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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1931
Page
3
Practical picnic guidance and recipes from Good Housekeeping Magazine describe choosing meats for sandwiches, tea preparation tricks, and a Savory Chicken Stew recipe. It covers picnic logistics, tea brewing tips, lemonade and ginger ale blends, and suggests Pimento Cheese Sandwiches, Fruit Filling, and Green Pepper Butter as compact, portable options.
The H H Bridge club meets with Mrs. Chas Clark Wednesday at 8 pm. Damascus Shrine No. 10 and families picnics at Sunset Park Wednesday July 29 at 6 30 honoring Mrs Chloe Spies leaving August 1. W C T U convention July 29 Kalona at the Christian church with Alice Mendenhof as speaker and Rev Robins. Ladies golf Wednesday 6 30 pm. Country club dinner Thursday July 30. no regular dinner in August. Independent club hostess Mrs James Palmer Thursday afternoon. Woman's Home Missionary Society meets Friday July 31 with Mrs R E Brown. T F Barker leads lesson. Annual dues paying day. Country club regular dinner Thursday July 30 6 30.
Fragmentary OCR notes the first paper mill on an A river levee in 1690, established by a waterhouse at Roxburgh near Philadelphia. The readable text hints at a colonial site tied to early papermaking and settlement layouts.
A survey asks readers to name their top invention. W E F Howell credits electricity with past achievements and future potential. L B B Lupton praises wireless telegraphy and radio for saving lives at sea and aiding safety.
Scott County in Des Moines applied to Budget Director Oscar Anderson for exemption from provisions of the law. The move centers on Frank W. Elliott a Iowa legislator who sponsored the bill calling for a mandatory state tax reduction.
London July 28 The illness of David Lloyd George strict leader at his Addison Road town house shows some improvement. A bulletin reports a disturbed night but says the general condition is satisfactory and the haematuria is diminishing though its subsidence will still cause anxiety.
The Battle of Tannenberg, fought September 1, 1914, on German soil, resulted in a decisive German victory under General von Hindenburg over the invading Russian army. The clash marked a turning point in the early stages of World War I.
Announcements include Miss Virginia Smith and Clarence Wiele's upcoming August wedding in Burlington Washington. Leila Carris and William Bayliss wed at Keota with a reception and honeymoon planned. Miss Thora Goss married Dale Jones near Wellman with home to farm. other social events noted at Sunset Park and Riverside as well as birthday celebrations for Earl, Mrs. G. D. Marshall, and Charlotte Earls.
X Tom Bacon of Albany, acting as engineer, throttled back and halted the express to save 300 passengers, then collapsed and died of a heart attack. In New York the West Side jail bars dogs, but Brownie the prisoner’s hound slips in to visit Hueter until late August. In Marietta a biology professor claims five gallons of poison liquor after opening a keg of preserved copperhead snakes. In Norwalk a Toledo man digs free but is recaptured twice in eight days.
Mason city reports Edward Gardner cannot recall the incident but the jail dentist says stimulants likely caused enamel loss. Gardner vows to guard his remaining teeth when he gets new ones. In Mount Clemens Anna Denisuik returns for a 90 day stay amid a drunk ransack of jail facilities.
In Rock Island Illinois two children Stechani Skizidek seven and Ardele Hresh ten from Chicago eloped with only a dime between them. Police found them hiding in a sleeping car and sent them home. Stechani asked a police matron to buy his girl a double chocolate ice cream cone.
San Francisco July 28 Forest and brush fires race across thousands of acres in northern California creating a severe fire hazard. The Diablo region bears the largest blaze as 400 firefighters battle the flames aided by low humidity and extreme heat. Two mining towns Red Dog and You Bet near Colfax Grass Valley in Nevada county face threats from an out of control fire on a three mile front. Over 10 000 acres already scorched with schools leveled at Mariposa and Birchville and bridges destroyed along Bear Creek.
Clyde Erskine, oil well driller, killed in storage tank fire at the Butts well in Kilgore Texas. Two companions Charles Thomlinson and William Hood badly burned as wooden shacks and a derrick ignite. Fire officials fear blaze could endanger up to 10000 residents if wind drives flames.
A reflective line emphasizes labor and growth, portraying lives shaped by hard work and meaningful effort. It suggests that true fulfillment comes from digging into work that sustains and enriches a community.
Public library adds many new works including Mary Austin Starry Adventure Lynn Brock Murders on the Bridge Pear 3S Buck Good Red Earth and Warwick Deeping Bridge of Desire plus essays on home life and art history. The list features authors like Kathleen Norris and Arthur Train and spans travel poetry novels and reference volumes.
Funeral services for Mrs. R. Sproull were conducted yesterday at four o'clock at Shermans funeral home for Mrs. Margaret Sproull who died last week in Hollywood California. Rev A N Porter of Crawfords ville led the services with casket bearers Ralph Livingston Frank Sage Don Sherman Carl Keck Cloyce Dougherty and Dr W E Anderson. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery. The body was returned from California by Mr and Mrs C H Keck who will stay in Washington until Friday.
Funeral services for George EK Sheetz were conducted yesterday afternoon by Rev. Carl W. Klein at L. A. Jones funeral home. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery with pallbearers Ross, Andy, Robert, Oscar, Fred, and Otto Sheetz.
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