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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1939
Page
8
John O Storey a 60 year old soap peddler is held in Hugo Oklahoma after transfer from Durant to deter mob violence. He stands accused in the August 1958 death of his second wife Mrs Storey the fourth violent death in the family as per police records.
Aug 26 dinner gatherings feature Mrs Y J Moon and daughter Prane, Mr and Mrs Keith Wilson and Delbert Wilson of Iowa City, and many relatives from Detroit and Cedar Rapids. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Victor Ampleburg, Mrs Rupert Hamilton, and others as Cedar Rapids area families visited.
Vice President John Nance Garner, vacationing at his Uvalde, Texas home, enjoys fishing in the Leona River near town. The president fishes off Canadian shores.
Wellman hosted the K P Jubilee Tuesday night with a rain-shortened program. Activities included music by Kathryne Lewis orchestra, a Drum and Bugle Corps display, a Pythian Sisters drill, boxing, a Cedar Chest drawing, and dancing to Don Sievert and his Texans.
Riverside reports William Dautremont Jr resigns from his clerkship to enroll in the A L C. The notice notes his previous service and the date of resignation as August 25.
In Columbus Junction on August 25 Jack Pence bought the Gamble store from K F McNeil who will become cashier at a new Central City bank. McNeil and his family moved to Central City Thursday. The report also notes election of Mary Ablard Williamsburg as second grade teacher and four H club girls from Louisa county preparing for the state fair with a clothing exhibit. Leona Delzell is a surgical patient at Bellevue in Muscatine. Mrs Charles Billings and Cecil returned from St Joe Missouri.
The Washington golfers crown finals in five men’s flights and four women’s finals at Washington Golf and Country Club. Defending champion Gil Morrison tees with Bob Shannon in the morning to defend the men’s title as Mrs. Jean Patterson and Helen Breese contest the women’s championship. Several prize events and matchups follow from 1 20 to 2 30 with gifts from local stores. Dick Young misses due to travel. Miller may face forfeiture in an unfinished men’s class.
Sir Richard Phillips, editor of the Leicester Herald, faced a type tray spill before press time. He printed the page as assembled, including a Dutch Mail notice not translated in time. A reader later preserved the issue and sought a translator decades later.
Lotteries enjoyed widespread popularity in the early United States. States used Bridge and Turnpike Lotteries to fund roads and public works. Churches were sometimes built with the help of lottery proceeds.
Major League standings show New York leading with an 82 34 record. Thursday results include Chicago 6 Boston 1, Pittsburgh 4 New York 3, Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 6 St Louis 3. Schedule lists NY at St Louis doubleheader, Philadelphia at Cleveland, etc.
In Bethel Community North Carolina distant from the coast graves in the village churchyard are marked with full length shell decorations and a row of burned out electric light bulbs atop the ridge of the mounds.
The Grecian myth explains Pan’s shepherd pipe as a tale of the nymph Syrinx who loved Pan. She was turned into a reed and Pan crafted the wind-blown instrument from that reed, giving the pipe its eternal music.
Medical statistics show that quadruplets occur once in every 512 births. It is extremely rare for all four to survive to adulthood.
Ambers is set to face Los Ange Negro for the welterweight title on November 1 after punches in the fourth round swung the bout in his favor. Armstrong's air of victory marked the turning point in the decisive round.
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