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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1940
Page
4
A religious reflection quotes John 10 10 I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly asserting faith enhances existence and purpose for believers across communities.
The piece cites Mrs. Alex Miller on road ethics and the Golden Rule plus Howard Vincent O'Brien’s critique of Midwestern glamour. It argues courteous driving as civic virtue, contrasts Midwest character with the cultured East, and hints at regional pride during harvest time in Iowa.
A speaker from Minnesota criticizes provincialism in the United States while noting regional character differences. The piece catalogs farm export declines, foreign imports rising, and AAA policies forcing 40,000,000 acres out of cultivation yearly. It ends with a quip from John Barrymore about his theater work.
Ruth Norris reports in Ainsworth on September 5 that Wayne and son Lloyd reside in an apartment at the Marsh home while Wayne teaches at Haskins school. Glen Britton of Newton visited Mrs Estella Meb. Rev W H Hemphill and daughter Amy return from the East. Ginkens family circle holds Fairfield reunion. Kurtz family mourns E W Spessard with Kenton Kurtz’s illness noted. John Stephens begins teaching math at Seymor junior high. Mary Chambers visits Oskaloosa with C Neiswanger. J A Marsh family trip to Albert Lea Minnesota. Larry Trotter back home.
A Washington housewife confronted County Clerk Bob Noonan over a marriage license query. The clerk admitted issuing it amid a tense confrontation as the angry woman claimed the groom had vanished. The doctor cited a tongue stimulant after her medical visit.
A reader recalls a wary editor who rejected a woman's love letters with a polite slip citing too many similar contributions. The tale notes the engagement ending due to his overstocked inbox of sentiments.
The Reverend Mr. Blaney will preach next Sunday in Dempsey's Grove at 10 o clock a m and 4 o'clock p m. Between sermons the preacher will run his sorrel mate Julia against any nay trotted out in the region for a purse of 100 dollars.
Mountain Musical presents the Weaver Brothers and Elviry in Down in Arkansaw and Grand Ole Opry. The hillbilly stars transition from vaudeville to film wowing theatres with simple rural humor. Fox Theatre shows Friday and Saturday as their walking organ gag fuels a tale of a small town mayor and a farm bill.
Thelma McKinney of Berkwell City and Tomer Akins of Butler Missouri wed at Lake City on July 16. The ceremony took place on roller skates with music by a nickelodeon and a party of 18 couples roller skating as guests.
The six month old Donna Lea Currie of Indianapolis was baptized recently in Clarinda by her grandfather. Water used for the baptism was brought from the Jordan River to the United States by Donna’s aunt Ruth Currie.
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