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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1938
Page
8
Mrs Joe Wolfe's Buff Ply mouth cockers claimed grand champion at the weekly poultry show though turnout was down. The week also lists 172 boys registered for the Hill conference and bids for two new grade schools to be opened Dec 23 at city hall for the Stewart building hardware and light fixtures and the Lincoln building water main.
Mrs. C. P. Fox learned on Saturday of her aunt Mrs. L. Caperon’s death in Oshkosh Wisconsin. The message arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shalla where Mr. Shalla has been in ill health for some time.
Saturday notices list dismissals and births including Mrs. Hattie Shuman and Mrs. Maude Koehler. A Kalona couple welcomed son Larry Duane, weighing nine pounds five ounces, born Sunday at 6 am. Other entries note tonsillectomies, appendectomies, and hospital admissions for injuries.
The article notes that the Singhalese form the largest racial group in Ceylon. It discusses population prominence and regional presence within the island nation.
All-American quarterback Davey O’Brien, star of Texas Christian University, is honored in New York with the Heisman Trophy as the outstanding collegiate player of 1938. Davey flew from Fort Worth, Texas, for the presentation.
The usual classification of mankind divides people into five main races: Caucasian white, Negro black, Mongolian yellow, Malay brown, and American Indian red. Each group is further subdivided into branches.
The Ulm church steeple in Germany rises to 528 feet, dating from the Middle Ages. It surpasses Todt Hill in Staten Island as the Atlantic coast’s highest point by over 100 feet.
After Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, leading figures and the platform group thought the speech a failure. For days New York papers praised Everett and Beecher, but editorially ignored Lincoln’s now immortal address.
Florence Nightingale, promoter of modern nursing, lived in the monastery of St. George overlooking the fishing village of Balaklava during the Crimean War. The valley below saw the famed Six Hundred light brigade retreat.
The birthplace of General Philip H. Sheridan was long debated with claims Albany New York Somerset Ohio and a ships voyage while emigrating from Ireland. The consensus notes Albany New York as his birthplace.
In a Greek city near Arles famed for Roman ruins a dozen villas including one with 12 rooms plus a pagan temple and 52 Greek altars have been found. Jewelry busts and pottery indicate a community dating to the third century before Christ.
Sal is a valuable timber tree whose wood resembles teak. Large forests occur in India where the tree is cultivated and officially protected.
Film actress Rosina Lawrence greets her fiance Justice Juvenal Marchisio of Brooklyn upon arrival in Los Angeles. The couple plans to wed soon but has not announced a date or location.
The text notes that accurate knowledge of English words is the most common companion to outstanding success in the United States. It emphasizes the link between language mastery and achievement in American life.
The Book of Kells, a wildly illuminated seventh century Gospel manuscript, draws more visitors to Dublin than any other object in the city, according to local guides and historians.
A cairn north of Traverse City Michigan marks the midpoint between the Equator and the North Pole. It honors four veteran resort association managers and contains a stone from every Michigan county.
Sir Arthur Keith argues that biblical giants such as Goliath Og and Bashan kings likely stood no taller than six feet, appearing huge only in comparison to shorter Jewish and Canaanitish peoples.
Antoine Lavoisier renowned as the founder of modern chemistry perishes on the guillotine during the French Revolution. His execution marks a pivotal moment in science history and the upheaval of the era.
Iguazu waterfalls near the tri border of Argentina Paraguay and Brazil measure two and a half times wider than Niagara Falls and stand twice as high.
The phrase high seas refers to open water beyond any nation's civil jurisdiction. Law generally limits coastal control to three miles from shore, leaving the outer waters outside territorial limits.
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