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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1932
Page
8
Dr. Harold Jackson of London University argues pain is relative and lobsters feel no real pain when placed in boiling water. He says lower animals show a defensive alarm, not true suffering, challenging common views on animal agony.
Mrs E E Cline returned from Columbia Missouri after visiting her sister since Saturday. Mr and Mrs George Hotel and Ila Mae visited with Rosella at Perkins hospital where she is improving. Mrs Paul French and Lila Marie of Cedar Rapids stay with Mrs Frenchs mother in law Mrs George French then go to Allerton to visit Mrs Frenchs mother. Mrs Frank Sage returned from Camdenton Missouri where she helped celebrate Col J G Scott 87th birthday. Mr and Mrs C F Neuzil of Iowa City visited his mother Mrs Kathryn Barhe LOSKY.
The piece notes that men in several oriental countries and certain East Indian and North African groups wear earrings. It also states that earrings are traditional among pirates.
The Boy Scout court of honor scheduled for tomorrow night has been postponed until April. Officials cited scheduling conflicts and promised to announce a new date and venue promptly.
A study of the pin habit traces it to colonial times. An 1797 diary held by a two wire pin illustrates how pins once scarce prompted people to stoop. The Provincial congress offered £50 in 1775 to boost domestic pin production, linking economy to a common custom.
An experimental plan aims to raise crocodiles in captivity. conventional methods fail as hunters slaughter by demand for skins. The approach involves locating nests, fencing them with water access, and separating hatchlings by age to prevent cannibalism and protect the young.
The article notes China’s total area of 4,277,000 square miles with 400,800,000 people. It highlights Kiangsu province with 33,700,000 people in 39,600 square miles, a density of 874 per square mile, and compares Japan’s 148,756 square miles with 62,040,000 people, a density of 423 per square mile.
Dr. Henry M. Loomis says Father Spal Lanzani first proposed heat preservation, while Nicolas Appert used heat in 1795. The true founder of the canning industry is Louis Pasteur, whose bacteriology work underpins modern canning methods. Detroit News
Workmen digging into Fort Niagara walls uncover relics from early days including a Prenel cannon button arrow head various shot a metal button a 1727 penny and an English dictionary from around 1880 once owned by a British soldier quartered in the fort after the War of 1812 found on a roof joist of the south blockhouse.
California game officials report birds avoid melons tomatoes and berries not due to taste but because fruits and vegetables contain water that quenches thirst. They say placing water containers at convenient points can deter pheasants and other scattered species without rifles or shotguns.
Wayland visitors include Jacob and Frank Eicher and John Prescott. Richmond Kansas and Des Moines trips noted. Globe Barber Shop offers 25 cent hair cuts. Welch Moore’s shoe repair. snack shack reopening on E Wash. News mentions various family visits, a car purchase, wallpaper promotion, and birthday celebrations at the Schalter home in Wayland.
Regional ash fall from Andes eruptions paralyzes Buenos Aires and towns across Argentina and Chile. Crowds flee as eight volcanoes vent gas and ash, with San Jose and Niapo among erupting peaks. Rescue efforts struggle amid heavy dust and toxic fumes.
Mrs. Charles Hayes visited Crawfordsville with Mrs. Nettie Strain. Notices urge purchasing dry or kindling wood with limited supply and delivery after this week. Rohrer family trips to Sigourney and Oskaloosa referenced with Wade Page and Roy Page family. Campfire Girls council fire event attended in Des Moines with Mrs. George Dowell and many participants.
Residents across hundreds of miles flee as disturbances rock Chile. United States Air Attache Captain Ralph Wooten reports two hours of aerial survey showing panic and fear as ash clouds blanket towns and countryside.
Mrs. Mattie Shaw and Mrs. Lewis Gardner of Wellman shopped en route to West Chester for the thirty third annual Oskaloosa district meeting of the Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church. The event runs Tuesday and Wednesday April 12 and 13, with Boyd’s Orchestra performing and C. Wenger of Wayland and K. C. Dance noted in local activity.
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