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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
4
Moral reflection on scheming and violence against others, citing Micah 2 1 and urging perseverance in daily duties as the path to greater ends, with a Holmes reference to patience and diligence.
Chicago man Charles S. Ross was abducted in October with a $50,000 ransom paid. The kidnapper and murderer was seized at a California race track after confessing to the crime and to murdering his accomplice. The report lauds modern crime detection as a science and credits investigators for relentless pursuit leading to arrest.
In Washington County Iowa the Clerk of the District Court announces the Twelfth Semi annual Report of Trustees with hearings set for January 26 1938 at 9 00 AM to approve the report. Also notice that an instrument purporting to be the last will of P Peterson deceased dated November 4 1983 has been filed and a hearing on probate is scheduled for January 26 1938 at 9 00 AM before the court in Washington Iowa.
A Washington tailor Al Schmoeller recalls moving to Washington in 1910 with his wife from Atlanta Illinois after briefly passing through on a train stop. They rented a building found a house and never regretted settling here praising the town and its people. A social column urges safer driving and courtesy on the roads with a nod to improving behavior to prevent accidents.
A collage of quirky dialogue and nonsensical lines features a storekeeper, college letters, and whimsical statements about anatomy and science. The fragmentary piece blends humor with surreal riffs on gravity and geometry, ending with a stray line about a museum of natural history.
Notice announces a district court hearing in Washington County regarding the trusteeship for debentures issued by the Washington Loan and Trust Company of Washington Iowa. It addresses all holders of those debentures and seeks their appearance or response at the specified session.
Effective January 28 the Southwest Limited No 2h from Washington will depart at 1 46 am instead of 1 59 am and No 26 to Milwaukee and Chicago will depart at 1 20 am instead of 3 23 am Daily except Sunday trains 3 and 5 run to and from Kansas City instead of Ottumwa For details call 262 Adv.
The earliest aboard ship toilets appeared in Cunard liners Abys sinia and Algeria in 1870 marking a new era of maritime sanitation aboard ocean vessels.
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