Page
4
Daily devotional cites Ecclesiastes 5 12 about earned rest for laborers and contrasts it with the sleepless rich. It asks readers to show the man they honor as the true ideal of manhood through their values and aspirations citing Carlyle.
On page 14 of Saturdays Herald Examiner Ruth Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Smith is pictured beside her entry at the International Stock Show in the stock yards amphitheater. The feature highlights 4 H clubs and youth involvement in stock development as a constructive agricultural effort.
The Farm Bureau shows across Washington and hundreds of U.S. cities feed the International exhibitions with top exhibits. Iowa boasts prize winners in many fields from healthy 4-H youths to corn shuckers and livestock as well as spellers scientists writers artists and more.
The Chicago exposition known as the Thirty-seventh International Live Stock Exposition opens as a world class fair drawing visitors from across the nation. It emphasizes education and national resources, urging locals not to overlook the event at their doorstep.
Social notes from Landscape detail Thanksgiving day gatherings at multiple homes including the Will Shalla and Clark Bauer residences. Families from Kalona Washington Morning Sun and nearby areas share meals and friendly visits with relatives and neighbors.
Text states King Arthur’s home was Caerleon on the Usk in Wales where he lived in state with hundreds of knights and chose 12 as Knights of the Round Table.
A Lawrence Mass. native with whittling talent began by carving toys for children and grew to run the world’s largest toy factory. The Diamond City News notes readers’ submissions and hints at an upcoming 1937 edition of By Ways for more contributions.
A humorous verse contrasts a flawless man who never drinks smokes swears gambles or flirts with the narrator who admits to being alive yet jokes that he is dead when his wife notes his absence. The piece ends with a self deprecating line about the speaker not being the perfect man.
An ad urges readers to determine a desired amount of money and buy it on an installment plan through Investors Syndicate. It cites LeRoy Pratt in Washington, LA, as the contact for the arrangement and claims the plan helps funds grow by the time a person’s temples gray.
Two free afternoon games unfold at the Washington high gym with Washington and Wapello teams meeting after school and a big crowd expected. Referee is Principal Hibbs with George Freshwaters announcing the schedule as Washington builds a new, less experienced squad.
Fielding Hurry-Up Yost, Michigan athletic director, will address several hundred Iowa high school football players at the fourth annual Ames High banquet in the Memorial Union at 6 30 p m Dec 3 Dr Charles E Fritey Iowa State president will be toastmaster Invitations have been sent to 24 central Iowa high schools Central Iowa All conference teams will be honored At 3 30 p m Coach Louis Menze Iowa State will conduct a basketball clinic using the varsity and freshman teams to demonstrate the Iowa State system of defense The event seeks a crowd of about 500 football players and followers and will be open to the public
Des Moines reports the Iowa Daily Press Association will host a banquet in Ames for 29 selected all-state prep football players and their coaches. Three honorary teams of 13 players each were chosen after ballots from 759 coaches and officials. Images will capture first-string selections as the heaviest all-state eleven yet named.
Carl Bassler returns from Monmouth College work to spend Thanksgiving in Ainsworth with his family. Several local residents and relatives visited or traveled for the holiday, including Mr. and Mrs. John Shook to Peru Illinois and Dr. and Mrs. Marion Anderson of Clinton. Various reunions and visits with extended family noted around Mason City, Washington, Viola and Keota.
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