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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1936
Page
6
Frank Priebe notes a poultry surplus drives prices down yet advertising helps. Chains and producers promote turkeys and chickens through period adverts and broadcasts. Chefs’ recipes and mail offers boost demand as buyers are urged to eat poultry now.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds a regular meeting on the first Friday of each month. Worshipful Master A W Bealer and Secretary A W Yard preside or attend as noted.
Listings show No 82 No 12 Apache No 2 Sunset Limited No 4 Golden State Limited westbound Nos 3 11 1 3 times and Knoxville Branch Nos 429 430 with daily and excluding Sunday service. Notes state Nos 3 and 4 stop to receive and discharge California passengers.
Co B and Q arrives No 23 morning passenger at 11 90 am No 22 freight at 11 45 am All trains daily except Sunday J C McKay agent Co M St P L and PR RR Co Train No 3 leaves Washington 158 am Train 25 leaves Washington 157 am Southwest Limited Train 26 leaves Washington 112 am Nos 3 and 8 daily except Sunday Wm Bell agent
Christine Cooper, a 17 year old heiress, endures a troubled summer as her fiancé Gene Dubois withdraws after banning talk of their love. Amid Aunt Nettie and sisters Isabelle and Adele, Christie struggles with loss after her father Adolphus retires, falls ill, and dies. Christie eyes a fresh start in San Francisco while awaiting Gene’s return, hoping for a sign of his love.
The piece traces golf origins from shinty and other ancient games to paganica, noting its rise in Scotland by 1457 and a 1458 act banning the pastime. It observes golf’s slower arrival in the United States, citing the St Andrews Golf Club of New York formed in 1888.
The sport of handball traces back nearly a thousand years to the Firbolgs a race said to have populated Ireland in the early Christian era. The passage links early Celtic peoples to the origins of the game and notes its enduring cultural presence in Ireland.
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