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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1940
Page
5
A continued compilation listing individuals by sequence number with names and street addresses across Washington and Kalona areas. The roster includes residents from Wellman Riverside Keota and Washington plus multiple rural route designations and hospital note for Paul Maro.
Large turnout at the Crawfordsville Methodist church for the funeral of Mrs. John Carter conducted by John Lugg with Rev. Lester Bill and singers Mrs. Howard Anderson and Mrs. William Henss. Pallbearers included R. Williams, Harry Paschall, R. R. Shaffer, J. C. Cannon, Richard Hughes, and Everette Hughes. Families from Crawfordsville, Galesburg, and Washington attended.
At Murray State Teachers College in Kentucky an instructor proved a mouse can sing by presenting the animal to the music department. The mouse owner, H. H. Lovett of Benton, brought the rodent to campus where it performed a canary like concert before the skeptical students.
Natural hot water from Icelandic volcanoes is piped into Reykjavik to heat offices and homes across the capital. The system taps geothermal sourced water, supplying warmth to multiple districts and reducing reliance on other energy forms.
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