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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1936
Page
8
Keokuk Iowa June 1 infant Gordon Davis two years old wandered from home and was found drowned in a fish pond in a neighbor's yard marking Iowa's weekend drowning toll at four.
Ten years ago Barbara Miller, a Liberal Arts freshman at S. U. I., was elected one of two sophomore members on the Iowa Literary magazine board. Mosquitone claims to ward off mosquitoes and heal bites.
25 cents Gheorge L McDaniel Drugist notes hog market top at $10.15 and forecasts mostly cloudy weather with showers tonight and Tuesday.
Three of the remaining Civil War veterans in Washington attended Memorial Day services Saturday. Dr J C Boice represented the G A R in the reviewing stand with Jesse Harvey and James Embree. Dale Atkinson chaired the event and the new reviewing stand is expected to become a regular feature. Taps were sounded in the cemeteries by three sons of World War II veterans Everett Burham Jr Gen Miller and Boice Kurtz at Kim Grove.
Weasels and ermine fur have long been valued by royalty and permitted buyers. The pelts from various weasels across Asia and Europe were used to make ermine garments. Today weasels are similar in appearance wherever they exist.
Washington reports the administration supports a bill proposing between 700 and 800 million in new corporate and income taxes. Senate Finance Committee favors its current form but differences with the House include taxation methods and revenue projections. Senate totals range around 620 to 707 million permanent revenue with temporary gains.
The article ranks the python as the largest snake, with the anaconda second and the boa third. It notes pythons can kill only small animals by crushing and that large prey like oxen is unlikely. It describes the netted python of Asia and its habits, size, color, and eggs as reported by Tit-Bits Magazine.
A Boston Globe excerpt notes the Dutch klomp as a national symbol crafted from poplar wood. It serves foot protection and practical tasks from jumping stiles to improvised fists, while worn-out shoes become canal boats for children and officials even use them to signal tolls.
Supt Roy A Hannum of Ottumwa city schools dies suddenly at Ottumwa Iowa thought to be recovering from a heart attack He was prominent in state and southeastern Iowa educational circles.
The general assembly moved from multiple towns to two capitals, Providence and Newport. As meetings grew, sessions were held in Newport then Providence, with annual sessions opening in May at Newport before adjournment in Providence. Since 1900 the legislature meets in Providence and Newport sessions ended.
A 40 room hilltop mansion near New London Wisconsin preserves the tale of Captain Enos Drummond who built it in 1849 and was murdered before implementing a secret slaveholding plan. Harper's Weekly notes Wisconsin banned slavery under the Northwest Ordinance but a hidden system was alleged. The house was completed shortly before his death.
The term ravenous derives from raven meaning to eat voraciously and prey upon. It denotes intense greed rather than mere hunger and supports phrases like ravenously hungry to express extreme appetite.
Collier's Weekly notes that a person uses vast amounts of wood in a lifetime from cradle to coffin. The article cites house building furniture paper matches pencils and more as sources of consumption reaching about 300 trees per individual.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note outlines that the earth's axis length is about 7 900 miles and the moon's diameter about 2 160 miles. It states the earth's surface area is roughly 13 percent greater than the moon's and the earth’s volume is nearly 50 times larger, with the earth’s mass about 81 times greater due to higher density.
Phyllis Siler, 16, the youngest inmate at Oklahoma’s McAlester state penitentiary, has escaped twice while serving a five year term for assault with intent to kill. Her husband sits on death row awaiting execution.
Cedar Rapids residents can ride the interurban to Iowa City and receive a free taxi from the end of the trip. C R and U C line official A R Swemn says the service will be the only one in the country to offer free taxi transportation.
Miss Gabrielle Nadeau of Des Moines arrives to lead maternity health work for the newly reorganized county health unit. Operations start July 1, with preopening duties underway for expectant mothers countywide.
The original English crown was destroyed in 1062 and Sir Robert Viner created an exact copy for Charles II. The note records the restoration effort and the craftsman responsible.
In Vienna, Baar von Baarenfels is pictured after his appointment by Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg to the post of vice chancellor. He succeeds Prince Ernst von Starhemberg, deposed in a coup due to his Fascist activities.
A garbled quotation frames a proverb about kindness to family and neighbors. The speaker urges practice and discipline to share goodwill, invoking Uncle Eben as a narrator or source of rural village wisdom.
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