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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1938
Page
6
Roy L. Abbott muses on crows near Cedar Rapids, praising their hardiness and complex diet. He cites Biological Survey findings on crow stomach contents, noting consumption of corn, watermelons, game birds, June beetles, grasshoppers, and caterpillars for nestlings.
Regular meeting details for Washington Lodge No 86 with officers listed. Train and bus schedules show daily and limited services between Davenport, Knoxville, Omaha, Chicago, and coast-to-coast options with stations, times, and departure/arrival notes. Local depot sale mentions tickets for trips nationwide.
Henry Leichty delivered 1975 turkeys to Wellman. Neighbors and families share visits across Noble including quilting gathering hosted by Mrs. Margaret Witting. Funeral in Kalona and multiple home visits noted along with church attendance and local shopping trips. Frequent names include Rich, Roth, Frey, Swartzendruber, and Mayer among others.
Harmony Iowa reports Bill Chmelar treated corn huskers to an oyster stew after a Friday husking session. Attendees included Bob Martin Marl Hobbs Dillon and Joe Schantz as well as Mrs Schantz and Caroline. Betty Kleese is noted as missing. Mrs Clarence Fletcher visiting in Iowa City at Elmer Roeder home. Ed Heck finished husking Friday. Ronald Horn aided last week. Elmer Kolosick and Jessie visited the Chmelar home Sunday.
The people of Japan are called Nipponese because Nippon is the name by which Japan is known to its inhabitants. Sometimes Nippon refers to the mainland or the island of Honshu, the largest island hosting Tokyo.
Thaddeus Owens aged 81 died of a heart attack Friday at the Swank church seat of River Junction. He was born October 22, 1857 in Wheel ing West Virginia and lived in Iowa since age eighteen. Survived by wife Ida Cook two children Minnie Denison and John Owens two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 oclock at Swank church and burial in River Junction cemetery.
Weather outlook covers Des Moines and surrounding valleys from December 12 through December 17. It notes expected conditions across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri regions with forecasts of temperature trends and precipitation likelihood.
Cloudy with a few light precipitation periods. Northern plains expect little rain. southern portions see one or two light showers. Temperatures mostly above normal across northern central and southern Great Plains.
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