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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1937

Page

8

Great Guy Gives Cagney Great Role

James Cagney stars in Great Guy his first Grand National release in months the film centers on the Weights and Measures department of a city and its public service role protecting consumers from merchant fraud Mae Clarke co stars in a drama based on Johnny Cave Stories.

Guy James Cagneys Grand Nationasl Fiday Cagney Weights & Measures Department of Public Service Johnny Cave James Edward Grant Saturday Evening Post Mae Cute Ecain Public Enemy

Eyes Hen eggs fetch high price in California gold rush demand

During the California gold rush, eggs from Eyes Hen pants? (sic) sold for as much as five dollars each as prospectors sought fresh provisions.

California

Historical Pageant Ably Presented at Crawfordsville

Crawfordsville event featured Ritchey Lowe and Ina Mae Walker as leads with a large cast portraying settlers and Indians. Vocal solos by Mrs. Darymond Dutro and Louise Cochran highlighted the program. Music, costumes, and period furniture enhanced the pageant with praise for director Miss Cochran and broad community support. Luther Rev. C W Cochran presided at the Old Fashioned Hymn Sing with Rev. Oscar J Mix leading.

Adrir Lease William Harrison Goble Carl Atkinson Lydia Peare Marie Darbyshire Darymond Dutro Davenport Mies Louise Cochran Lewistown Mont Harold Miller Doutro Mises Cochran Laurel Crawfordsville CC. W. Cochran Oscar J. Mix Wavte Mr Fix Rose of

Two Living Lake Families Attend Ames Commencement

E L Stewart and daughters traveled to Ames to witness Margaret Stewart’s graduation. Margaret will teach home economics at Tarkio High School next year. Carl Rothlisberger and family attended for their son, who works in Ames. A storm damaged several properties Saturday night, knocking down trees, a corn crib, and causing utility line damage.

Living Lake E. L. Stewart Kathyn Frances Helen Ames Margaret Stewart Alan Stewart John Stewart Jndee Carpenter Ohio Loyd Foster June Arlene Knotek Fred Hermann Homer Birney Everett Stewarts Rothitsbergers L. Zook

Rubio Community News of Birth and Illness

Rubio reports the arrival of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Warren Parcell on June 12 named Francine Mae Mes. Fred Thompson and Walter Stevens visited Saturday evening due to the serious illness of Jessie Hawthorne who died in Ottumwa Sunday morning. Services were held Tuesday afternoon near Parson as Maxine Vandyke helped at the Thompson store.

Arthur Lambert Rubio Bill Snider A & Ib Warren Parcell Francine Mae Mes Fred Thompson Walter Stevens Jessie Hawthorne Ottumwa Parson Maxine Vandyke Thompson Farson Hawthorn J. J. Fleie

Former Minister at Crawfordsville Awarded Degree

Rev A N Porter of Bristol Colorado a former pastor here received the doctor of divinity degree from Sterling College Kansas Porter who graduated Monmouth College in 1887 helped found Sterling College Miss Jennie Martin of Le Claire visits at brother Charlie Martin Miss Lorene Taylor won fourth in a national stewardship essay contest earning 12 Miss Minnie Sprague of Omaha visited relatives in Washington then Cedar Rapids and home Mon Schlatter attended the Register and Tribune carrier salesman convention in Des Moines Eight of ten children expected in fall were examined by Dr Walsh and Miss Stella Jorpeland J Howard underwent back operation Mrs Joe Kerrigan and daughters from Davenport spend the summer here Virginia and Jackquelyn Wil Hemeon of Cedar Point Cedar Pontds come to spend summer with grandparents Mr and Mrs W Irland Ralph Bottorff and son Ole Nellie Roale and Elmer visited Dale Leppert Sunday See Mr and Mrs Ernie Johnson move south of Horewell Waleh and Miss Stella Jorpeland at Rubio for physicals Frank Conk of Ottumwa and Mrs Kate Merrow visited The crowd attended the show Friday night Everett Scearcey drew ten dollars hospital checkup in Washington County Hospital Monday wishes for rapid recovery Wedding announcements Miss Ruth Piper Albion Ia to Herbert W Smith set for June 10 at Clemens Ia Mrs Piper taught primary here three years visitors last Thanksgiving Mount Pleasant trip of Mrs Rebecca Chrissinger Edwin and Mrs W H Hexie Reber to visit relatives

Crawfordsville Friends A. N. Porter Bristol Colorado United Presbyterian Church Sterling College Sterling Kansas Porter Monmouth College Jennie Martin le Claire Charlie Martin United Presbyterian Presbyteries Lorene Taylor Minnie Sprague Omaha Neb Washington R. Gallagher Cedar Rapids Mon Schlatter Register and Tribune Carrier Salesman Des Moines Dr. Walsh County Health Unit Stella Jorpeland Fleig Yale Ralph Bottorff Ole Nellie Roale Elmer Dale Leppert Ernie Johnson Horewell Waleh Rubio Frank Conk Ottumwa Kate Merrow Martha Conk Everet Scearcey Washington County Hospital Ruth Piper Albion Herbert W. Smith Clemens

Strange Belief Guides Prime Marriage Rules in British Guiana

A Columbia University Press field study reports that Paramaribo ne groes hold that men and women born on the same weekday should not wed. If both have Thursday souls, they are thought to share the same springs of action, leading to conflict and unharmonious marriages.

British Guiana Columbia University Press

Navy Blues Opens at the Fox Friday

Republic presents Navy Blues at the Fox with Mary Brian and Dick Purcell leading a Navy era light comedy about a sailor who reforms a prim librarian turning her into a social beauty while foiling an international spy ring.

Republic Fox Theater Mary Brian Dick Purcell Warren Hymer Lucille Gleason Gordon Kahn Eric Taylor Rusty Navy Blues Joseph Sawyer Edward Woods Horace MacMahon Chester Clute Iueille Gleason Mel Ruick Carleton Young

Spectacles History Ties to Bacon and Salvino

The article credits Roger Bacon with starting spectacle wear in the thirteenth century and Salvino d Amati with an earlier Italian claim. It also notes Benjamin Franklin devised the bifocal to combine far and near sight.

Roger Bacon Salvino d'Amati Italy Benjamin Franklin

A Good Man Turns All Things To Good

A thoughtful portrait describes a peaceful man who seeks to turn every situation toward constructive outcomes. The piece emphasizes restraint, kindness, and steady moral conduct as guiding principles.

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