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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1942

Page

5

St Mary's faculty to summer study and convent closes

The Sisters of Charity serving St Mary’s High School plan summer departures for study in Milwaukee Dubuque and Park College while the St Mary’s convent will close for the season. Mass times shift to 7 and 9 30 a m starting the Sunday after notice. Local residents and visitors are listed in the accompanying social notes.

Riverside Ters of Charity St. Mary's High School Mary Maritius Milukee Wis Mary Jilla Inazetta Milwaukee Iquette University Mary St. Ralph Mary Franzeline Undelsen College Dubuque St. Mary's Lara Lutwitz Sisters Dury Herome Audubon Theummer

Family Visits Highlight Des Moines Connections

Des Moines relatives span cities as Joan Schnoebelen arrives for summer with mother Mrs. Geneva Schnoebelen and kin. Clara Vondrasek from Chicago visits Cedar Rapids relatives. John Walsh family moves to Grant Stoker home. Ruth Rice, Mercy hospital student nurse, visits her Iowa City siblings. Donald Hotka stationed at Chanute Field joins sister Kathleen Hotka in visiting parents Joseph and Mrs. Hotka.

Joan Schnoebelen Des Moines Geneva Schnoebelen Clara Vondrasek Chicago Cedar Rapids Milton Sojka Sojka John Walsh Grant Stoker Stoker Famil Ruth Rice Mercy Hospital Town City C. B. Rice Donald Hotka United States Service Chanute Field Illinois Kathleen Hotka Iowa City Joseph Hotka

Mrs Bertha Hodson Taken By Death at Daughter's Home

Mrs. Bertha Hodson aged 78 died Friday at her daughter Mrs James Morgan's home where she had lived for three and a half years. She was born June 3, 1864 in Richwood Jefferson county and married to Jonathon Hodson in 1884. Surviving are two sons two daughters a sister nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral plans await word from distant relatives with services likely Sunday at the Morgan home officiated by Rev E F Vous. Burial will be in Walnut Cemetery south of Pleasant Plain.

Brighton Bertha Hodson James Morgan Hodson Bertha McMurray Richwood Jefferson County Albert Elizabeth McMurray Jonathon Hodson James Ross Hodson Pleasant Plain Morgan Harold Brown Pembine Wisconsin Matt Hook East Pleasant Plain Rev E. FE. Vous Methodist Church Purial Walnut Cemetery

Rivers Named Colorado Spur Confusion Across States

A riddle notes two rivers share the Colorado name in the United States. One Colorado River runs through Texas while another flows through Arizona toward the Gulf of Mexico, highlighting geographic naming quirks.

Colorado The United States Texas Arizona Gulf of Mexico

Mrs. V. Stagner Honored at Riverside Shower

A post nuptial shower for Mrs. Vernon Stagner, formerly Euniece Craig, was hosted by the South Side club at Trinity Methodist Church in Riverside. Guests included many local women, gifts included an electric clock, and other clubs shared needlework and luncheon earlier in the day.

Riversie Vernon Stagner Euniece Craig Trinity Methodist Church South Side Club Earl Walton Lynn Allen Thomas Butz M. Q. Weichmeyer Melvin Havel Darlene Henry Wieland Charles Rath Charles Havel William Ingram Anna Younkin Fred Havel Jesse Sleichter Roy Snyder Albert Dunn Olin Gingerich Allen Snyder Jess Gingerich Alva Heck R. J. Marner Minnie Holt Delbert Flynn Clara Chabal Carrie Tden Bertha Reliall Riverside Clarence Brisky Iowa City Ray Cummings North Liberty William Wright Maryland Lloyd Stagner Kalona Ernest Salladay Myron Salladay Washington Dorothy Fitzsimmons Mary Gertrude Griffin Fitzsimmons Miss Griffin John Knittel Annariffin C. ¥. Dautremont William Knebel Estelle Critz Carrie Iden

Mountains of Wealth in the Andes Mines

The Andes hold vast metal wealth with Potosi mines producing silver valued well over three billion dollars since 1545. Bolivian Indians guard ancient, unworked sites and fear deadly retribution for sharing knowledge. An exception occurred when an Indian revealed a rich old mine after receiving a cow as a gift.

Andes Potosi

Fire Ants Threaten Brazilian Jungles

The text describes the diverse fire ant species in Brazil, noting the large poisonous tucandera and the small red ants that bite like fire. It highlights the palo santo fire ant that colonizes trees and swarms intruders, causing beasts and humans to avoid infested forest areas.

Marine Decorations Awarded After World War I

U S marines received 1 668 decorations by the end of World War I and hundreds more after the Armistice. The awards reflect continued recognition for service across the late war period and immediate postwar clearance.

U. S

Journal staff of eighty in rural towns ad

Advertising note expresses wish to present pictures of all eighty Journal correspondents stationed in rural communities and nearby towns.

Journal

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