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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1938
Page
4
A Bible Thought cites Matthew 6 16 urging restraint from quick material progress. It questions if laws or wealth tricks can make a nation great and argues national strength flows from citizens forming strong individual and national character through patient effort. Edward Beatty quote.
A reader borrows Hell on Ice by Commander Ed Elisberg to escape a heat wave. The memoir recounts the 1879 Jeannette Arctic expedition led by G. W. DeLong, its frozen peril, the crew’s horrors, and the race toward Siberia, ending with many deaths and the Titanic comparison.
Fragment from London News notes a caution about walking on a polished floor. A carpenter asks for care while promising safety, mentioning nails in boots as a precaution for grip.
Cloud Willits Jr. caused a stir yesterday with a nose ring rumor that had readers thinking he had gone native. He clarified the piercing was a joke or a reaction to a stubborn cold.
Doc Crow earns the nickname Killer after a golf ball struck a woodpecker on tee nine during a round through a grove. Onlookers saw the brassie shot kill the bird instantly and leave the ball unaltered. Talks stir of an exhibition match pairing Doe with Montague of Hollywood fame.
A morning incident sees tomatoes placed in a car by Newt O Loughlin who later confesses. the page also jumbles slogans on Republican themes and quotes, mixing editorials with unrelated quips and lines from Chicago Tribune items.
A visitor asked if the Bronx Zoo hippopotamus was male or female. The keeper answers that the question should interest only another hippopotamus, a quip attributed to Hack.
A jumble of quotes and musings about happiness and contentment contrasts wealth with mood. A scientist reports a revised estimate of the universe’s age, suggesting broader wonder beyond material gains. The fragment ends with a note to Mrs. M. D.
A Washington business man recalls a bizarre poker night in which a player with a glass eye handled it in a stiff hand. The eye fell to the table center and triggered a rival to fling his false teeth into the pot with a quip to call.
Washington Independents manager Vic Trosky aims to bolster his team for Sunday’s game against Pleasant Plain. He hopes Dale Kiesey and Bill Jacobs will secure leave, with Max Mitchell, Punkin Anderson, and Bob Young returning. Cummings may pitch or catch. Sojka and Wagenknecht face injury doubts as Pleasant Plain lists three injured players.
Morrison defeated Tom Brookhart five and three in the city championship semifinal. After a 39 each in the morning, Brookhart faltered with his putting in the second round. Morrison, who has upset Vic Westphal and Prockhart, will face Oakley or Bailey in the final with 86 holes over two 18 hole sessions on August 21.
A York Nebraska group from U B B church will stage The Lost Church a religious drama at Cottonwood U B church Sunday evening Aug 14 The cast includes college students from the U B B church in Wayland and media reports the event as part of local religious activity amid weekend travel notices
Fourteen Iowa American Legion Junior Baseball graduates are in organized baseball this year, with 521 total graduates in the 1938 major and minor leagues from 118 clubs reporting. California leads with 102 graduates, Chicago tops cities with 24, and Bob Feller of Van Meter heads Iowa’s line in Cleveland.
Crawfordsville reports Harold White, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. White, underwent an appendectomy in Iowa City Tuesday. Mrs. Willo Zeuch of Des Moines was mentioned among relatives or associated persons.
The YMCA meet results list shows John Perdock as high point winner with 18 points. Jimmy Gilchrist leads swimmer points with 16½ as events record several new marks and winners in breaststroke freestyle backstroke and relay races.
The City of London grants its chief officer a prestigious residence but requires him to cover his own window cleaning. If any windows break during his term, he must repair them himself. Maines and her mother Mrs. C H Fishburn visited with Mr and Mrs Mark Campbell and their son of Haskins on Wednesday afternoon at the J J Anwyl home.
Regular meeting info for CR La P Westbound lodge outlines first Friday of each month with officers. Arrivals and departures for multiple trains including Golden State Limited and Californian, plus Knoxville Branch service and local Davenport Kansas City runs. Bus depot note and candy shops mention.
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