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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
4
County health unit extols Christmas Seals funding for early TB case finding and follow up care in Washington County. It notes TB as a dangerous disease with Iowa death rates dropping from 70 per 100000 in 1910 to 23.7 in 1935 and urges continued effort to reduce deaths.
A campaign in Washington County receives united support from the Iowa Tuberculosis Association the Iowa Medical Society and the Iowa State Department of Health as the Washington County Health Unit drives public health efforts.
East Highland notes a family gathering with guests including the Gerots Gowdy Brunner and Clegg families plus Miss Wilma Mincer. Other visitors listed are the Pearsons and Frankie Mincer family with Gary, and Margaret McMath visiting relatives at Clearfield. John Heck is ill with heart trouble and Marie Swailes spent a day here.
The narrative lists families and individuals visiting or staying in Washington over Thanksgiving. It notes Mr. and Mrs. John Weber and son Lewis with other Weber relatives, Mrs. A E Moberly and children, Frank Mincer family, Hester and Leona, and Glenn Lambert visiting near Washington from James Dvorak Jr. s household. Florence Forbes returned home after five weeks at the Alvah Heck residence.
The Warner Bros melodrama Alcatraz Island screens Friday and Saturday at the Fox Theatre. John Litel stars as Gat Brady in a tale of tax evasion, mob ties, and a prison backdrop with romance involving Mary Maguire Gordon Oliver and Ann Sheridan.
Mr and Mrs Luther Elmore spend several days in Des Moines while Art Lovedy handles chores. Local families attend Pleasant Plain grade school operetta. Visitors include Charles Irving family from Elgin Illinois and Everett Coffin family from Des Moines. Thanksgiving gatherings at Coffin, Balderson, Bray, and Rice homes with multiple relatives.
Washington Lodge No 28 A F and AM holds its regular meeting on the first day of each month. Master M E Mc Daniel presides and A W Yard serves as secretary.
The document lists daily departures and arrivals for trains including No. 1 Local No. 2 Local No. 4 Californian No. 4 Golden State Limited No. 11 Apache and the Knoxville Branch Nos 430 and 429 Mixed Trains. Notes indicate Nos 3 and 4 stop to receive or discharge California passengers.
The notice lists daily trains with times for the Cc B and Q Jo and M and ST P and P R R routes. Mixed Train at 11:00 a.m. and 11:46 a.m. runs daily except Sunday. Southwest Limited departs at 1:59 p.m. and 1:23 a.m. Ottumwa Davenport Local departs at 9:58 a.m. and 4:38 p.m.
An article by Louis I Dublin warns that the kitchen is the most dangerous room in the home. It cites burns, falls, chemical hazards, gas leaks, and electrical risks, urging women to supervise safety, store poisons properly, and use guarded tools.
Joyful Thanksgiving scenes spread through Ot tumwa Batavia Glenwood and nearby towns as families like Merril Gowey Hosier Oertel Meister Bray Beauchamp Harken Coffin and Perisho shared meals. Visitors included Mr and Mrs William Haskins Milton Coffin Groves Wellens and the Hamiltons as relatives gathered for holiday cheer.
W B Edmondson of Columbus Junction was sentenced to 30 days in Muscatine county jail for a bad check charge. Lawrence J. Perigo, justice of the peace at Muscatine, imposed the sentence after information from O B Wilits alleged a $15 worthless check to Farmers Supply Company in Muscatine.
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