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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1937
Page
8
A dramatic feature on the construction era and camp life tied to the Broadway stage. It notes the role of figures such as Sam Geléewyes and Edward Arnold in the production by Brute Theatre. The piece frames the story as a powerful portrayal of a harsh frontier setting and its people.
The readable text references individuals such as Walter Areane and a Swede with scattered phrases like "4 Newt" and "Rangest Keer" amid garbled lines. No clear event, date, or location emerges from the fragments.
A fragment describes Miss Raye performing in a 1937 radio music program with a mystery picture. It mentions broadcast dates, performers Shirley Howanee and DePron, and a plot around a Hideaway Girl musical.
A fragmented notice describes Mrs Crees and Mr Albright visiting Santa Ana relatives, with mentions of a Caroline Idens and J Keeneman. It references a short trip home and a vacation, with unclear dates and locations due to damaged OCR.
A garbled OCR fragment lists major world centers and seas. It mentions Liverpool Hongkong Shanghai New Orleans Singapore and a sequence implying the ten principal seas or locations, but the text is incomplete and lacks coherent facts or dates.
The readable text fragment asks about the word Doltae or Dolly and a material emer from a name, but lacks coherent context or complete facts to summarize a concrete news item.
A rustic ad notes 128 weddings recorded in 1926 for the county and promotes a Weather Chart Calendar and Almanac. It urges readers to call now and mentions George II McDantel and a hogs price of 10.55 while predicting snow tonight and Friday.
Washington Iowa inventor Harry H. Knott is granted a patent for a button tooling machine with five new ideas. The device uses traveling chucks and a reciprocal tool to cut designs on button blanks, with rotation options to space designs circumferentially. Knott has assigned rights to the American Pearl Button Company of Washington.
Bob Hamilton has returned to Ames after a vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Grisham spent New Years at the Earl poker home near Keota. Stanley Hancock of Keota visited the Hamilton home during the holiday period. Miss Marjorie Robertson is mentioned in the notice.
Last week residents visited friends in LeRoy and Webster City Iowa with sister Mary Louise in Iown City. Miss Alta Grecian a Cincinnati student nurse vacationed with her mother Mrs John Robertson at the Robertson home. John and Ralph Robertson shipped fat cattle to Chicago markets. Dale Loeffler spent days with brother Lawrence near Mt Pleasant. New Year dinner guests at Glen Littles included Elmer Miller Marjorie and Howard Wellman J M Pulver and Glen Miller family. Robert Vincent works for Bill Klett. Joe Schlatter family were guests at H T Carris home. C Bowen saved his winter supply of wood Thursday. Mrs Clarence Lynn reports granddaughter Phyilis Jean Statler is seriously ill.
Local notes record teachers resuming duties after holiday breaks and family visits. Maude Brinton returns to Paola Kansas. Dorothy Helmick back to Des Moines. New parents include Mr and Mrs Floyd Robison welcoming a son Thomas Fred and Mr and Mrs Wade Sinn a 10 pound boy born New Years Day. California visitors Homer Ingham and daughters stay with Geo Bray. Alfred McCracken travels from Chicago with Pliny McCracken to Worcester.
The article describes sunflowers ranging from three to four feet for dwarf types to eight feet for giants. It notes both annual and perennial varieties in cultivation.
The author notes Kipling may have had the Arafura Banda Celebes Flores Java Sulu and Timor seas in mind when writing about the Seven Seas. The list suggests a broader maritime frame tied to Southeast Asian waters and historic sailing routes.
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