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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1939
Page
7
April social notes from Washington area families
Lates APRIL 29 Will Wenger and family of Wayland visited Washington yesterday along with Mrs. J. M. Welsch and Mrs. Charles Von Darsek of Moline Ill visiting at the Roy Havel home in north Washington. Floyd Marston and family of Columbus Junction were also in Washington. J. W. Sommers of Crawfordsville and W. E. Pardon of Pleasant Plains dropped by, with talk of local farms and fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Welsch
Charles von Darsek
Moline
Ill
Roy Havel
North
Washington
Havel
Floyd Marston
Columbus Junction
Lewis
Dad
W. BE. Pardon
Pleasant Plains
W. N. Bell
Make Camp to Search for Gold on Gold Mine Mountain
Mrs. Sam DeLong reports Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeLong near Downieville California prospecting for gold on Gold Mine mountain with friends. They will establish a camp near the mine and travel by burro for the last mile and a half. The mine is held by friends of the DeLongs. Also noted are the arrival of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Laubach and a Westminster I T A meeting with a disrupted program due to threatening weather. Remodel Home: Mrs. Bert Rittenhouse hosts White Way club featuring a remodeling project with new paper paint floors French doors and an expanded sun porch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Sam DeLong
Paul DeLong
Downieville
Caliifornia
Burro
DeLong
Lester Laubach
Merle
Charles
Bert Rittenhouse
White Way Club
D. W. Tucker
Daryl
Amos Stout
Taylor
Donald
H W. Mineart
Raymond
Leroy
Brighton
Roy Hesseltine
Gus Strom
Musecatine
Mineart Bros
Ottumwa Height
Jesse Stout
Edgar Rotzinger
Homer Rotzinger
H. W. Mineart
Fred Garrett
Washington
Kenneth Guy
Ottumwa
Indian Creek Club
Marie Farrier
Mineart
Editor’s cheeky note on a spider in the paper
A reader asked if a spider in the newspaper signalized luck. The editor replies that the spider merely watches ads and merchants, spinning a web to a store as it searches for peaceful life. The note ends by addressing pretentious wood choppers.
Memphis juvenile court recalls Mississippi girl’s simple life
Alma Mardis a 16 year old from Mississippi said she had never seen an electric light or heard a radio and had little contact with modern life. In Memphis she described basic experiences as authorities sought temporary shelter and evaluated her background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Mississippi
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alma Mardis
Mempis
Hitler
Mussolini
Columbus Junction News Briefs Highlights Local Reelections
Board reelected eight grade teachers led by Randall Bebb Martha Meeker and Arian Lowe. Obituary notes for John Ogier of Wahoo Neb died at his home. Edward Ayers enrolled in Aero Industries Technical Institute in Los Angeles. Oil drilling planned between Columbus Junction and Conesville. Columbus high baseball beat Grandview 12 to 2. Rev M A Robeson to preach in Cotter Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ogier
Wahoo
Neb
Alice Bader
Bessie Lyman
Jesse Ogier
Chicago
Albert
Nebraska
Calif
Edward Ayers
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Aero Industries Technical Institute
Los Angeles
Kk. F. Marker
Spencer
R. L. Marker
D. A. Marker
Roy C. Smith
Davenport
Conesville
Here
John Jones
W. ©. Jones
Wellston Social Notes Include Visits and Changes
Wellston April 28 notes family visits as Mr. and Mrs. G W Davis and Perry and others spent Sunday at Clove Hayes. Worth Ferguson visited Walter Wilson. Allen Schaeffer bought a John Deere tractor. Mrs D F Brumbach ill this week. Mrs Martha Mayers hospitalized after a leg injury. Blanche Jinkens to teach Wellston school next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wilson
Wellston
G. W. Davis and
Perry
Hoyt Rickey
Clove Hayes
Worth Ferguson
Allen Schaeffer
D. BF. Brumbach
Clark Pfieffer
Martha Mayers
Washington
Cloyce Hayes
Lloyd Hayes
Laurence Miksech
Bill Chmelar
Wilbur McClelland
Blanche Jinkens
Westminster Echoes Neighborhood Life in A Busy Issue
A wide range of local topics is covered including visits by the Grover Booth family of Ainsworth, wiring for electricity, fieldwork by George Ditmer, and a recent eighth grade play at Westminster. Notes mention flag presentation at school, tractor night work, birthdays, family visits, and club gatherings in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Booth
Ainsworth
Mollie Tierney
Clement Griffiths
George Ditmer
Olive Munro
Dewey Propst
Lester Laubach
Merle Eckles
Rabbit Back Home After Nearly Singed In City Note
Sandy Hook notes tell of a rabbit nearly scorched by a blaze from Edgar Kotzinger’s field but the animal returned home. Merle Farrier marked his sixteenth birthday with cake and candies at school with Mrs. Williams, his mother, and aunt Cecil Heston and Mary Karlen visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Mineart
Sandy Hook
Edgar Kotzinger
Merle Farrier
Mendelssohn Kinship Echoes Through Fame and Youth
Abraham Mendelssohn, German Jewish banker, a son of the famed philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and father of the renowned composer Felix Mendelssohn, recalled his youth being defined by his father’s or son’s fame. He noted how he was known simply as the son of Moses in his youth and later as the father of Felix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Mendelssohn
Moses
Felix
Birth of modern spiritualism in Hydesville 1843
The modern spiritualistic movement began in Hydesville New York in 1843 when the Fox family reported knocks in the house conveying messages via an alphabet system. Sisters Kate and Margaret Fox started interpreting messages from the spirit world and became the first mediums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Hydesville
N. Y
Kate Fox
Margaret
Himalayan Mountain Range and Everest Peak Fact
Himalaya lies between India and Tibet. Its loftiest peak Mt Everest rises to 29 002 feet, claimed as the world’s highest known summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himalaya
India
Tibet
Mt. Everest
Uncle Eben on Words and the Power of Short Speech
A dialectal remark by Uncle Eben expresses frustration with long words failing to convey meaning as clearly as short ones. The line reflects a folksy view on language and communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eben
Suspend Button Work: Hawkeye plant halts operations
Hawkeye Earl Hutton Co. suspended operations at its Muscatine plant to give officials time to study a federal suit filed in Davenport last week alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The shutdown affects the Macentine plant Teichmiller cutting plant and facilities at Keokuk Canton Mo. An injunction against the local firm is sought in federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Hawkeye Earl Hutton Co
Davenport
Macentine
Teichmiller
Platte
Keokuk
Canton
Building Move Tragedy Claims One Man
A construction crew worker, Marion Ghewse of Ol in, was killed when a building being moved on a steep incline slipped and struck him. The incident involved mover Cary, employed by 8S. FP. Cary, and occurred during the relocation operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion J. H. Green
Olin
Cary
Marion Ghewse
Grandpa and Mrs Roosevelt welcome ninth grandson in Seattle
Fr. D. RB. Grandpa and Mrs. Roosevelt are mansparents for the ninth time with the birth of a son to Mrs. Ann Boettiger in Seattle Washington. Boettiger has two other children from a former marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Ann Boettiger
Seattle
Wash
Market notes Chicago hogs cows and sheep prices
Chicago markets show hogs steady with declines for heavy weights and sows while light hogs hold. Cattle prices ease with medium to heavy steers down 25 to 50 cents and fed yearlings and heifers selling weaker. Sheep active late week with fat lambs and springers steady and wool lambs around 9.5. California fed lambs bring about 7.85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
California
Chicago Grain Table and Produce Market Report
Chicago grain table for April 29 shows May wheat at 72 3/4 with late gains, July wheat 71 3/4, and Sept wheat around 2.12, with corn May 47 3/4 and July 49 1/2, oats May 31 and July 28 29, rye May 42 1/2 and July 44 1/2. Produce market reports weaker prices with 27,147 cases received, fresh gradeds 16 percent, extra firsts 16 percent, current receipts 15 percent, dirties 12 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ainsworth Notes On Local Visits And Illness
Max White with uncle T H Barnes visited Des Moines on business. Dr and Mrs Hal Norton of Jonesville Wis were in Ainsworth. Mrs Florence Goble went to Keota to visit her brother Will Strain and Mrs Strain. Mrs FE Linder, sick recently, is reported better. Dorothy Trotter remains with throat trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Max White
T. H. Barnes
Des Moines
Hal Norton
Jonesville
Wis
Ainsworth Allers
Florence Goble
Keota
Will Strain
Strain
Linder
Dorothy Trotter
REISTER'S MARKETS Prices Paid Monday For Dairy Poultry
Prices paid Monday at Reister's Markets for dairy and poultry include sweet cream at 1e per pound No 1 sour cream at 17e per pint or 1o. Hennery Brown Eggs at 14e per dozen Hennery White Eggs at 11 4e per dozen No 3 eggs at 6e We pay per pound for delivery to plant All No 2 poultry including crooked breasts bare backs water blisters on breasts and extremely thin poultry will be valued accordingly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennery
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. D Rabenoid
Red
A. B. Schmoeller
Harry Reed
Louis Baird
Earl Littl
J. M. Moore
Batavia, Iowa
Blue
East Main St
Billy Custer
Apartment
East
Tae
Melvin Gingerich
South Fourth Ave
W. J. Kritzman
W. Hl. Stephens
Tall Washington Rendering
Whildead
National Consumers Tax Commission
Peters
Nicola & Harmon
Lemmon
Grubb Maytag
Iowa
Bickford Electric Repair Shop
Eclipse Lumber Company
Newa
Hampshire
Poland
China
Cy Birka
Nelson Hotel
J. A. Hunsaker Shoe Repair
Sam James
Harwood
South Side
Nelson's
John Dodd Garage
Radio
General Radio
Cunningham
Win Sloat
Mace Motor Co
Washington Oil Company
D. F. Sayre
H. Beranek
Kalona
Royal
Airway
Roy Geret
al. Debler
Wellman
Town
United Mattress Company
Cae
Graham
New School
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Leland White
Towa
Phillips & Hebner
Journal
Midway Sale Co
Rand
Frank Wood
E. D. Rayburn
South Side Square
D. F. Macon
Will Wenger
Wayland
Will
J. W. Sommers
Crawfords Ville
Jake
Chatman
Crawfordsville
Edith Richards
Andy Peterson
Scott Dickinson
Hkrighton
John Knoteks
John
Paul Escher
Miles
Paul Delongs
Calebornia
Merle Eckels
PT. A. Meeting
Westminster I. T. A
Juanita Baker
Juanita
Journal Office
the Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Sirs
Waco, Texas
Mr. Macon
Alma H. Perry
V.s
A. A. Bearblossom
Austin Waco
Texas
Russell H. Mahin
Rock Island
Betty
James Swift
Vyrar
Martha Butler
Randall Bebb
Martha Meeker
Arian Lowe
Nellie Moore
Faith Sampson
Virginia Anderson
Frances Bonniehsen
Irene Hoakasen
Westminsterites
West Cheater
Delmer Wilson
Centerville
Westminster School
Dorothy Wilson
Lucy Leet
Wea Chester Relief Corps
Miss Leet
Robert Greiner
Vada Guy
Veramella Stout
Carl Jarvie
Vera Tucker
Rabbit
Mendelssohn’s Trials
U.S
Mrs
Chicago Livestock
Reister’s ‘Markets
W. S. Reister & Sons
Morning Sun Rendering Works
Roy Brewer
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