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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1939

Page

5

Conesville School Year Closing Highlights and Local News

Close of the Conesville school year includes May 3 junior class play Ready Made Family and May 19 eighth grade commencement with May 11 high school commencement. Other items note Clifford Bel’s DWI conviction, church activities, staff reappointments, hospital visits, and local civic meetings.

Martha Butler Columbus Junction Conesville Methodist Church E. L. McClure Clifford Bel Paul McCord Louisa County G. W. Ayers Foreign Missionary Societies The Wellman Clara Lynn Winfield

Red Brick Social Notes From Davenport to Webster

Mr and Mrs Raymond Zielinski of Davenport visited Mrs Zielinskis sister Mrs Lloyd Nieswanger. Mr and Mrs Luther Crom and children visited the Edd Nelsons. The Darnells and Darline Nelson attended a birthday dinner at Edger Mothers home in Webster. Cy Birka and family visited the James Birka home in Riverside. Joe Nelson and son visited Centerville. Luther and Elmer Cram helped Edd Nelson saw wood.

Luther Crom Red Brick Raymond Zielinski Davenport Riverside Joe Nelson and Centerville Luther Elmer Cram Edd Nelson

Spaniards Bring First Domestic Sheep to America

The account notes that Coronado introduced the first domesticated sheep in 1540 but the flock died. It adds that Onate’s 1598 sheep survived and became ancestors of Navajo herds.

America Onate

Fresno man visits ailing Brighton father

J B Brier of Fresno California arrived Friday to see his father J H Brier who has been seriously ill the past week. The elder Mr Brier is gradually improving. The notice lists numerous relatives visiting, births, and local arrivals including Mrs Cora Perham and son Virgil of Hale Missouri and other family events in the community.

Brighton J. B. Brier Fresno Calif J. H. Brier Mr. Brier Cora Perham Virgil Hale Perham Warren van Winkle Guy Truax Washington Per Abner Courson Orval Courson Erma Jean Ellis Hull Lloyd Goodman Abingdon Blery Courson Ray Allen Russell Galesburg Hl. Co Roy Hinson Fairfield

New-Old Discovery Behind Modern Lie Detector

The Christian Science Monitor notes a century old idea that heart rate and blood pressure reflect mental state, tracing the roots of lie detection to ancient understanding.

Christian Science Monitor

Impeachment Law Under the Constitution Definition

The Constitution states that the president vice president and all civil officers are liable to impeachment for treason bribery or other high crimes or misdemeanors and on conviction to be removed from office.

The Busy Heart Pumps Blood Through the Body

The heart moves three gallons of blood per minute from the right to the left side, and in violent activity the flow can reach ten gallons.

Frost Flows Downhill Like Water On Sit Night

Frost will flow downhill almost as water does, piling up at the bottom of small valleys and depressions as night settles.

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