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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1931
Page
5
A Chicago Tribune reprint discusses milk borne diseases led by tuberculosis and the push for pasteurized milk. It cites Dr. P R Baird and notes regional variations in infection risk and advocates safe milk as protection. The piece blends a public health argument with a reflective poem about honoring ancestors and building a family burial site.
A sorrowful family mourns the burial of their youngest son Robert in the Telford Bailey Building area. The poem reflects on grief with the parents planning to locate their unknown ancestors’ graves and consider their own burial lot.
A Keota Iowa girl Cora Mae Randall recalls a childhood blunder when she set a lunch as dinner on a Sunday night. She describes the embarrassment and asks for the reader’s understanding in this humorous missive from a fifth grade student.
A compact guide highlighting common English errors. It covers misused phrases such as when to say intend instead of mean and correct pronounciation like Francoise and Franc ehiz. It also defines torpid and lists synonyms.
Miss Nellie Manver reports from Crawfordsville with notes on travelers and commencement visits. Dana Barnes of Newark, New Jersey visits Monmouth Illinois for vacation and ceremonies. Mrs Miriam Davis and family attend Parsons College commencement in Fairfield. Will Welch funeral in Bedford details and relatives listed. Joe Moorhead in ill health with local visitors and gatherings noted.
A humorous reminiscence on Lindbergh talk and a Brundage clown at a local carnival. The writer laments lost youth, recalls a fountain water trick, and jokes about the crowd and the city’s institutions amid carnival chatter.
The staff artist Red paints a portrait titled Portrait of roosters in Early Fancy to honor Roosters in general on Rooster Day. A prank recalls an old initiation rite where a neophyte’s abdomen is glued and corn sprinkled, then a starved rooster is released for humorous effect.
A garbled OCR passage lists odd terms and misreads such as lunge pigeon cheer odes feed for horses York and past, Cotter as smoker, squad to sit, pod in water. It hints at a clipping about cars lined up and a simple outcome, but lacks coherent narrative or context.
A fragmentary report hints at a dramatic event involving a detective and a fatal shot. The text suggests a government action to fund the post office by adding soda fountains in each branch.
A Chicago woman reported losing her curly poodle. A police officer found the dog, brought it back soaked and dirty, and the woman expressed relief and asked several questions, including where it was found.
Des Moines reports June 10 that J D Seaman will serve as deputy labor commissioner after July 1 and A L Urich will become Iowa labor commissioner succeeding H V Hoye. Urich also appoints Ellen M Rourke Grant F Crockett and Charlie S Harness to positions while Esther Martens and Dee Katlan are named inspectors and a printer’s clerk. In Ottumwa the Publique convention reveals Iowa daily newspaper composing room executives will meet there next year with Thomas Kelly elected president Ed Funk vice president and Leo Carts secretary treasurer.
Clare Chenette of Ackley was re elected president and Alonzo Leach of Des Moines was re elected secretary treasurer at the Town Band Association meeting held here on June 9 10. Henry Wilson aged 83 died in Muscatine from an accidental rifle shot during a hunting trip. He had long served on the state rifle team in national competitions.
Jack West eighteen died after falling down an airshaft at Grant High School Cedar Rapids. He was on the roof with schoolmates when he slipped and plunged to the chest, breaking his neck.
Carroll county will hold services tomorrow for its oldest resident Mrs. Mary Rettenmaer who died yesterday from a paralytic stroke. She came to Carroll county 57 years ago from Germany and would have been 87 years old on Saturday.
Oskaloosa hosts the 1931 Iowa air tour open Monday with about 50 pilots at the Oskaloosa airport five miles northwest of the city. The event features a sensational afternoon program of contests and a overnight stay before continuing to De Witt Tuesday morning. Johnny Livingston of Aurora, a famed stunt flyer recently from Waterloo, heads a notable roster of aviators spanning the Mississippi Valley.
Iowa state highway commission announced low bids for 44.5 miles of paving totaling 1 253 269.15 dollars with a state cost of 957 089.83. Other bid items included grading 231 933.80 dollars graveling 1 974.52 bridges and culverts 29 711 and an overhead crossing 17 560.
Travers Lorrimer, son of Margaret Lorrimer, fancies Delight Harford whom he claims to have married in England. No trace exists of Delight. Mary Lou Thurston is pressed into the role to impersonate her. Larry Mitchell exposes the real Delight acting in a revue. Mrs. Lorrimer investigates as Travers grows entwined with the masquerade.
Mary Lou prepares for a party night in her room that reflects her mood and secrets. She dons a peach dress and seethes with mixed feelings about Lorrimer, their looming romance, and the perilous future as the evening unfolds with social demands and private longing.
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