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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1939
Page
5
A brief exchange between Striebel and Mevoy centers on manners and social conduct. The writers discuss the proper decorum expected in public and private settings, reflecting period views on civility and behavior.
Hodza Pasho, 70, marries a 25 year old in Sarajevo, ninth wedding after four of his eight former wives died and the others eloped. The piece notes Leipzig Germany as a historic book trade center with over a thousand publishers and shops devoted to books for two centuries.
The Wenger family and relatives gather for Thanksgiving with Mrs. Wengers mother in Kingman Kansas. Various local families visit or host dinners, and others travel to Cedar Rapids Des Moines Mt Pleasant and Goshen Indiana for visits and events.
Englishman Charles Wells used false pretense to enter Monte Carlo casino in July 1891 with 4000 pounds and won 250000 francs on his first day. He was arrested in 1892 for fraud, sentenced to eight years, later changed his name to Davenport, and after further swindling terms died in 1922.
To Mayor O J Minter and Police Chief Fred Carr of Rochester New York a widow addressed an urgent plea that they stop her late husband s three former wives from decorating his grave She insisted I think I should have the privilege He was mine last.
Kenneth Erwin, Columbus high school coach, asked the board to release him from his contract effective December 21. He will join the Des Moines Register-Tribune as city sales manager after moving here with wife from Adair in September.
Historic Dutch town Gorkum lies near Loevestein Castle famed as the prison of Hugo Grotius. His wife’s daring act smuggling him to freedom involved concealing him in a box of books.
Nov 30 report from Cotter lists Emrys Owen and William Owen visiting relatives in Sergent Bluff with Emrys wife from Des Moines. Other local Thanksgiving scenes include Hugh Thomas and family with W C Davis in Columbus City and Gomer Owen visiting his father in Dallas Center. The column notes several family dinners and sick list updates plus a Collier’s blurb on the Medaille Militaire’s prestige in French service.
The article notes that wheat was highly valued in France and that wheat stalks became part of Empress Josephine's costume, illustrating how grain held cultural and symbolic importance.
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