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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1936
Page
6
The article traces Iowa lyceums from 1841 as social and educational clubs shaping frontier towns. It details Iowa City’s first lyceum, the role of women and debate, and the rise of multiple lyceums and institutes, including Webster City, with dues, magazines, and notable speakers influencing culture and politics.
Miss Terese Carmichael of Miami Florida testifies as a principal government witness in the Bremer kidnapping case at St Paul Minnesota. She identifies Cassius McDonald as a visitor to gang leader and aided Dolores Delaney during her pregnancy.
The passage notes how communities formed literary and debating societies as a result of parents’ desire for education and children’s needs. These clubs provided social opportunities and helped spread learning across communities.
The excerpt traces the rise of lyceums in New England and across the United States starting in 1826, promoting lectures debates libraries and useful amusement to educate adults. It notes Keosauqua Lyceum's 1839 incorporation by Iowa Territory lawmakers and the 21 founders empowered to advance science literature education and knowledge.
Local timetable lists daily freight and passenger departures with numbers 30 12 4 82 11 1 9 31 429 and mixed trains. Notes show California passengers boardings only at certain trains and multiple stops at county seats and towns including Brighton Fairfield Eldon Belknap Centerville Seymour Allerton Princeton Spickards Excelsior Springs and Liberty. Agent L Goodlander signs off.
Morning Pass No 3 departs at 1 am and No 22 Freight at 11 45 am with all trains daily except Sunday. Train 3 leaves Washington at 0 58, Train 25 (Southwest Limited) at 1 57 am eastbound, Train 26 (Southwest Limited) at 42 am daily except Sunday, local train at 5 08 pm.
Mrs. Chas. Davison of Brighton earned a Certificate of Recipe Endorsement from Better Homes and Gardens for her Hungarian Rice recipe after passing kitchen tests for dependability taste and family usefulness. The town notes Whitacre’s 14th year as S S Head Ed and reports local social updates including church officers and residents’ visits. Pranksters in Mountain View posted whisky sale wording on a tailor shop window leading to an arrest.
The Webster City Lyceum and other old town lyceums faded as the war began. A note suggests talking with settlers, reviving school lyceums with debates, and listing modern lyceum questions. Next week covers Lecturers.
Weeklong forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for snow early in the period, clearing by midweek with fair weather midweek and possible snow again late in the week. Temperatures expected mostly below normal.
Mabel Larson returns home from Memorial hospital in Mt. Pleasant after an eye operation. Local residents mention shopkeepers in Washington Tuesday afternoon and note Junior Chandlee being out of bed after ten days with muscular rheumatism. Following heavy snowfall, a truck and group of men cleared snow from in front of business blocks.
Toronto Ont. authorities announce a segregation plan for criminals by age and record. First offenders under 25 will be sent to one jail, repeaters to another, with a third holding those with longer or repeated offenses.
Journal lists multiple public sale dates with sellers and locations around Washington Noble and nearby areas. Entries include Frank Soukup Wallace Garson S. R. Wallace Hoyle and Davis Knotek Bros C R Gallagher Frank McAvoy plus Elllis R Zook and Murray Smylie with weekly Community and Midway Sales events at City Feed Yard Columbus Junction.
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