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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1936
Page
8
George L McDantel Druggist promotes a nickel price for OH BOY root beer as a refreshing drink option in a compact advertisement. The small ad urges customers to try the beverage, highlighting its low cost and availability.
A planning board survey of Iowa parole practices finds letters from employers often conceal important facts and many convicts use aliases rarely. It calls for more staff, prison camps, and county support, noting feebleminded youths and dependent boys need different care and that training schools should be reduced while boarding homes or suitable institutions help neglected children.
James McGuire of Cotter sustained minor injuries Saturday afternoon when knocked down by a car at Main and Walnut streets. His face was bruised and he was shaken up. Also noted: the Jones family and associates in an auto crash with minor injuries. later travel arrangements described.
Boise August 3-4. One hundred twenty National Guardsmen were ordered into Clearwater county to prevent more bloodshed in the northern Idaho logging camps where 1,500 workers are on strike. Two troops were sent to preserve order after a shooting last night in which five I W W members were shot and wounded by strike breakers.
A department store reports that more than one in ten resignations from its sales force are caused by health conditions, based on an internal investigation.
W. M. Huff of the Chaflin Clarion describes a plan to trap an invisible philly-loo bird that eats golf balls. He suggests painting balls with striped candy dye to reveal the bird and using a torn tornado heart section to spray rare air to shatter it, causing the ball to drop.
Washington Lodge No 26 A A M holds regular meetings on the last Friday of each month with W A Bealer as W M and A W Yard as secretary.
The notice lists outbound and inbound trains with numbers including No 82 No 12 No 4 and No 11 on Apache and Golden State Limited services. It mentions Westbound No 83 Tuesday Thursday Saturday local Friday 10 56 am 11 65 pm and Daily No 429 and 430 serving the Knoxville branch with Washington departures and arrivals, noting special stops for Califor passengers. Agent L Goodlander signs as local agent.
Fragmentary timetable notes show trains 8 25 26 from Washington, with local and southbound limited services, morning pass and 11:45 am departures, agent C. McKay listed, irregular legible timings and route hints.
Bruce and Roe Hawkins and Miss Margaret Huston along with others visit in summer. The Fredonia kittenball team beat Dings Oilers 10 to 2 at the fairgrounds. Columbus Junction Scorpions defeated Columbus City Four-H 29 to 6 in a preliminary game. Funeral for Edward C. Jarrard set in Conesville after Long Beach death. Local society plans a Tuesday Methodist meeting with Mrs Shearer and others hosting.
In South Africa two wild camel family species exist the Guanaco is larger and both the llama and alpaca are domesticated forms. The alpaca is not used as a beast of burden. The alpaca arose from breeding the domesticated llama focusing on wool quality.
A horticulturist at Ohio State University names the ten most satisfactory annual flowers for home gardens: zinnia cosmos marigold scabiosa snapdragon China aster calendula cornflower blue salvia and larkspur. A separate report notes a German expedition seeks an Airport site in Greesland to support a Germany to Chicago air route.
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