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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1931
Page
4
Iowa Five Day Marriage Notice Rule Now In Effect
The new five day public notice requirement for marriages begins July fourth in Iowa delaying weddings. Couples eager to wed may travel to Missouri or Illinois for quicker unions. Some weddings are anticipated by local showers months ahead of the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Missouri
THAT BOY SCOUT CAMP NEAR Riverside
A local newspaper notes the Boy Scouts in camp near Riverside. The article praises the camp as ideal for training that builds character and manliness. Visitors are welcome. the camp is shaded by the riverside and continues through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Riverside
Prohibition in Prince Edward Island Faces Rare Prosperity
A Toronto Telegram 1920 report argues PEI remains dry and orderly under prohibition. It cites low serious offense convictions, no executions in forty years, full employment, abundant railways and savings, and a small police force as evidence of a near utopian province. It contrasts Canadian enforcement with U S methods and warns of a class of affluent violators. The piece hints Ontario’s similar experiences as it unfolds other provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Edwards Island
St. Lawrence
Canada
Toronto Telegram
Prince Edward’s Island
Savings Bank
Embarrassing Moment Shared by Wanda Custer
Wanda Custer recalls an embarrassing moment when a neighbor corrected her belief about Decoration Day. She explains she was seven years old and thought the day was for decorating grandpa’s graves, unaware it honored soldiers’ graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dear Evening Journal
Government liquor control and sales figures in Ontario and Britain Caledonia
The excerpt outlines Ontario and British Caledonia liquor measures from 1927 to 1930, noting government control, brewery and distillery counts, store numbers, and annual liquor expenditures. It cites a 195 million plus dollar Ontario liquor bill and a rising public debt linked to government liquor policies.
Pay As You Go Gas Tax Helps Road Funding
The article argues the U S gasoline tax averages 8.98 cents per gallon and is a pay as you go tax. It suggests road funding mostly comes from gas and auto taxes plus federal aid, with users benefiting from road construction and upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nice
America Will Forge Ahead Amid Global Turmoil Say 1920s
The essay argues that the stock market’s fluctuations reflect legitimate business, not fate, and lists causes of the era’s economic panic including war treaties and overproduction. It urges a return to faith, courage, and both spiritual and economic readjustment for America’s renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
China
America
Midwest Review
Quiet Fourth Reflections and July Jests
A whimsical By the Way column recalls Saturday Independence Day, cravings for rest, and mosquitos. It riffs on headlines about a quiet Fourth while sharing trivia about a dormitory bat, San Diego triplets, and Egyptian skeletons, ending with satirical quips about wartime jokes and holiday mess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Bruce
Vladivostok
Siberia
al Capone
Sunday Services at Ainsworth Methodist Church
Sunday services were held with College Night activities at Ainsworth Methodist Church. Charles Rademaker presided over Epworth League, hymns included America and No 409, and Homer Hunt led prayer. The program included school and citizenship talks, music by local students, and addresses on patriotism and voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Charles Rademaker
Epworth League
America
Homer Hunt
Ainsworth High
Stephens
Board of Education
the State University
Heart of Iowa
Eugene Stephens
Cedar Falls
Wilma Pearson
Ames
Claire Gordon
Virginia Moore
Pauline Clegg
Martha House Nursing
Hyman
J. J McConnel
George Canot
Charles Hazlett
Burke McCreedy
George Lord
Marion Davies Stars in Five and Ten at State Theater
Marion Davies delivers a dramatic turn in Five and Ten as Jennifer daughter of a ten cent store magnate. The Mecro-Goldwyn-Mayer production features bold background scenes from city life and marks a new, more restrained screen persona for Davies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Five
Marion Davies
Hanow
Todeed
Oakie Brings Laughs in Gangster Melodrama at Fox
Jack Oakie stars in The Gang Buster a fast paced comedy melodrama about gangsters. The spoof follows Oakie facing hard boiled crooks in a dive filled town and delivering a riot of laughs and thrills. Playing at the Fox theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Jack Oakie
Oakie
Barton
Jim
Qakie
the Fox
Conviction Expected in Moyille Bank Robbery Case
Sioux City Iowa July 6 Officials expect a guilty plea from Walter Pine charged in the Moyille Iowa bank heist involving $1,000. Pine allegedly confessed after identification by cashier R B Wilkins and Wilkins wife who were part of the kidnapping plot. If pleaded guilty he faces life in the state penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
U.P
Walter Pine
Moyille
Pine
R. B. Wilkins
Wilkins
Moville
Three Arrested in Stanwood Hold Up
In Stanwood area, Leighton 24, Arthur Cassiday, and Ward Abney were jailed after a holdup near Stanwood on April 22. They are accused of robbing William Rodgers of Peoria Illinois of 370 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Leighton
Arthur Cassiday
Ward Abney
William Rodgers
Peoria
Hil
The Mystery of Geraldi g by Anthony Abbot Friede NC
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt tackles a series of puzzling crimes in New York City. He personally conducts investigations and secures convictions, but credit is misattributed to others while a proposal to publish his cases gains reluctant approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystery OF
Geraldi
Anthony Abbot
Friede,nc
Thatcher Colt
City of
New York
Colt
Portrait of New York Police Leadership and Ideals
Foreword extols detective fiction and real police work, praising officers from Woods to Mulrooney and highlighting Thatcher Colt as uniquely suited for the job. It argues real crime demands disciplined organization, patience, ingenuity, and luck, and warns against underestimating competent police leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woods
Roosevelt
Whalen
Mulrooney
Enright
Mcoughlin
Warren
Thatcher Colt
Thatcher Colt the detective historian and his first case
The article profiles Thatcher Colt a wealthy former commissioner turned private investigator and his secretary Anthony Abbot as they recount the Geraldine Foster murder. It notes Colt’s wide criminology knowledge and the case solved by the Police Department under Colt, highlighting a classic, brutal murder with puzzling circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lombroso
Adler
Thatcher Colt
Anthony Abbot
Abbot
Geraldine Foster
The
Police Department
Missing Persons Case Drives New York Mystery
Thatcher Colt receives a private briefing on a cold case from Captain Laird as Betty Canfield recounts her three year friendship with Geraldine Foster. Geraldine and Doctor Maskell amid a planned marriage hint at family wealth and a tangled radicals circle linked to the Grecco Carillo murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Canfield
Thatcher Colt
Captain Laird
Doctor Maskell
Colt
George Maskell
Betty
Robin Hood
Clarence Darrow
Arthur Garfield Hays
Maskell
Geraldine
Christmas Eve Mystery Deepens With Missing Roommate
Thatcher Colt and Captain Laird interview Betty Canfield about her roommate Geraldine who vanished after a Christmas Eve phone call. Geraldine warned of danger saying she wished to be dead and hinted she might not return home as the detective duo recalls a tense conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thatcher Colt
Captain Laird
Captain Henry
Betty Canfield
Frank Canfield
Laird
Dartmouth
Brevoort
East Tenth Street
Betty
Geraldine
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street
Washington Square
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