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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1936
Page
1
Mrs. H. H. Davis of Ames announces she is starting a fifth set of teeth after earlier sets failed to fit. She lost her childhood teeth at seven and had a sequence of dentures since then, with the latest set chosen to avoid jaw distortion and improve fit.
An annual town circus failed to perform as half the troupe misrouted to Elkhorn Nebraska while the other half arrived elsewhere. The right town group lacked enough performers to stage a show. In Burlington Mrs Dowell was wounded by buckshot from a .22 rifle allegedly fired by Gus Polson while bluejay shooting.
Morning Sun reports a wedding reception disaster when poison ivy vines decorated the altar and left Mrs. Durrett in a hospital honeymoon with limbs iced. The incident follows a garden mishap that marred the celebration.
Rev. T Gerhard Wicks of Kanawha was ordained and chosen as pastor of Ruthven Zion Lutheran church. Installation will be held Sunday July 27. He graduated in June from the Lutheran Theological School in St Paul. He succeeds Rev. L O Wigdahl who retires after serving Ruthven for 50 years.
University of Iowa museum researchers uncovered a 1873 Denver Daily News inside a loon specimen. The yellowed pages recount cavalry skirmishes in Texas and temperance-era visits by women to saloons. Curator Homer Dill notes modern mounting methods replace earlier crude taxidermy.
Ben Purrington, arrested 27 times in three years, begins paying a $21.50 intoxication fine. Mayor C. C. N. McHugh adds a $5 penalty and three days labor to cover the original fine. Purrington has settled or served past fines.
The University of Iowa will conduct a hearing ability testing program for pupils in Iowa schools during the 1926 37 school year. Dr. Warren H. Gardner will supervise tests, using special apparatus. Any school system may obtain the service by applying through the school principal.
Mrs. William Ballard is a licensed beauty operator from Washington County, highlighting local professional credentials and community links.
Des Moines reports Lieutenant Governor N. G. Kraschel of Harlan will keynote the Democratic state convention on July 23 and serve as temporary chair. State Chairman Er. H. Birmingham announced Kraschel will launch his gubernatorial campaign with strong backing from state and national Democrats. Governor Clyde Herring will be permanent chairman to preside after Kraschel speaks.
Four candidates from Washington county are chosen for a school of instruction and examinations for old age assistance investigator candidates, to be held in Des Moines July 15 to 17, starting at noon Wednesday and ending Friday. Applicants may contact Walter Conner or board members J. A. Marsh W. E. Eldridge and Miss Jane Lady at the courthouse tomorrow afternoon. high school education and business experience required.
Miss Jane Lady reports a drop in county unemployment relief rolls for June to 134 people. Of these 68 got direct relief and 66 were on WPA and PWA work projects, down 32 percent from 197 in June 1935. County poor relief rose to 7 from 59, due to illness among pensioners.
Residents thank neighbors and Washington firemen with the Farm er Mutual truck for aid after a weed burn on the W P Wells estate farm escalated into a blaze that spread to Marion Smith’s fields, started intentionally by Clarence Rathmel.
Mrs Hattie Gordon widow of John Gordon died Saturday night at her home 918 East Main street. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at two afternoon at Sherman's funeral home in charge of Rev D Chalmers Fulton with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Surviving is son Roy Gordon of Washington. daughter Blanche died in 1930 and son Bert died in 1925. Born August 12, 1844 in Wheeling West Virginia she moved with her father to Iowa as a child and later lived on farms near Eureka and in Washington. She was a member of the United Presbyterian church.
In Berryville Virginia a killer shot a 90 year old invalid grandmother, her daughter, and two grandchildren in their mountain home early today. The bodies were found when a neighbor noticed smoke and broke in. Sheriff W W Smallwood hunts the killer as a posse searches the area. The crime occurred shortly before discovery and the slayer fled briefly.
Mike Striegel of Harper was seen shopping here on Saturday in a brief local sighting.
A bureau report shows Washington Iowa residents spent an average of 487 dollars per person on retail purchases in 1938, far above Iowa and national averages. Washington County total retail sales reached 3.443 million, with Washington city accounting for 54.14 percent of county total and 0.0137 percent of national sales.
Des Moines reports 209 auto deaths for 1936 after Mrs. Laura Battles dies from injuries from a July 7 collision near Mt. Vernon. The crash involved D U Van Meter and A E Carlson. passenger Dick Barker, a former Cornell athlete, was in Van Meter's car.
Charles Nicola suffered a broken collar bone and ribs and facial cuts, while Walter Schwartz had multiple cuts, after a car driven by Schwartz and owned by S. P. Finch swerved off Wayland road due to faulty steering gear and rolled into a ditch. They were taken to a doctor for treatment.
Prof Rollin M Perkins of the University of Iowa college of law joins the American Law Institute to complete a restatement of the law of credit transactions this summer. The study will cover suretyship and mortgages as distinct fields in legal teaching.
Dr Samuel Parkes Cadman 71 a leading American clergyman died in Plattsburgh New York after a gallant fight following an abdominal operation He spoke last Sunday night at a cross faith gathering and returned to the hospital where peritonitis and pneumonia led to his death He was famed as a pioneering radio preacher and Brooklyn church pastor and ranked among the nation’s most influential religious figures.
The Washington county board of supervisors awarded road work contracts today below the lowest bids from last Friday. Risk Construction Company won the bridge project at 22322.69 for 22 culverts and one bridge in Dutch Creek, while J. B. Hannahs of West Point secured the grading work at 18041.48 for nearly five miles of road across eight projects.
In London July 13, German fortification of Heligoland, a strategic North Sea island, was disclosed in the House of Commons. Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson questioned if the work had English sanction. Viscount Cranborne replied the island is being fortified without the leave of anyone.
The Brooks divine born in Wellington England on December 18 1864 follows in borough church tradition. He is described as warm sympathetic tolerant and generous with a love for sinners and a readiness to help those in joy or sorrow as his coal-mining family background is noted.
Mrs. Anna Tedford of Ainsworth died this morning about 8 o clock likely from heat and digestive trouble. A private funeral will be held tomorrow at her home with burial in Ainsworth cemetery. she requested no obituary be published.
Rich Brothers of the Brighton community were injured in a Friday night car crash after a river swim outing. One car left the road and struck the other, both vehicles badly wrecked on a dusty road. one boy was taken to a doctor for repairs.
Des Moines reports July heat continuing with temperatures over 100 degrees and no rain forecast for at least two days. Federal meteorologist Charles Reed notes low pressure rains miss Iowa while nearby regions see showers. 67 Iowa deaths linked to the heat as crops burn and losses mount.
Miss Freida White returns to work after a week of vacation split between Crawfordsville and Muscatine. Miss Adria Lease spends a week with her parents in Crawfordsville. Mr and Mrs Don Hampsher and their daughters Wilma and Jean of Gary Indiana visited Mr and Mrs R H Hampsher. Raymond Minick Charles Denison and S G Mortimore traveled to Chicago Saturday to attend the Cubs Giants game and plan to return tonight.
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