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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
5
A reader recalls visiting the State theater to enjoy Clifton Webb in a film and a short subject highlighting cinema as the community's main source of wholesome entertainment and its educational value.
Doan's Pills marketed as a stimulant diuretic for kidney and bladder discomfort. Claims include relieving backache swelling and fatigue by flushing waste from the blood through the kidney tubes.
Theater work replaces the old Chautauqua as a year round presence, offering news reels with presidents and dignitaries, scientific and vocational films, travelogues, and historical subjects alongside entertainment. It shows a broad, wholesome influence beyond melodrama.
A Washington observer explains the planned Honey Creek artificial lake in Clay township between Brighton and Rubeo. He notes start of dam work, land purchase, and contracts, and predicts a popular recreation spot with beaches and cabins once filled.
The room gains a new ceiling walls lighting and a tile floor soon to be laid. A new judge bench and court staff furniture are installed and will be finished to match trim. Spectators benches and front furniture will be refinished and set. The remodeled space should be ready for the September 5 term. Mr and Mrs Harold Messenger came home from For, Ark after two weeks with their daughter and son in law.
United Press reports New York 2 Detroit 14 on a night slate with Washington at Detroit and New York at Cleveland also on tap. Results include Philadelphia 5 Chicago 0 and St Louis 0 Brooklyn 6 as Boston 6 Pittsburgh 5 and Chicago 3 New York. Mr and Mrs Charles Jenkins and Rosemary returned to Ainsworth after visiting Chicago and meeting Dr James L Arrowsmith.
The second floor of the courthouse sees a rebuilt court room taking shape on the ruins of its predecessor. Imaginations may run, but workers focus on completing the new space.
Advertisement states Ostrex Tonic Tablets offer new pep and tireless energy for those with low vitality from poor blood and iron deficiency. Introductory size 50 cents promises stronger nerves and younger feeling today. Available at drug stores in Washington and Melville.
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