This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1931
Page
6
The trio Buddy DeSylva Lew Brown and Ray Henderson wrote all songs and music for the Fox Movietone production Just Imagine at the Fox Theatre following their hit Sunny Side Up. The film showcases their full musical score and lyrics proving a major success for the group.
An aging guidance notice warns constipation rises after forty and risks piles. it praises Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a safe, effective laxative used by all ages. It claims 47 years of practice, gentleness, and worldwide popularity, urging readers to try a spoonful and compare taste and effect.
DeSylva Brown and Henderson wrote the story dialog and songs for Just Imagine and served as associate producers. They helped design costumes settings and mechanical effects. The trio has nine Broadway hits in five years including Scandals Good News Hold Everything Three Cheers Manhattan Mary Follow Thru Flying High. David Butler directed Just Imagine and Sunny Side Up Seymour Felix staged the dance ensembles. Cast includes El Brendel Maureen O Sullivan John Garrick Marjorie White Frank Albertson Kenneth Thomson Hobart Bosworth.
Dr Prank Thone explains Niagara Falls geology and erosion through a rock slide at Niagara Malls. He argues the event shows normal processes as the overhanging hard limestone erodes, gradually driving the falls upstream and eventually turning the cataract into a tumult of broken rock.
Funeral services for Mrs Magdalene Schillig held yesterday at 9 30 a holy Trinity church Richmond with a requiem high mass led by Reverend Father C A B Van Waus. Interment followed at St Vincent's cemetery near Riverside pallbearers named Will Koenig Joe Pieper Joe Escher William Te Rockhorst Frank Eagle and Frank Freund
Funeral services for John Oldfield were held yesterday afternoon at Sherman’s funeral home conducted by Dr A W Henke. After the services the funeral party left for Odessa Missouri and burial will be at Oak Grove Missouri.
A bank director and jewelry broker, Aleb Brunner, is targeted by a caller who warns of a night robbery and claims pearls are in his house. Brunner feigns caution to trace the line, then discovers his bedroom safe opened and the window blown by a breeze as two men escape in a sedan.
Prof Arthur Richet of the Frankfort municipal library says an autograph of Johann Faustus proves the doctor really lived. A Latin edition of Justin Martyr’s works in the old Dominican library bears a dedication to the Dominicans with the lines Pray for me and The God of sinners found me. The text notes Faust abandoned alchemy in old age and became converted.
The German federal railway uses a tunnel like caldron to run railway cars through. Doors at both ends seal the chamber and formaldehyde gas is released to kill vermin and bacteria and to clean passengers from the cars.
A Chesterton quote asserts that a great writer’s morality lies in what he assumes as given, not in the explicit lessons he imparts. The remark highlights the subtler ethical framework shaping a writer’s work.
Board of Supervisors orders publication of the Financial Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the County Home for the year ending December 31 1930 and the amount of property on hand January 1 1931. Auditor ETHEL G RIECLAN reports totals $18 904 55 and $19 505 10.
In Wellman Jan 20 Mrs Om ar Lewis travels to Vieja to care for her sister Mrs Wim Lawson. Twin babies born to Mr and Mrs Lawson. Fire debris cleanup aided by neighbors with four trucks and Baptist women providing lunch. Starr home garage now living quarters awaiting new house. Mrs Starr improving after shock. Clyde Stanley Jr born Jan 14 in Gary Indiana to Mr and Mrs Clyde Davis formerly Miss Maxine Teets. Corrections to Victory Day service quartet names noted. Funeral of Darrel Stover at Methodist church with Rev Lewey officiating. Sunday service shifted to a men’s chorus with a praise filled program.
Mr. Winn Durst presents a duet titled Reading with Kennedy and M. T. Sorden. The trio performs a shared stage piece likely highlighting collaborative vocal togetherness.
Route 1 Cleary Grosseup left for Villisea to begin the second semester at Atlantic Milford with Willard Pohren. Gilbert Matthews served as Ainsworth caller. Mrs Parcelle has been unwell. an old oak landmark south of Geo Augustine’s was cut down.
Miss Trene McCoy of Kansas City visited her grandmother Mrs Mary McCoy in Crawfordsville. Miss Pearl Wamil left for Washington after a Weekend visit with her parents Mr and Mrs J D Hamil. Mrs Bessie McCoy moves into the former Oral Conrad residence. Dr J B Rendall of Muscatine called on Rey and Mrs S F Wenger Monday.
The Alabama Department of Archives and History opposed the state motto Were we rest and voted 9 to submit We Dare Maintain Our faiths as a substitute for the next legislative session.
Visitors over the weekend at Rev and Mrs Krenmyre home included Mr and Mrs L J Norris of Centerville Rev Krenmyre returned Friday from New Sharon and was back Sunday Morning Also Mr and Mrs Tlarry Bosman and children of Muscatine visited at the Chihak home Sunday. several locals attended services and a missionary talk by Rev Williams of Washington. Pupils earning top averages in the six weeks include Pauline Jolly Marie Adkins Virginia Moore and others across grades with a 95 percent or higher.
The list shows students by grade with names including Alma Linns Norbert Norris Doris Booth Joyea Butterworth Warren Platt and many others achieving average grades of 93 or above for the past semester. Notable mentions include Irene Gerdes Genevieve Jolly Charles Simpson and Margaret Acheson among 11th graders and mentions of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Alcorn of Washington.
Callers visited the W. T. Trotter home Sunday afternoon. Mr. Trotter's condition is improved. Mrs. H. V. Strickley, daughter, is expected to arrive from Galveston Texas Monday evening to visit due to her mother's illness.
Des Moines reports two degrees above zero as deep freeze spans Iowa last night. Charles City reaches six below. Dubuque records zero. Council Bluffs and Keokuk show fourteen and twelve respectively. Forecasters expect a warmup tonight but another cold spell tomorrow afternoon.
In Bancroft Wisconsin on January 21 Lillian Pierce visited neighbors became bored and yawning so widely she dislocated her jaw ending the day with a curious local report.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.