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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
2
Mrs. Walter Clark and her son Dick left their home after spending a month with her mother Mrs. B Messersmith. They traveled by car toward their California home.
Tom Stagwart and Paul Wilder son and their father W G Stewart headed back to Iowa State college after a short visit with W G Stewart. Lena Stewart spends two weeks in Kansas with her sisters. Mr and Mrs Frank Wells Jr and Ardelle Hasty of Chicago visit and see relatives near Kalona. Mrs Edward A Sift of Knoxville and daughter Mrs William Leonard of Omaha return after two weeks visiting Celestine Marie and Will Marie and others in Davenport during Centennial.
Mrs Ed Oetjen was discharged yesterday afternoon. Mrs H B Fehlberg and baby son were dismissed yesterday for their home in Wellman. Mae Crandall and Max Young both of Washington and Mrs Leslie Paul of Wellman underwent tonsillectomies this morning. Mr and Mrs Stanly Zager of Washington welcomed a son born this morning at 4 36 weighing eight pounds nine ounces. Henry Miller of Washington and Evelyn Crish of Brighton underwent appendectomies this morning. Wayne Hurst of South English admitted for observation. Cedric Olin of Wellman dismissed this morning.
Major League standings show New York leading the American League at 75 33 and Cleveland at 58 50. Results from Wednesday include Chicago 7 Detroit 6 and New York 4 Washington 0. National League games featured St Louis 4 Pittsburgh 3 and New York 7 Brooklyn 3 with Chicago at Cincinnati tonight.
Local residents visit and travel updates with names of families from Ru bio Newman Grove Keota Crawfordsville and Ames. Della Lehlan of Newman Grove arrives to stay with Charles W Long Jr in Iowa City. Joe Kelly of Batavia injures wrist in a handshake incident at his newspaper office. Travelers include Bob and Ralph Thompson heading to the San Francisco fair and Los Angeles.
The twenty sixth Mesquakie Indian powwow opens today at the reservation near here and runs through Sunday An afternoon feature reenacts the tribal wedding ceremony from former years A large cast will perform Hiawatha an adaptation of Longfellows poem on Saturday and Sunday evenings
Five year old Charles Laubauch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Laubauch, sustained painful burns to chest arms and face after tipping a container of lye onto himself. Local items note multiple social visits and anniversaries among area families including Davis and Greiner households.
Indianola report of Walter C. Hendricks a 48 year old Troop F 14th Cavalry Fort Des Moines rider. He was among three troops appearing at a Warren county fair when his horse struck a hurdle and pitched him to the ground suffering severe head injuries.
Wright County leaders and O. H. Benson founder of 4-H in the county exchanged tributes as a plaque dedication marked the 32nd anniversary. The plaques, welcomed by 4-H youth, were placed on the courthouse lawn amid a crowd of about 1,290 to 1,400. Benson gave a speech joined by Paul C. Tay and Sarah Porter Ellis of Iowa State College.
A description notes the German Nazi flag features a red field a white circle in the center and a black swastika inside the circle.
Iowa State Treasurer W. G. C. Bagley urged careful filing of gasoline tax refund claims to avoid daily returns and weeklong delays. He cited common errors such as late filing, missing signatures, incorrect refund numbers, improper notarization, incomplete addresses, and missing equipment use details, urging claimants to file correctly.
Iowa City report states artist Grant Wood files divorce from wife Sarah Wood on grounds of inhuman treatment. Wood, a 16 year faculty member at the State University of Iowa fine arts, cites endangerment to health. The couple married March 2, 1984. Mrs Wood currently in Laguna Beach, California.
Frank J. Boll 56 editor and publisher of the Red Oak Sun died after a short illness in Red Oak. He ran the weekly with his brother Karl until about ten years ago. The paper was founded by their father William Bell. A lifelong Red Oak resident, he belonged to the Masonic lodge and the Low Twelve club and was known in southwest Iowa Democratic circles.
A man visiting Roy Wilson of Aluia showed photos of Prayces P. Welch, suspected murderer of Harold Dreher of Mason City. He decided to go home and stay there. Welch was later seen boarding a freight train, and Wilson was picked up en route to Mason City to seek a paving crew job.
Delbert Havel spends several weeks with his great grandfather Anthony Horak in South Highland. Local residents recount Sunday visits by the Applegates and the Lasek families. Navy enlistment of Floyd Sojka is noted with upcoming Great Lakes training. Archie Horak vacations in Wisconsin. R T Knottnerus Jr. shows a new Chevrolet.
The Maxwell family and guests traveled from Indiana to visit relatives in Tennessee and Virginia while seeing Washington and Gettysburg. They stopped in Bloomington to hear Rev. Zimmern and shared news of friends and relatives across Iowa, Wisconsin, and the West Coast.
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