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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1941
Page
5
Mrs. Jessie Stewart Keys, convicted of first degree murder in a midnight ride with a spinster companion's corpse, has been denied a new trial by Judge Phil Wallace in Memphis. Keys, sentenced to 20 years and a day, plans an appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Notice of sale of the equity of Nellie Kuhn deceased in her farm of about 330 acres located on the Coppock road in Marion Township Washington County. The filing concerns approval or contract of sale of the estate's interest and related proceedings in the farm sale.
Court hearing set in Washington County Iowa for the Nellie Kuhn estate with Stephen Wolfer as administrator. The District Court will review the contract of sale for the estate’s lands and consider competing offers with a $9768.75 lien, payment terms, and deed transfer on March 1 1941.
Am boy story notes a pot luck farewell supper held by the Home Makers Sunday school class at the Methodist Church for Mr and Mrs. with attendees bidding farewell in Am boy on January 25.
William Edgar, who fractured his right arm after a fall on ice, traveled to Excelsior Springs Missouri last week for medical treatment as his recovery remains slow and his blood pressure stays high.
Superintendent F A Ralston Dean of Junior College Harland W Mead Principal High School W A Erbe Principal Junior High Miss Ethel McCreedy Principal Elementary Schools Harry Bowles School Board President Richard A Stewart Secretary Ralph W Thompson Harry Ramseyer A B Atchison C W Tucker Dr W DvD Dwyer
Weekend activities included a home talent play with attendees from Fairfield Fort Madison and Wyman area. Doreen Lease attended college in Fairfield while Harold Miller traveled to Chicago for a Purina Mills feeders convention. Several out of town guests joined Mrs Benson and families for the event.
Franklin Center January 28 Mrs M D Atkinson reports Mr and Mrs George Bartholomew and Donald hosted a gathering to honor the Bartholomews wedding anniversary and the birthdays of Donald and Howard Hoyles. Guests included Mrs J H Thompson and several area families. The event followed other parties held for the troop boys before their departure and featured the Combs family hosting friends of John and wives.
The message notes 54 army trucks convoying to Camp Bowie with an incident of all trucks running out of gas one day. It records visits and entertainment by the Rich and Combs families and local social news including travel, hospitalizations, and enlistments. It also reports funeral services for J. D. Wilson and poems and college plays in the community.
Three Columbus Junction volunteers Robert Keith Buffington Henry Isaac Mickey and Irwin George Tillard join a Louisa County service quota. The report notes their commitment and local involvement in community work.
University of Arizona experimental farm cultivates 92 cotton plants at a temperature 13 degrees above the lethal point to test germination and maturation under semi tropical Arizona heat.
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