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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1935
Page
4
For Nice Girls Only Letter Prompts Local Editor Outreach
A dated 1935 letter from near Los Angeles asks small towns to connect with 21 to 30 year old single women for friendly correspondence. The writer professes propriety, dislikes smoking and drinking, and seeks privacy from large newspapers while praising Iowa and eastern towns. The paper notes local women in Washington Iowa are worthy and willing, but doubts sharing contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Iowa
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Indiscriminate inspection prompts regional intrigue
A speaker urges relocating the writer to Washington to be observed by locals and to observe them in return. The exchange advocates settling differences in a traditional manner, arguing that long distance courtship rarely succeeds and constructive steps should be taken locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Washington
A Trusted Friend Edited Out by Whisky Deaths
Two Associated Press dispatches report a four year old boy, Don Holloway, dying from whisky found in his home, and a six year old, Charles Ballard, buried after drinking whisky to get drunk. Police seek the man who gave the cup, with a murder charge against an unnamed suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Holloway
Andrew Holloway
Charles Edward Ballard
Associated Press
United States
Christian Science Monitor
The New Deal and Shifting Public Mood
Walter Lippmann argues that the 1933 New Deal era faces obsolescence as the public mood shifts away from salvation through Washington. He notes mixed reforms, growing local initiative, and ongoing battles with vested interests as recovery begins and central regimentation wanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter Lippman
The
American Magazine
By The Way Dear Patrons In Iowa town news and humor column
Local column reflects on Monday sunshine lifting spirits, road winds, and funny school anecdotes. Readers share memories of Washington county townships, PTA preschool program tales, and light verse about cod liver oil and a classroom collision joke.
Wyman Community Notes and Basketball Update
Mrs E V Humphreys Correspondent reports Neal Kracaw and family visited Mt Pleasant and Lime Springs guests at E H Davis home. Dascal Hamilton saw Joe Kennedy in Burlington after an eye injury and surgery. Local team lost to Grandview in county tournament at Columbus Junction. Flu outbreak affects school children. community club meeting postponed due to bad roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman
Neal Kracaw and
Mt. Pleasant
Thomas Jones
Lime Springs
Iowa
E. H. Davis
Dascal Hamilton
Burlington
Joe Kennedy
Columbus Junction
Grandview
James Dunn
F. B E. Humphreys
J. E. Hum
Cotter
Eye Color Beliefs Linked to Training and Air Roles
The statement claims blue eyed individuals are easier to train and better suited as air pilots than brown eyed peers. It presents a controversial stereotype without citing evidence or sources.
Ves Baur Known For Iowa Waters and Fisheries Work
Ves Baur, famed for knowing Iowa’s fishing waters, began as state fish culturist in 1915 at age 21. He has led changes in fisheries, from railcar distribution to trucked distribution, overseeing hatcheries and water quality surveys at Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Ves Baur
Baur
Iowa Fish and Game Department
Illinois
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Raur
Orleans Hatchery
Lowa
Bake sale success and town landmarks noted in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville reports a Million Circle bake sale thriving with surplus goods. An old maple tree in front of Miss Fessie Harper's home was cut down, planted by Marion Neal after the Civil War. A corn hog meeting at the school elected J. C. Huston chair and four supervisors. Rev and Mrs Porter arrived at their Bristol Colorado parsonage February 8 and aim to grow church work in their new community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Uni Presbyterian Church
Fessie Harper
Marion Neal
J. C. Huston
Clarence Moorhead
Will Henss
Sam Witting
L. H. Rinner
A. N. Porter
Bristol
Colo
Kingdom of Christ
Valentine Party At Riverside And School Basketball Tonight
Mrs Charles Rath hosts a Valentine party for her children in Riverside with a themed table centerpiece and refreshments. The Ladies of the Foresters meet at St Marys School basement with a social hour and refreshments after business. The intra city high school basketball series resumes next Tuesday at Riverside Public School gym with St Marys trailing after the first game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Charles Rath
Womans Catholic Order of Foresters
St. Mary's School
V. Dautremont
Br. A. Knittel
Strange note about a wife and flatterer gossip
A fragmentary exchange references a husband and wife with flattery and flirtatious dialogue. The text reads like a casual, domestic aside with interrupted lines and an informal closing. No clear event or location is discernible from the excerpt.
Three Month Search Ends as Child Found Dead on Farm
Rita Margaret Lent three years old was found dead on a farm near Jefferson Ohio ending a three month disappearance. Poison experts from Western Reserve University Cleveland will examine her vital organs as authorities question Olive Lent mother and Martin Quinn the farm hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Reserve University
Cleveland, O
Rita Margaret Lent
Jefferson, O
Rita
Prisoner Hartzell Still Promoting Drake Swindle From Jail
Leavenworth Kan February 19 The warden joked about Oscar Hartzell the so called liquidator of the Sir Francis Drake estate now in federal prison for mail fraud His reports of a pardon or release and continuing liquidation plans were viewed with skepticism by prison officials who note his past cigar smoking and the possibility of future prison duties He remains inside awaiting sentencing and the Drake liquidation is postponed to January 16 1945
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Fred Zerbst
Federal Penitentiary
Oscar Merrill Hartzell
England
Drake
Dakotas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Hartzell
Zerbst
Cusack
Drake Estate
Uncle Sam
J W Baker W R C Holds Lincoln Birthday Social in West Chester
The J. W. Baker W R C hosted a 10 cent group social at Cornelius Walton's home in West Chester on Tuesday afternoon with about twenty members and guests. A short program and Lincoln birthday themed games followed by refreshments. Ben Holt returns from Des Moines veterans hospital after two months treatment. James Daniels recovering at home. Wilma Leet, from Junior college in Washington, ill with tonsillitis but improving. Mr and Mrs Oral Walters and daughter Jean of Moline visiting locals. Community note on missed Methodist church men's choir performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
J. W. Baker
Wilma Leet
Washington
Oral Walters
Jean
Moline
Brighton Social News Highlights Local Visits and Illness
Miss Gladys Kyle returns from Denver to Brighton. The Laughridge family and Bobbie Joe visit the Day home. J B Painter and Daisy bring Mrs Painter home from Fairfield. Mrs Painter’s brother Bill Teeters remains in Jefferson county hospital in critical condition. Ray Glider and Cecil Glider visit Edith Painter. she returns home for the weekend. Neal Whisler and Will Teeter are in Fairfield visiting and in serious condition at the Jefferson county hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Gladys Kyle
Denver
Colo
Haiti Valley
Robert Laughrige
Bobbie Joe
Keokuk
Joe Day
J. B. Painter
Daisy
Fairfield
Ray Glider
Cecil Glider
Washington
Edith Painter
Edith
Neal Whisler
Se Neal
Will Teeter
Jefferson County Hospital
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