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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1931
Page
6
The Wasonville Mill bridge is finished and open to traffic. Crews moved the old span and installed the new one after a delayed December plan, aided by Wellman merchants who kept the road open for holiday trade. The old bridge was jacked up and kept usable during the transition.
Elizabeth Erdice, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Erdice, is recovering at home after X rays revealed a piece of the large bone near her right knee broke loose and moved with the knee tendon. A cast was applied and she will stay in bed for about a month.
The notice lists lodge schedules and officers for several Washington Masonic bodies. Lodges include Washington Chapter No 98 O E S with Ida McDaniel W M and Ernestine Denison secretary meeting second Thursday. Damascus Shrine No 10 W S of J with Edith Kulver W P and Hazel Haven Worthy Scribe meeting fourth Tuesday at Masonic Temple. Washington Lodge No 26 with Dr K Fe Stutsman W M and A W Yard as secretary meeting first Friday. ROALM Regular meeting second Friday with J W Eastin P A W Yard as secretary.
Eastbound trains No. 4 Golden State Limited No. 12 Apache and local passengers depart at 8:25 a m 6:10 p m and 1:10 a m while westbound services No. 3 Golden State Limited No. 11 Apache No. 29 and local trains run with daily freight trains and a Knoxville Branch schedule.
The Winfield Beacon notes 1930 closed the period of depression and urges proper distribution of earth’s wealth. It argues the complete shutdown created unprecedented stagnation affecting all classes, including farmers, and calls for unified effort to restore smooth progress in the nation.
Howard Freshwaters' big truck was damaged in a collision Sunday morning. Sid McDonald was hauling a wrecked Ford to Cedar Rapids for repairs when a Cedar Rapids driver, speeding without chains, skidded into the truck front, damaging the radiator and engine. A Cedar Rapids wrecking crew towed all three vehicles to the Rapids for repairs.
The Winfield Beacon reports two large efforts in the Tri-Cities area. A Washington-backed dam and locks planned for the Davenport Rock Island Moline region will start in early spring, creating jobs though costly. A Muscatine Cedar River hydro project seeks a dam of about 000 feet and ten million dollars, aiming to supply cheap electricity locally, with hopeful prospects for action soon.
French military authorities vowed to erase a village for a new training camp but the parish priest used ancient French law to save the small church. He found that the village church could not be closed while two attendants attended daily mass, blocking the plan.
Rural New England still uses feather beds, with the New York Times Magazine noting elderly people favoring them. Historical notes cite markets for geese and duck feathers, prices in 1639, and brant feathers prized by aristocracy for rarity rather than quality.
The United States imports from Greece include Turkish tobacco, now boosted by Armenian refugees who settled in Macedonia. They advanced tobacco, silk, rug weaving, and cigarette making, turning Kavala into a famed tobacco port.
Mrs Newrich recounts travels to an envious audience saying she has visited many places in South America but avoided the Amazon and climbing. Her husband did the ascent while she preferred not to climb.
In the Lecce region near Francavilla and Alberobello lay dry stone cone huts called trulli built without mortar. Each cone denotes a room and larger homes add cones, forming a surreal checkerboard landscape that locals claim stands for centuries with minimal upkeep.
A ponderous quote from Al to the sage of Chinatown suggests a defeated foe can become a devoted ally if convinced that the victory was achieved through strict fair play. The Washington Star frames a philosophy of reconciliation through integrity.
The Washington Star features MMI Ho, the Chinatown sage, noting that an ancestral fortune often needs one or two generations to produce a worthy heir. Ho stresses patience and merit in sustaining inherited wealth.
Harry Levy, held as a fugitive from justice in New Orleans, denies framing girls as a stop pigeon for the NYC police vice squad and denies his wife deserted him. The accompanying photo shows Mrs. Hariet Meyer Levy with their four month old baby.
Bids for five thousand cubic yards of class A crushed stone to surface six miles of Highway No. 61 southwest of Muscatine will be received until February 3 at Ames by the state highway commission auditor. Paving on the Muscatine to Louisa county line route was finished in 1930. Dr E O McWilliams will portray a doctor in The Polly Williams Club to be staged January 29 at the Presbyterian church by group number one.
The manual training department under Vv. J. Rice will sell twenty five walnut and cherry bread boards at 25 cents each at the next Parent-Teachers association meeting to raise funds for milk for undernourished pupils. A box social and program at Cotter church basement Tuesday evening January 27 directs proceeds to equipment for the basement. Miss Pearl Kremer of Monmouth and Mrs. Virgil Fraze and daughter Odetta of Davenport visited local relatives.
A vivid remark on boxing match antics notes the young fighter’s debut while condemning cowardly seconds who flee when trouble arises. The speaker blasts the seconds for dodging in the face of confrontation and praises the fairness of the young boxer.
The saying spare the rod and spoil the child is not in the Bible. The closest is Proverbs He that spareth the rod hateth his son. The exact phrase appears in an English book printed in 1649.
The term king likely traces to Saxon Cyng and originally meant chief. In primitive tribes it signified patriarchal head, then evolved through stages to denote ruler. Sanskrit Ganaka also linked, indicating father, per Kangas. Times.
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