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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1939
Page
8
Four Whisker club songs have been submitted with lyric copies for members. Copies are available at Al Goddard's Coast to Coast store on the west side for service clubs to learn at meetings. A Whisker club men's chorus may perform them before a Saturday night parade.
A playful verse promotes a Washington centennial themed booster trip with a tune adapted for Chicago. It frames Washington as the source of fun and unity with lines about whiskers and shared celebration for supporters and locals.
A festive and nostalgic verse set celebrates Washington Town’s Centennial with references to whiskers and 1839 1939 numbers. It recalls Iowa pioneer days and the August 8 to 10 centennial festival, urging participation and pride.
Mrs. Carrie M. Elwell and her children express gratitude to the Journal and readers for kindness and sympathy shown during the death of her mother Mrs. Henry D. Looney.
Local residents visit and engage in routine tasks. Families travel to Cedar Rapids and Washington for shopping and chores. Community groups meet as the Rubio Savings Bank receives interior repainting by Walter Stevens. A note explains the term davenport as a small writing desk rather than a sofa.
The plant Foxglove is referred to by numerous common names including purple foxglove thimbles fairy cap fairy thimbles fairy finger dog's finger finger flowers lady finger flapdock throat wort and Scotch mercury across regions and texts.
Washington wins 12 to 0 as Cummings limits Fairfield and Glasgow Indians pound out 12 hits at Blattnersfield. Buckwalter leads with four hits, Denton brothers add bobbles as Indees seize early control and prepare for upcoming tournament play.
Seven teams have filed for the Washington Indies Southeastern Iowa Semipro tournament at Blattnerfield, with one more entry expected to reach eight. Local Independents Pleasant Plain Eagles Iowa City Eagles Davenport Colored All-Stars Conesville Lone Tree and Nichols are registered.
The Central Peruvian railway reaches 15,865 feet at Morococha with a tunnel at 15,694 feet above sea level. Outside South America the Pike's Peak line in the United States climbs to 14,110 feet, setting a record there.
A World War era report notes mice swarming wheat stores in Australia reaching epidemic numbers. In a single yard an afternoon saw 70,000 mice killed, illustrating severe infestation during the period.
El mer Karnes delivers strawberries to the locker plant for shipment to New York for Thanksgiving dinners along with turkeys. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Green called at the Delbert Maxwell home in Grandview on June 17.
Burlington Trailways unveils twenty five luxurious Dieseliners on June 11 with air conditioning, leatherlike seats and extra leg room. The coach fleet, praised by interior experts, marks Diesel power’s first widespread use in cross country passenger service.
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