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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1938
Page
6
Charlie Grimm congratulates Gabby Hartnett after naming Hartnett as Cubs manager. Hartnett assumes duties immediately while Grimm returns to his farm near St. Louis.
There is no agreement among scientists about the number of mineral species. Roughly a thousand are said to exist. About 6,000 names are used, aside from chemical names, many tied to trivial varieties or errors.
An emblem on a car promotes a large, dependable company as a guarantee of rapid settlement in claims. The claim centers on safety and reliability of the firm as a reassuring symbol for motorists facing losses or insurance needs.
In South Hill on July 25 a threshing crew member broke his fork while a snake was being killed on the Frank Sands farm. Onlookers teased him, but the real cause was the snake. The oats yield at Marion Huston’s was forty-three bushels and Farrel Youngs expected forty. The machine runs smoothly.
Menno Gingerich, northwest of Wellman, was thrown from a mower while mowing hay on Tuesday, suffering three broken vertebrae and severe bruises. Other farm activity included Jim Herr, Faye Rowe, and Ray Martin threshing on Friday, straw baled from the stack, Joe Starr combining Ed Henn’s wheat, Marion Bell owning and operating an Allis Chalmers combine, Everette Miller and Roy Yoder performing task work for local farmers.
The record mentions Charley Long and Joe Conrad, four jobs remaining, farmers sending men to Wyman for dinners, social visits among Mrs. Earl Munson and family, Helen Young, Farrel Young, Lyall Cherryholmes and daughters from El Dorado Kansas, Wilma Wooley visiting Grace Conrad, a correction about Dave Schantz oats yielding forty three bushels per acre, not thirty.
Meno Gingerich sustained serious injuries Tuesday when thrown from a mower and was taken to Mercy hospital in Iowa City. His condition remained serious on Thursday.
Wilma Leet takes a short vacation visiting home and relatives. Local farming activity includes threshing by Embree and Dusenberry. Visitors include Lysle Sanger of Kalona and Cleo Jarrard of Washington. Eloise Hartman and extended family join the Newton reunion with eighty nine attendees.
Two week vacation note lists Martha Godlove as a clerk at Durst department store. Several local families are mentioned visiting relatives, including the Scotts with a seven pound newborn in Iowa City, and others visiting Ashly, Weidlein, Tracy, Popham, Fleming families in nearby towns.
The federal Constitution was ratified at Charleston South Carolina by a convention of delegates from May 12 to 24, 1788. The vote stood 149 to 73 and the convention was summoned by the legislature.
Adge frets that modern men lack romance as she and Madge read a chivalric passage aloud. Dick arrives with a casual invitation for a drive, shattering the fantasy and turning to ordinary life as they head for a roadster ride.
Dick plans to fulfill Madges dream by buying two chestnut mares and teaching her to ride. She falls from a horse but he rescues her, then a new suitor arrives as Dick remains lame yet steadfast, and Madge shifts to a calmer, quieter liking.
The Hippocratic Oath is described as the pledge of professional ethics taken by medical school graduates. It outlines foundational principles guiding physicians in patient care and professional conduct.
Cedar Rapids 67 year old Bert Shafer shot and killed Vernon L. Barta 36 an undertaker after an argument and then killed himself. Shafer had long operated an automobile funeral car livery supplying hearses to directors lacking their own equipment. Dissatisfied clients reportedly planned to buy their own hearse prompting the confrontation.
The Zoological gardens of San Francisco California rank as the fourth largest in the United States and boast the second greatest variety of specimens.
Rome stands on seven hills and marks 2600 years of city life. The article notes Rome as the apex of many earlier Romes that rose to glory and faded, leaving monuments that testify to past splendor.
The notice lists Westbound Washington Lodge No. 26 A. F. and A. M. regular meetings on the first Friday, with officers named. It also outlines daily and special rail schedules for Golden State Limited, Californian, Local, and Southwest Limited trains, plus Eastbound and Westbound departures, with agents and notes on Sundays and ticket purchases at the local depot.
Louisa county home project group will display at the state fair in Des Moines opening August 25. This marks their first exhibit at the fair. Mr and Mrs Keith Robertson hosted a dinner for Mr and Mrs Albert Toms, who plan to move to Minnesota. Ivanhoe Whitted and family have left for Manitou, Colorado.
Margery Moore has spent time in Davenport and is visiting relatives in Barnes City with Mrs. S. A. Dwinell and George. The trio traveled to spend the summer with relatives and enjoy the season.
Rubber trees of the Brazilian tree cultivated in East Indies where 95 percent of world rubber is produced and Cadritilla of Central America withstood several winters in Florida.
The atmosphere around Earth is described as a vast chemical laboratory producing a range of compounds including gases related to laboratory chemistry. The statement frames atmospheric processes as chemically driven and interconnected with Earth’s environment.
A list detailing county leaders including the Attorney Richard Stewart Auditor Ethel Grecian Clerk R Noonan Engineer W Rawp Welfare Worker Helen Cresswell Recorder Harriet Coulter Sheriff Harold Putnam Treasurer Marlon S George Supt of Schools Lester Krabill Coroner W S Kyle and Supervisors Ned Morrow Harve Wilson Fred Bauer.
The board lists President Glenn Mace and Secretary Ralph W. Thompson along with Dr. P. L. Etter Dr. T. J. Pease A. EB. Atchison and C. W. Tucker in the official roll.
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