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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1939
Page
4
The article notes Bob captained Washington High School basketball for two seasons and opposes electing a junior to the captaincy. It suggests Bob, as a junior, was elected and then reelected as head of next year’s team. It mentions other curious items from a puzzle page and a note on a Polycorde instrument.
A humorous note on books versus cooks as life essentials quotes a saying about feeding a man to win his heart. Mrs. B. B. Crowd Vleasers highlights Washington’s famed orator jests about churchgoing, singing, and speech, plus a dusty farm tale of a patient in an asylum imagining a baseball game.
Dean Schmitter of Shreveport Louisiana visits his parents Mr and Mrs W Schmitter in Rubio. Doyle Schmitter of Bloomfield also spends weekend there. Earl Morgan family visit West Virginia. Mrs Ralph Talley and sons from Richland visit. Eugene Snyder honored at church reception with about 100 attendees. Mrs Eugene Morgan with Rev Herbert Wood and Myrtle attend Youth Conference in Salem. Arthur Long recovers from appendicitis. Mrs Clayton Martin visits mother Mrs Farrier in Brighton.
The text notes Michigan’s early establishment of the first state library and first state university, highlighting pioneering inclusion of women. It then shifts to a murky fictional moment with a batter and a farmer speaking about a poor season and potential return to catch for another player.
Two high scoring games dominated the Blattner field schedule. The Indees routed Old Tymers 15 to 3 behind timely hitting and eraseless running, while Muscatine beat Washington 15 to 2 as the locals misplayed fielding in the early innings. Art Eamondson returns to start for the Indees in the 2:15 tilt featuring the Black Barons of Des Moines.
Reed Mewhirter aged 86, a retired farmer from the Cairo community southeast of here, fell at his home Sunday afternoon and suffered a fractured hip. He was transported by ambulance to a Burlington hospital. The report also notes local family visits and several reunions held at Chautauqua park with upcoming gatherings listed.
Baseball results list scores from two games between Boston and Philadelphia with 5 3 and 6 5 wins, New York beating Washington and other NL games. Standings table notes Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh New York Brooklyn St Louis and Philadelphia records with upcoming schedules listed.
Zella Jones 53 lifelong resident died Tuesday at her home after a long illness. Born December 9 1885 to James and Sophronia Jones on a farm southwest of here. Survived by sister Mrs Harry Fletcher Columbus Junction and brothers Joseph Morning Sun Clyde and Dewey Columbus Junction plus many nieces and nephews. Funeral 2 20 Thursday at Spring Run Evangelical church Rev L BR Deedrick officiating burial in Spring Run cemetery. She belonged to the Women's Relief corps and attended their meetings until ill health.
Enport resident begins treatment as Laurene Gilkey and daughters Marva and Merna visit. Fr Wayne from Indiana visits Eva McKee in DeKalb for a time. Isabelle Green travels to Cedar Rapids for beauty courses at Paris academy. Columbus Independent schools set September 4 opening under HE Northey. Karl Eversmeyer family of Little York IJn visits and attends Social Circle picnic. William Finke receiving treatment at Des Moines Veterans Hospital.
Waterloo report details an unidentified young man who rescued Kermit Jasper, 27, of Waverly, after a boiler explosion at a bridge project. The youth swam to Jasper, performed artificial respiration until fire department rescue squads arrived, then left. Mike Kopp, foreman, sought the rescuer.
Gordon D. Coon, 27, younger son of Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Coon, born in Washington Iowa, spent youth in Kearney Nebraska and Los Angeles California. He suffered blinding headaches and illness, tried clinics, moved to Los Angeles with family, and died after rapid decline. Autopsy showed skull abnormality from earlier head injury with brain adhesions and a thin bone spot. Funeral services were held Sunday.
An early Burlington railroad advertisement announces The Journal’s pride in carrying rail service offerings. The notice highlights passenger and freight routes, with emphasis on schedule reliability and local accessibility for readers in the Burlington area.
Washington DC observes Centennial Day as the Burlington Route shows strong local interest. Dc F Anderson, local agent, financed an announcement in the Journal Centennial magazine to position his railroad as part of the Washington business scene. His cooperation is noted as significant to the community.
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