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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1931
Page
5
Swedish dialect comedian El Brendel says big money brings no joy and rejects mansions pools and Rolls Royces. He recalls starting as a stage hand and vaudeville actor and plans a modest home in California. He values simple living and warns against ostentation.
In Coppock on December 24 1931 Mr and Mrs Roy Edwards welcomed a baby boy named Norman Lee. The report notes mother Bessie McKune prior to marriage and that both mother and baby are doing fine. The page lists numerous holiday visits, illnesses and travel among local families including the Dolds Newman McCarty and Frey households, with Christmas celebrations and road conditions described.
Ted Radcliffe travels to Verdi a Mexican border town as the El Coyote manhunt intensifies Morales and Jito plot power while Adela Morales draws Ted. Don Bob warns of danger as Jito vows to kill the rebel with a possible reward of a hundred thousand pesos.
Mrs Daisy Simmering reports festive gatherings in Washington R 4 with Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart entertaining relatives on Christmas day. Ed and Mrs J E Linder visited relatives Friday evening and Mrs Wasson of Washington stayed with Clyde Lambert.
Olson and three children of Rich land with Mr and Mrs Newton Frey and two children and Roy and Hattie at home. Mrs Mary Schad visits her sister Mrs Joseph Mast. Joseph Roths children meet at Co and Roths for a Christmas dinner with about fifty present. Selina Wittmer visits Effie Wittmer and helps care for a sick relative. Emanuel Mennonite Church attendees include Otto Sitter family Martha Sutter Selma Sommers and three children of Wayland.
Opportunities and resolutions urge Des Moines residents to improve physical and health conditions in 1931. The piece cites disease trends such as diphtheria poliomyelitis scarlet fever and typhoid and urges vaccination toxin-antitoxin and public cooperation with health officials. It calls for personal health exams child vaccinations and continued milk consumption while noting the hope for lower disease rates through better living.
Mrs. Marion Smith attended the funeral of an uncle in Waterloo Saturday as the reporter notes persistent mud making travel difficult. The item ends with a sympathy message to the mail carrier with long route and a casual sign off urging readers to check the Classifieds.
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