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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1932
Page
4
On the London Express
A poem contemplates future train travel waking in a sleeping traveler as the speaker envisions passing Kent Winchester Oxford Canterbury Stoke Poges Hampton Court Maidenhead and Shere on the way to London town in May. The narrator muses on time and the rhythmic motion of a journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Madison Tunnell
Green Downs
Kent
Winchester
Oxford
London Town
Canterbury's Towers
Stoke Poges
Hampton Court
Maidenhead
Shere
Century of Progress Exposition to Open in Chicago
Chicago prepares for the Century of Progress exposition from June 1 to November 1 next year marking the city’s 100th anniversary. The event promises a world class showcase of art travel science literature and industry with the ship City of New York among exhibits and a site along Lake Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Aquarium
Planetarium
Field Museum
Admiral Byrd
City of
New York
Great fair exhibit preview of Antarctic relics ship
A grand fair features a boat housing a complete museum of relics from Antarctica. Visitors can see items rarely shown to the public amid a nine Widespread Midway and a City With a Million Lights. The show aims to be the greatest entertainment center and plans progress are visible ten months before opening.
Smoking as a Sensation Then and Now
The piece notes that smoking once caused a sensation among London crowds when sea captains emitted smoke from the mouths and nostrils after learning the habit from American Indians. It credits tobacco and Indian corn as major Indian contributions to global agriculture and notes their development by outsiders since initial adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
London
North
Never Stop Express Train Idea Explained
A description outlines an experimental never stop express train that carries travelers to a destination with no stops. Passengers disembark onto a moving platform matching the train’s speed, allowing the platform to stop while the train continues. The arrangement is complex but aims to minimize stops on travel.
Blind astronomer used cricket chirps to gauge temperature
Miss Bostwick shares a tale about Dr Edwin B. Frost of Yerkes Observatory who was blind later in life. He timed crickets with a gonging watch and a minute clock, adding 42 to chirp counts to estimate temperature within a few degrees. Also notes a local woman with a cavity in a false tooth, offering a wry consolation that it does not ache.
Readiness for wed in Des Moines five couples signaled
The Des Moines Register notes five couples expressed willingness to marry. The youngest groom was 59 and the youngest bride 61, suggesting marriageable ages span a wide range between the seminary and the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Blurred Hands Spark House Table Quip
A parent scolds a child for dirty hands and a witty reply claims the hands are only slightly blurred. The remark is tied to a broader satirical line about pedlars, ending with a humorous if pointed note about reaching a house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley White
Mugwump Bird and Civic Jokes Dominate Local Chat
A humorous row of tidbits runs from political quips about forward looking leaders to anecdotes on college funds and father son schooling shifts. The column pokes fun at Ed Wynn Mugwump bird joke dreams to a stray Ford Model T crowd scene and a moonlit mood in a short playful local missive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickins
Ed Wynn
The Cruise Of The Jolly Pilgrim Episode 16 Dwellings
The Jolly Pilgrim duo reach Puye cliff dwellings in New Mexico. They explore caves carved into a sheer cliff above a vast landscape and describe La Fonda hotel with its patio fountain and subdued interior. A clerk’s chilly welcome contrasts with a Lohengrin wedding march as they depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Journal Ed
Puye Eliff
Best
Bib and
Tucker
la Fonda
Santa Fe Railroad
Jolly Pilgrim and Pils in Santa Fe Night Tour
A travel vignette recalls a cave lodging atop high terrain during a summer journey ending in Santa Fe. The party notes ancient habitation near the heavens and visits El Palacio with its Governor’s Palace General Lew Wallace tie, San Miguel church, and old plaza vibrant with passing faces and damp night air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Palacio
Lew Wallace
Spain
Mexico
United States
San Miguel
America
Paris
Enraged Citizens and Police Capture Killers of Policeman
In Chicago July 3 a posse and police captured Tony Pickles 18 Peter Pikles 19 and Frank Puneti 22 who were accused of fatally shooting Officer Harold Koehneke during a traffic stop. Morris Puneti 20 was at large. The four fled in a stolen car. Koehneke was mortally wounded when they opened fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Harvey
Harold Koehneke
Tony Pickles
Peter Pikles
Frank Puneti
Roehuckle
Morris Puneti
Koehneke
Koenheke
Beckman's Wood
Davenport Liquor Dealer Death Tied to Gun in Prisoner Quarters
A ballistics expert linked Nick Cotn's Davenport death to bullets from a gun found in Lewis Spridgen's Muscatine quarters. Spridgen is jailed awaiting grand jury action while Charles Elder, said to have driven the car, also remains in jail with bond expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
Nick Cotn
Lewis Spridgen
Muscatine
Spridgen
Spridgens Quarters
Coin
Harold Gerelt
Charles Elder
Bond
Prohibition Raids Crack Lake County Breweries and Resorts
Government agents closed in on a Wisconsin border farm near Antioch believed to house a Moran and Mongoven operated brewery. Fifteen Lake County resorts and one in McHenry were raided, yielding 22 prisoners including Einar Sorenson Pred Biter and George T. Renehan. All were to be arraigned before U S Commissioner Edwin D. Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Insp
Finois
Wisconsin
George Hues Moran
Antioch
Moran
Leo Mongoven
Lake County
McHenry County
Arson charge filed in attack on Cres ton family home
Benu Hearson of Lincoln Nebraska is scheduled for a preliminary hearing this afternoon after authorities arrested him on arson charges. Investigators say kerosene soaked rags were lit at a corner of the Larson home near Talmadge. The Larson family woke to the fire thanks to a barking dog and a passerby identified Hearson, who was jailed on $2,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Iowa
INS
Benu Hearson
Lincoln
Neb
Albert Larson
Talmadge
Fred W. Scharfenberg
Hearson
Larson
Larsons
T the Arest
Washington’s friendly 82 year old Jim Pennal a lifelong worker
Jim Pennal born in Springfield Illinois and now 82 lives in Washington. A sheet metal worker and once a sailor he recalls long hours and low pay. He helped in Chicago as a volunteer fireman and later walked seven miles to Swift's Packing House for work. He reads poorly but loves kids and was cheered by Washington children giving him thirty five dollars last Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jim Pennal
Jim
Springfield
Illinois
Chicago
Agame
Swift
Theater loses Ziegfeld today
Florenz Ziegfeld, famed as a major figure in American theater and creator of the Follies, died of a heart attack at Cedars of Lebanon hospital in Hollywood. His wife Billie Burke and daughter Patricia were by his side as he had been flown from New Mexico after a bout of illness and pleurisy earlier in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
INS
Florenz Ziegfeld
Ziexfeld
Cedars of Lebanon
Towans Revel in Cool July Weather With Showers
DES MOINES IOWA July 23 IN S Towans enjoyed cooler late July air as unsettled skies threatened tonight and Sunday. Rainfall was light but widespread with 1.52 inches in Council Bluffs and other towns recording small amounts. A 17 year old, Lloyd Wiles, drowned at a sand pit near Valley Junction. Police detained about 250 people after dispersing them from an unsupervised gravel pit. Temperatures ranged from 45 to 90 plus across the state and Decorah reported 54 degrees last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Towans
Weather Bureau
Lloyd Wiles
Sand Pit
Valley Junction
Council Bluffs
Clarinda
Lamont
Creston
Atlantic
Boone
Keokuk
Stony City
Inwood
Decorah
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