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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1939
Page
5
Sioux from South Dakota Lace from Oklahoma Omahas from Nebraska and Potawattamies from Kansas participated in a pow wow last night. The tribal dances opened the program with a modernized ceremony and a lengthy marriage rite to be staged over successive days.
Red sunset snow scene titled 8 by 19 inches shown by Julia Marker in Inavale Nebraska. Exhibition highlights include canvas oil works with vivid winter tones.
The Farm Security Administration emphasizes solid long term leases between landlords and tenants. Officials say written leases improve land use and property care, helping tenant families raise living standards and build security. Funding for the current year’s lending program is available and aid is encouraged for next year’s farming operations.
William Capps, 19, of Some Set Kentucky, amputated his foot above the ankle with a penknife after being run over by a train near Lorain. He fashioned a tourniquet from clothing and made four crutches from tree limbs, hobbling about three quarters of a mile for aid to Lorain Hospital.
Community briefs from the Journal cover subscription updates and local notices. Highlights include staffing changes, delivery adjustments, and upcoming enrollment for a regional reader program.
Large crowds attended the Friday circus and sales in Riverside Iowa as mentions of the Washington Centennial arise. Letters from Minnesota and California readers were shown, with praise for the horses and care, and plans noted for the Oct Centennial celebration.
Farmers and farm workers who cannot borrow capital from usual lenders may obtain help from the Farm Security Administration. Rooke notes the agency offers advice on leases, farm and home management, and financial matters, with flexible lease forms available at the Washington office.
Des Moines residents on public assistance will receive 50 cents worth of food free for every dollar spent after August 23 under a federal surplus food program. Eligible clients may purchase one dollar worth of orange or colored da...
The U S government tests blue stamps for public assistance recipients to buy surplus foods such as flour corn meal butter and dried beans. Similar pilots operate in Rochester Seattle and Birmingham with eligibility spanning direct relief aid widows pensions aid to the blind and WPA workers in Des Moines.
In the latter half of the eighteenth century the gar denia acquired its current name in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden, a Scotsman born in Aberdeen in 1730.
Screen actress Rochelle Hudson wed writer Hal Thompson in a surprise ceremony in Esenada California. The couple’s nuptials, arranged quickly by Weekace, were only recently disclosed.
Chicago markets show hogs 300 head steady with top 6.60 for 220 to 275 lb. cattle 100 head nominal with light yearlings steady but steers down 15 to 25 cents. hogs and sheep across weights mixed with spring lambs 9.16 top and natives 8.26 to 9.00.
Chicago cash grain report lists corn and oats prices with color grades and figures. Corn receipts show 54 cars, with mixed yellow and white kernels priced around 45% and 65% for oats.
Chicago market data shows open high low and close figures for wheat corn oats and rye with irregular OCR artifacts. The report shifts to a note that more than 6,000,000 Americans rely on the automotive industry for employment across manufacturing materials sales roads and related services, followed by a fragment on aviation training and pilot Irving Engen.
A report notes a westbound rail accident near the Iowa Minnesota line killing two passengers in a recent incident. It lists Washington Lodge No. 26 meetings and several daily train arrivals and departures, with stops, onward connections, and ticketing notes from the local depot.
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