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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1931
Page
7
Next week thrills and timeliness mark the First National production The Finger Points starring Richard Barthelmess to be shown Monday and Tuesday at the State theater. The story is based on a dramatic source.
Lodges Washington Chapter No 98 O E SRegular meeting second Thursday night of each month Ida McDaniel W M Ernestine Denison secretary Visiting members welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 W 8 of JRegular meeting fourth Tuesday of each month at Masonic Temple rooms Mrs Chloa Spies W P Hazel Haven Worthy Scribe Washington Lodge No 26 AF and A MRegular meeting first Friday of each month Harry C Ward W M A W Yard Secretary Cyrus Chapter No 28 RA M Regular meeting second Friday of each month J W Enslin HP A W Yard Secretary
Long list of train numbers and times for eastbound and westbound services including Golden State Limited Apache Local Freight and mixed trains. Notes show California passenger stops and daily schedules with agents L Goodlander and J C McKay on duty. Local passenger trains run daily except Sunday, with specific discharge or arrival times.
The State theater features Laughing Sinners with Joan Crawford in a two night engagement next Wednesday and Thursday. Fay Wray co stars in the sensational crime tale directed by John Francis Dillon with Barthelmess reporter involvement and a tale of underworld to redemptive struggle. Also showing Young Donovan’s Kid with Richard Dix and Jackie Cooper, a New York gangster tale of reform and street waifs, supported by Marion Shilling.
Never the Twain Shall Meet features Conchita Montenegro and Leslie Howard in leading roles. Montenegro, arriving from Spain eight months ago, learned English fast and headlines the Fox engagement.
Quote notes that a hint of fragility adds to beauty, as Burke suggests. The remark frames beauty as an appearance of delicacy shaping perception and appeal.
A compiled directory lists attorneys T A Michels and T L Brookhart with firm locations and phones, Livingston and Eicher abstract office on West Main, Morrison and Morrison at 1104 West Main, and dentists Dwyer Pease Boller with office routes. Osteopathic physicians Preston Letter and A W Clow are noted with addresses and phone lines.
Keota culture club devotes meeting to free public library business and notes a forty dollar book purchase. A surprise shower honors Janet Hulse adopted by Dr. and Mrs. R R Hulse. Coe College athlete Hugh Pulver earns gold track shoe for sprinting. Local students excel at national meet with Bott and Pence placing in half mile and quarter mile. Staff and residents attend summer schools and visits in Ames Davenport Muscatine and Washington.
Sunday at 11 o clock services with the sermon Is the Universe Including Men Evolved by Atom. Public cordially invited. Haskins Church School at 10 am. Vacation Bible School 8:30 to 11:30 am next week led by minister F Wenger. Read the Journal Classifieds.
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