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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1939

Page

5

Riverside School Opens Fall Term With Upgrades

Riverside public school sets September 4 start for registration and assignments. Superintendent Smola oversaw summer repairs and reorganization while new equipment and a complete science series enhance laboratories and library. The high school focuses on personal use with business and personal arithmetic in upper grades and typing to be taught.

Riverside Riverside Public School Smola Gregg

Mrs E L Butler Surprise Visit Reported at Humston Home

Mrs E L Butler of Bremerton Washington along with Mr and Mrs Jack Butler visited Humston Home to deliver a happy surprise to Lloyd Humston family. Nearby Mrs Toppen Johnson and daughter called on the Jim and Carl Phillips home. Harry Dodson returned from a vacation to Yellowstone Park and Denver with family. Raymond Van Doren and Kenneth left on a Kansas trip while Marjorie Jenkins spent time locally.

Claud Rhodebeck E. L. Butler Jack Butler Bremerton Washington Lloyd Humston Toppen Johnson Wellman Jim Carl Phillips Harry Dodson Yellowstone Park Denver Colo Raymond van Doren Kenneth Kansas Marjorie Jenkins Ainsworth Lloyd Edwards Crawfordsville Will Marie Chicago Evanston Clarence Jackson Lloyd Alliman Glenn Schwartz Lancaster Lakin Bartholow Charles Bartholow Helen Wikoff Brighton Grant Humston Clifford Willard Hunter New London Leo Marie

Weekend visits and social calls near Crawfords ville

Local residents made Sunday calls at each other’s homes including Lloyd Edwards, Clarence Jackson, the Alliman, Humston, and Stubb families. The Will Marie and Leonard Marie households hosted picnics and visits, with trips to the State Fair noted. Biographical notes add that Louis Braille, born blind, taught the blind by age 19, and a remark on early Pittsburgh locomotive production in 1835.

Louis Braille Institution For the Blind Paris

Ice floes drift down Mississippi to the Gulf

In the winter of 1783 84 residents of Louisiana report large chunks of ice moving along the Mississippi River from the north to the Gulf of Mexico a rare Arctic cold snap for the region.

Louisiana Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico

Boston's School for Blind First The Nation

Boston hosts the first institute for the blind in the United States, founded by Dr John D Fisher. The landmark establishment marks a pivotal moment in American education, setting a precedent for services to visually impaired students.

Boston John D Fisher

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