Masson Receives Harvard Master of Arts Degree
Ten years ago today Louis Masson was awarded a Master of Arts degree from Harvard University yesterday.
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Louis Masson
Harvard University
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1932
Page
8
Await Sunday Edition for Des Moines Straw Vote Coverage
The Des Moines Register urges readers to pick up next Sunday's edition for the latest straw vote coverage. The store will be open all day and stocks all Sunday papers.
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Des Moines Register
Nylyptus Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Nylyptus Cough Syrup as a fast-acting remedy for lingering coughs. It claims relief within a few hours and markets the product for temporary symptom relief.
Draggist Geo L McDantel Tops on hogs at $5
Weather brief notes partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Market item lists hogs topping five dollars.
Local News Notes and Family Updates
Brewer advocates Jersey Guernsey milk as pure for Sunny Slope Dairy. Miss Charlene Essley of New York visits her aunt Mrs. Roy Stewart and relatives. Ruby Bartlett Pears come in large cans at 15c. Mrs. Tom Little learns her son Martin Little will not go to China with the U S Huston and is transferred to the navy yard Cavite in the Philippines. He will sail May first to Honolulu on the U S Beaver after serving on the U S Houston until just before its departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey-Guernsey
Sunny Slope Dairy
Charlene Essley
New York
Roy Stewart
Tom Little
Martin Ttle
China
U. S. Huston
Beaver
Navy Yards
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Honolulu
U. S. Beaver
Martin Little
U. S. Houston
Local Couple Welcome Donald Edward King Baby
Mr. and Mrs. E. vw. starter are parents of a nine and a half pound boy born yesterday at 12 18 PM at the home of grandparents Mr and Mrs Mert King. The infant is named Donald Edward. The mother is Ethal King before marriage.
Folk plays staged by Little Theater crowd
Dorothy Masson led the performance with Ruth Cunningham Sherman Watson and William Shannon in key roles. The program featured two French revolutionary pieces and a Minuet, with students and a junior college orchestra providing music. Extensive backstage work included scenery by Berne Enslin and Stanley Simpson, makeup by Miss Boneta Larty, lighting by Roy Finch, and advertising led by William Shields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Masson
Ruth Cunningham
Sherman Watson
Lem Carmell
William Shannon
Clay Gormley
Carmolt
Wendall Booth
Alice Shelangoski
Harvey Coulter
Goaler
Josephine Hull
Wilma Walker
Ernie Marshall
John Owen
Roy Finch
Helen Coffey
W. F. Bickel
Berne Enslin
Stanley Simpson
Wayne Brown
Ruth Foster
Boneta Larty
Mary Pauls
Lucille Nicola
Henry Little
William Shields
Statement by Blattner urges petition signees to act
Andy Blattner asks the Journal to print his statement urging the 700 signers of telephone petitions to act. He credits the committee and petition circulate rs and warns that results depend on the signers following through or facing consequences.
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Andy Blattner
The
Journal
Man's Greatest Invention Alphabetical Writing
An opinion piece extols writing as humanity's most vital invention, praising the alphabetical system for organizing language and shaping knowledge. It argues compellingly for literacy as a foundational achievement.
Los Angeles Founded by Spaniards in 1781
The 1781 founding of Los Angeles under Don Felipe de Neve as California governor is recounted. August arrival from Monterey with a military escort preceded a September 4 march to the new plaza where a Te Deum and musket volley welcomed 12 emigrant families from Old Mexico who formed the city’s original population.
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Don Felipe de Neve
California
Carlos II
Spain
Los Angeles
Don Felipe
Monterey
San Gabriel
Dan Felipe
Plaza of
Old Mexico
Castilian
la Ciudad de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles
City of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels
John Stevens McGroarty
Boomerangs Across Cultures as War Tools
An encyclopedia survey notes diverse boomerang shapes and uses across regions. It cites Australian Aboriginal return and nonreturn types, ancient Egypt, northeast Africa metal forms, Hopi nonreturn types, Sikh chakras, and Indian wooden and iron variants with India’s Gujarat and Trichinopoly examples.
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Australia
Pitt-Rivers
Egypt
Africa
India
Arizona
Gujarat
Trichinopoly
Lunch Out With Billy Snyder Highlights Double Standard
A Detroit News writer notes a husband lunches with a female companion and faces gossip, while his wife saves money by dining out herself. The point: social norms judge women more harshly and men profit from the same behavior.
Arguments Against Women’s Suffrage in Massachusetts Noted
The Kansas City Star cites Massachusetts legislators opposing women's voting rights. One says men tired from work would not kiss a school board member or overseer of the poor. Another asserts women voters would halt births or produce only girls.
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Massachusetts
Lucy Stone
Alice Stone Blackwell
Kansas City Star
Congress Hotel Fire Causes Heavy Damage
The Congress Hotel suffered serious fire damage with about $3,500 loss and $1,500 insured. Gallagher Karmelcorn store equipment was destroyed and well insured. Guests escaped via stairs as smoke filled corridors. Rev. A T Robinson left a grip behind. The rear roof collapsed while firemen battled the blaze drawing a large onlookers.
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Gallagher Karmelcorn
A. T. Robinson
New York
Washington
Journal
The
Umbrella ant and its leaf dome structures
The umbrella ant earns its name from the waterproof shelter it builds. It gathers leaf pieces from fruit and coffee trees and cements them with mud to form domes up to two feet high and forty feet across. Large colonies strip leaves to amass building materials and frequently ruin trees.
Nutritive Value of Walnuts Highlighted
Walnuts offer high fuel value with 63.4 percent oil, 16.6 percent protein, 16.1 percent carbohydrates, 2.5 percent water, and 1.4 percent minerals. They are also a good source of vitamin B.
Death notice and local notices from Washington Iowa area
Telegram notes the death of Mrs. T Wells Brown of Hollywood and hectic travel plans for Theodore Bailey. Local pleas list bidders, shoppers, auctions and business ads from Breva's Beauty Shop to Crawfordsville visitors. County Attorney candidate Henry Bailey announces primary bid.
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Marsh Bailey
T. Wells Brown
Hollywood
Calif
Henry EB. Bailey
Grow Hyacinths In The House
Hyacinths should not be potted and kept in a dark closet or basement. Keep the soil moist but not wet. Hyacinths grow excellently in water using specially designed glasses available at dealers. It is an easy method.
Amusing English Oddities Displayed in Continental Hotel
A traveler on the Continent shares two humorous notices in a hotel. The first promises that when the sun rises a horn will be blown. The second, likely from the same author, complains that in this hotel the wine leaves the traveler nothing to hope for.
Local notices and small ads from Washington St period
Office hours listed for Dr. S P Telford 10 to 12 and 2 to 5 with house calls by appointment. Mrs Claire Dewey recovering from back sprain after a car crash with four weeks bedridden and poems written during confinement. Benteco ad correction on pear price 15c per cyn. Virginia Warfel travels from California via Caldwell to Washington to Iowa City tonight. J W Fields notes frozen motor blocks welded without removing engine. Oshkosh Overalls offered at 1.10. Dougherty's 2016 ad presence.
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Washington St
S. P. Telford
Claire Dewey
Our Ad
Bartlett Pears
Benteco Food
David Warfel
Virginia Wallace Warfel
Washington
California
Caldwell
Kans
Verne Kerr
Warfel
Kerr
J. W. Fields
Wespny White
Haskins
Oshkosh
Dougherty’s
Mrs Verne Kerr Injured at Home Remains to Visit Later
Friends report Mrs Verne Kerr suffered a fall at her home a few weeks ago and broke her arm making travel to Washington impossible for now. She is expected to visit later and will be remembered here as Mary Boyer.
Country Folks Home Talent Play at Franklin
Country Folks Home talent group performs at Franklin Center school four miles west of Washington on Friday March 11 at 8 o clock.
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J. A. Marsh
Ainsworth- Washington Road
Franklin
Center School
Washington
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