Local residents plan trips and recover from minor injuries
Mrs Don Rabenold and daughter Donna of Ainsworth and Mrs Alfred Brown with son Bob return from Chillicothe Missouri. Aletha May visits her mother H L May in Iowa City on two week Journal leave. Fort Nicola family and Lucille Bennett plan short trips to Larose Wise and The Dells. Edward Wenger family depart for Abilene Kansas after visiting relatives in Wayland and Washington. Ernest Wallen and Roy Snider travel to Chicago after visiting John Lemmon. they spent a week in Rocky Mountain National Park. C W Southwell and wife visit sister A Keith Droz. Southwells have bought the Dick Dian hotel at Vandalia and sold their Des Moines home. Mrs R C Ferguson of West Chester injures thumb at Ferguson reunion in Sulepet park. Delbert Sayre shows rapid recovery after major operation and may leave hospital soon.
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Don Rabenold
Donna
Ainsworth
Alfred Brown
Bob
Chillicothe
Rabenold
Freda Rabenold
Business College
Brown
Chilicothe
Aletha May
Iowa City
H. L. May
Mies May
Journal Office
Ernest Wallen
Roy Snider
Chicago
John Lemmon
Rocky Mountain National Jars
Colorado
C. W. Southwell
D. N. Anwyl
Pearl Parcel
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California
Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes, Colo
Hooverdam
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Whittier
Santa Anna National City
San Diego
Calif
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Old Mexico
Harold Miller
Grand Canyon
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Noted
Charles Robert Wadlerich of Richland was admitted yesterday for treatment. Harvey O Loughlin was admitted this morning. Mrs Dunham Morrison was dismissed for home Sunday afternoon, and her son Tommy Morrison was dismissed this morning. Harry Jones was dismissed this morning.
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Charles Robert Wadlerich
Richland
Harvey O'Loughlin
Dunham Morrison
Tommy Morrison
Harry Jones
Indees Edge Keota 8 4 In Soggy Diamond Show
Washington Independents beat Keota 8 to 4 behind Art Edmondson seven hit pitching on a damp August day. Ray Whitehead sparked a four run first inning with a double and score, while Dale Schauenberg tripled in the seventh as Indees clinched the win.
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Washington
Art Edmondson
Art
Nichols
Whitehead
Ray Whitehead
Edmondson
Buckwalter
Keotan
Davis
H. Lee
Keota
Dale Schauenberg
Cummings
Lane
Plowman
H Denton
Indees
Mimondson
Hod Denton
Brother Jack
Hancock
Kitzgman
Standings and Results in Major Leagues
National League standings show Cincinnati at 69 41 and New York 65 54 with Chicago and Pittsburgh around .600. Sundays results include St Louis sweeping Cincinnati and Chicago over Pittsburgh, with New York and Philadelphia split, rain affecting several games. American League leaders New York 78 63, Chicago 68 60. Sundays results list Chicago over Cleveland and Washington over Boston with doubleheaders affected by rain.
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National League
Cincinnati
Grrcage
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Domga Ca
Cosmsne BO
Philadelphia
Louis
St. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburh
Philadephia
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
St. Bee
Europe Tells Great Powers to Seek Peace from Neutrals
Oslo, Copenhagen, and the nations of the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Norway and Sweden united in a plea for peace to the major powers. They urge joint action to avert war and its suffering for both their people and those in smaller neutral states. King Leopold invites foreign ministers to meet in Brussels Wednesday to draft a joint proposal addressing the European crisis.
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Oslo
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxemburg
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Europe
Leopold
Brussels
Why Dogwood Became Its Pale Colored Wood In Myth
Greek myths explain dogwood’s growth as a punishment and later redemption. Legends say the wood’s color and slender form reflect a divine caution to mankind and offerings to gods. The tale links the tree to sorrow, virtue, and a changing destiny.
Washington JC Keen on 1938 Return Eight for 1939
Coach Ken Kimberlin lines up a strong 1939 squad with many 1938 veterans and several top high school prospects from West Chester Wellman Ke-Wash Burlington Muscatine and Brigh ton. Ke-Wash star Jim Meek joins a crop of new players as Washington HS and JC finalize schedules for fall games and a noted English grower obituary note closes the piece.
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Ken Kimberlin
Washington Junior College
Cardinals
Carl Jungbluth
Jack Dunbar
Ed Chuck
Bill Finke
Ralph Schoonover
Bill Longer
Charlies Thrapp
West Chester
Carroll Yoder
Wellman
Washington High
Ellis Finke
Gordon Carstensen
Harold Stephens
Myron White
Bill Kiesey
Bob Anderson
Dick Longer
Bob Scranton
Leo Palmer
Jim Meek
Brighton
Kimberlin
Washington High School
Numerous Washington county residents enjoy vacations and visits
Local notes list Jess Campbell on vacation from Martin's Modern Cleaners with a trip to The Dells Wisconsin. Several families including the Meyers, Snyder, and Putnam clans visit relatives and attend reunions and trips to Philadelphia Niagara Falls New York Canada and Detroit.
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Jess Campbell
Martin's Modern Cleaners
Mrs. Campbell
Dells
Wis
Harold Putnam
East
Dale Holland
Jean
Janet
Philadelphia
Putnams
New York
Niagara Falls
Canada
Detroit
Boiler House Construction Planned at Fort Madison Prison
The state board of control announced plans to start within a week a $185,000 boiler house project at Fort Madison prison. The work will include coal bunkers a new smoke stack and at least two boilers to be built by convicts.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Fort Madison
Indict Seven in Louisiana Today
Federal grand jury returned new indictments against seven men in Louisiana. Six face charges of using the mails to defraud. The action follows the death of Dr A S Shaw, who had charge of conserving the state's vast oil resources.
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New Orleans
A. S. Shaw
Final Plans Made for Special Days at State Fair
Iowa State Fair officials announced the schedule of special and free days. Events include free admission for Children under 15 on Friday. Veterans Day free entry Saturday. Press Day and Thrill Day Saturday. Redheads Day Tuesday. Paul Whiteman Day Wednesday. Farm Bureau Day Monday. Civil War veterans honored daily. and the fair runs through September 1 with a finale night show.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Farm
Paul Whiteman
America
Marriage license granted to Dorothy Lowe and Clarence Lee
Amos Chapter DeMolay hosted a district meeting of DeMolay chapters yesterday. A picnic planned for Sunset Park moved indoors to the Masonic Temple dining room due to weather. Twenty DeMolays attended representing Burlington, Iowa City and Washington with Wendell Baker as prime committee chairman and Roy Means and others as special guests.
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Amos
Sunset Park
Masonic Temple
Burlington
Iowa City
Washington
Wendell Baker
Ow. Em. Beex
Roy Means
Family Picnic Highlights Elwell Elaboration On Plum Tree
Mrs. Carrie Elwell returns from Cedar Falls and Waterloo to a Traer family picnic for Harold Elwell and parents Mr. and Mrs. Brown. The 150 guests enjoyed music and a program while J. E. Gardner counts twelve inch peach plum branches with forty one plums on the breoen and five dropped on the way.
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Carrie Elwell
Harold Elwell
Cedar Falls
Richard Elwell
Waterloo
Brown
Traer
Mrs. Galloway
J. E. Gardner
Journal
Perpetual motion myths contrasted with real energy sources
The piece argues against the idea of self-sustaining machines. It notes water wheels rely on the sun’s energy, while a Foucault pendulum depends on Earth's motion, showing external forces drive both.
No Mahogany Forests Exist In Virgin Jungles
The article notes mahogany trees in remaining virgin forests are sparse, with only one to two trees per acre on average, indicating forests are largely depleted of mahogany.
Washington Band To Give Concert
The Washington Concert band will perform in Crawfordsville on Thursday evening August 24 at 8:00 oclock. An expecting large audience. attendance hoped for. Eleet New Teacher Paul Harmes of Allison elected to teach typing and other high school subjects this year. He graduates from State Teachers College Cedar Falls as summer term closes. Local residents attended Ferguson family reunion at Sunset Park Washington Friday including Clarence Moorhead and daughter Mary Lillian Rose Moorhead J C Mitchell Frank Fletcher and daughter Violet R J Ferguson Earl Ferguson Boyd Twinam Latimer Davis and family. Also many from the area attended the circus in Washington Friday.
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Eleet
Paul Harmes
Allison
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Ferguson
Sunset Park
Washington
Clarence Moorhead
Mary Lillian
Rose Moorhead
J. C. Mitchell
Frank Fletcher
Violet
R. J. Ferguson
Earl Ferguson
Boyd Twinam
Latimer Davis
First Pro Baseball Player and Early Teams
The Sporting News records Alfred J. Reach of Brooklyn as the first professional player, signed to the Philadelphia Athletics in 1867. It notes the Cincinnati Red Stockings as the first complete professional team in 1869, with ten men earning a total of 9,500 dollars.
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Sporting News Record
Alfred J. Reach
Brooklyn
Philadelphia Athletics
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Decline of Atlantic sturgeon from overfishing
In early U S history sturgeon abounded in Atlantic rivers and spawned along the Delaware each spring. A century ago the roe trade for caviar began and overfishing led to the species becoming rare.
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Atlantic Coast
Delaware
Mt Asarma Eruption Spews 4000-Foot Smoke Column
Japan's largest active volcano Mt Asarma erupted with a 4000 foot smoke plume and violent underground rumblings reported in the latest activity. Local observers noted ongoing tremors and ash emission as authorities monitored the scene for possible further eruptions.
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Mt. Asarma
Japan
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