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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1936

Page

8

Kraschel Speaks at Catholic Parish Picnic

Springbrook residents heard Lieutenant Governor Nelson G. Kraschel, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, discuss farm problems and farm-to-market roads at the Springbrook Catholic parish picnic. The mass featured Rev. Paul Laffey and a new electric organ was dedicated to late Rev. William G. Knapstein.

Springbrook Nelson G. Kraschel Paul Laffey William G. Knapstein Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Leo Jaeger C. D Sacred Heart Dubuque

German Kidnapper Executed Under New Law

In Bonn Germany Hane Aduard Eigse aged 32 was executed at dawn today under Germany s kidnapping law enacted two weeks after his crime. The sentence was carried out in the early hours amid official proceedings and public attention.

Bonn Germany Hane Aduard Eigse

Local residents host events and travel news across towns

Mrs A Anderson and Mrs May McCulley plan a Log Cabin afternoon gathering. Mr and Mrs Jacob Wenger travel to Painsville Ohio to visit Wenger’s niece Mrs Arnold Buhlman. Washington shoppers include Mrs Marvin Berry and Tommy of Keota, Mrs Neil Anwyl, Mrs Etta Buxbaum, and F A Hoskins. Rev and Mrs M H McMillen and daughter Martha visit in Iowa. Jim De Wit in Oskaloosa on business. Lytles attend Ringling Brothers circus in Davenport. Des Moines YWCA counselors Beth Clow and Virginia Lord visit Dr A W Clow’s home. Miss Lord to finish Northwestern University next June. Dr and Mrs M J Cruise and Mr and Mrs Carleton Lytle plan to attend Cedar Rapids circus. Zear Hinshaw and party in Des Moines. Ted Dalton on two-week barber vacation.

Washington Marvin Berry Tommy Keota Neil Anwyl Columbus Junction Etta Buxbaum Crawfordsville F. A. Hoskins Brighton M. H. McMillen Martha St. Paul Jim de Wit Oskaloosa Robert Lytle R. L. Lytle Patsy Witton Ringling Brothers Miss Lord Honolulu States Northwestern University M. J. Cruise Carleton Lytle Cedar Rapids Zear Hinshaw Mary Thompson Vivian Zear Cloyce Gault Des Moines Ted Dalton Raperta

Farmer-Laborite blocked from speech at Marengo jubilee

In Marengo Iowa Farmer- Laborite H G Smith attempted to add his U S Senate candidate George F Buresch to a jubilee program set for Aug 22 The plan was rejected by the Marengo Commercial club which had Dickinson and Herring booked to speak The clash highlights access to loudspeaker equipment with Buresch facing a cost barrier to speak on the town event premises.

Marengo Iowa Marengo Commercial Club Farmer Lewis Swezey Dickinson Herring Buresch

Class of 1921 Holds Five Year Reunion

The class of 1921 held a five year reunion with Gwen Dolyn Long, Sarah Grimes, and Jessie Kerr as the organizing committee.

Gwendolyn Long Sarah Grimes Jessie Kerr

Garage to house buses north of junction school

A garage to house three buses used to transport rural pupils to Columbus schools will be built on lots north of the high school building owned by the Columbus Independent district. Multiple local notices report residents moving, visiting, and hospital admissions, including Mrs. Estella Coffin and Mrs. Milo Fulton, and births of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Burton C. Butler in Minneapolis.

Martha Butler Columbus Junction Columbus Sch Aools Columbus Independent District

Louisa County Fair Opens With Wild West Rodeo

Louisa County Fair and Rodeo runs August 18 to 21 in Columbus Junction Iowa with Milt Hinkle world championship Rodeo 50 bucking horses 75 Texans and 1001 acts daily. Night flood lights midway 4 H demonstrations and livestock exhibits highlighted by a north gate entrance. Auto races added August 22 under Prairie States Automobile Racing Association with top state racers.

Columbus Junction Iowa Milt Hinkle Far West Old Mexico Prairie States Automobile Racing Association

Inmates Escaped Fire Rescue Held in Ottumwa

Arlo Smithberg and Clarence Brown former inmates from Mt. Pleasant state hospital were recaptured and held in Ottumwa after escaping during a $300,000 fire rescue effort.

Ottumwa Arlo Smithberg Clarence Brown State Insane Hospital Mt. Pleasant

Picnic at Columbus Chautauqua Park Tuesday

Miss Marjean Tisor visits her Uncle Henry Tisor in Muscatine as a picnic is held Tuesday at Columbus Chautauqua Park.

Columbus Chautauqua Park Marjean Tisor Henry Tisor Muscatine

White Oak District Schoolhouse Gets Fresh Paint

Aug. 12 report from White Oak notes Hotle and Kelly of Washington are painting the schoolhouse. Daering families have Illinois relatives visiting. Fred Waltman harvested a fine watermelon crop. Clarence Brown and Mrs. Hendricks attended the Brown reunion in Washington Sunday at Sunset Park. Merrill Goweys visited Carl Daerings. Mrs. Walda Bartz and daughter Bonnie Jean visited Fred Waltman home. Cy Dickinsons spent Sunday there.

Lloyd Luers White Oak Hotle and Kelly Washington Daering llinOig Fred Waltman Clarence Browns Hendricks Brown Sunset Park Merrill Goweys Carl Daerings Walda Bartz Bonnie Jean Cy Dickinsons

Swift Rites Held for Mrs Francis Swift

Funeral services for Mrs. Francis Swift who died Sunday in Cedar Rapids were held at 9 a m yesterday at St James church with Rev H J Corcoran officiating. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery with pallbearers Nelson Thompson Oscar Hughes Charles Kennedy Harry Maxwell Fred Palmer and Walter R Brown. Jones funeral home supervised arrangements.

Must Reconcile Fur Bearing Species With Domestication

A historical reflection notes that fur bearing animals will persist on earth yet must accept domestication, implying a shift in their natural status and human use.

Earth

Scranton Home Near Agency Reunites Ruth

Ruth Scranton returns to the Charles Scranton residence near Agency after accompanying others, completing the homeward leg of the errand.

Charles Scranton Agency Ruth Scranton

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