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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1939

Page

8

Wyman School Report Highlights Student Achievements

Wyman students across grades celebrate perfect spelling papers and 100 percent marks in spelling. Several absences returnees and visitors are noted, with details on birthdays, posters, and upcoming events including a music festival in Wapello on April 4 featuring a Girls sextette, a clarinet trio, and a soprano solo by Norma Davis.

Wyman Eddie Thomas Gordon Huston Audrey Rees Joy Davis Marjorie Lan‘z Willard Wilma Love Kenneth Frerichs Allen Johnston Patricia Davis Loren Evans Roger Davis Dixie Stuart Donald Davis Dixie Betty Despain Donna Huches Anthony Yohe Robert Humphreys Alan Liechty Frieda Rees Adeline Humphreys Evelyn Johnston Wapello Evelyn Jean Humpheys South Carolina Boston Miss Hotle Jack London Hamlin Garland Rio Myrna Dipple Phillip Yohe Doraine Olt Norma Davis

The Washington Cleaners Offer Modern Southeast Iowa Service

The Washington Cleaners boast the largest plant in a town of its size in Southeastern Iowa with eleven thousand dollars in equipment. They specialize in ladies wear including coats hats silk dresses and two piece suits and offer cleaning pressing and repair for men. They guarantee hat cleaning and provide one day service and delivery.

Iowa

Tipton Cox joins national spotlight amid school events

Tipton Cox 17 Powell Wyoming becomes a national personality as a radio actor after firing a shot in a Powell bank incident that wounded Earl Durand and preceded his suicide during an attempted holdup. The piece notes spring fever, tests, and upcoming commencement festivities, with local attendees and visitors listed among the day’s social rounds.

Tipton Cox Powell Wyo Cox Earl Tarzan” Durand Wyoming Powell Bank

Second Fire Destroys Brooder At Walsh Home

Riverside reports two fires at the Ralph Walsh farm three miles north. First the brooder house burned and half of five week old chickens perished. repairs and 150 new birds were added. Early Sunday the entire brooder house burned with the 150 birds. Birthday party notes Marvin Walsh turning two with guest Larry Gerot.

Riverside Ralph Walsh Walsh Riverside Fire Company Karl Walton Marvin Larry Gerot Oscar Gerot

Best Dog in Western Reserve Kennel Club Show

Odin Vom Busecker Schloss a German shepherd owned by Mrs. Sidney Heckert of Santa Barbara California was named best dog at the Western Reserve Kennel Club show in Cleveland over more than 1 000 entrants. Several local residents visited others and several social items noted including a sprained ankle and upcoming events.

Western Reserve Kennel Club Cleveland Odin Vom

Farmers Battle Cold Patches Amid Busy Field Week

In Pilotsburg on March 29 farmers worked fields despite warm coats as oat sowing picks up. Mr. and Mrs. Orva Scott celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with church and a reception at Mrs. Earl Smith’s home. Local visitors included Mr. and Mrs. George Bartholomew and son, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Flynn of Riverside, and Mr. and Mrs. Fay Rowe with children among others.

Frank Stransky Pilotburg Mar Orva Scott Earl Smith George Bartholomew Claud Flynn Riverside Fred Mouser Anna Rogers Fay Rowe

James Hammond Dies at Cotter After Illness

James Wesley Hammond 1892 196? died at the Cotter community after six months of illness. He was born Hutchinson Kansas and lived in Cotter since infancy. Survived by wife Marie Gentzler and two sons Robert and Donald, with siblings Calvin Albert Mrs Roy Bliven and Mrs Wayne Jones. Funeral in Columbus Junction, interment Columbus City cemetery.

James Wesley Hammond Fentom Clara Carpenter Hammond Hutchinston Kansas Columbus Junction Marie Gentzler Cotter Hammond Robert Donald Calvin Hammond Stuart Albert Hammond Roy Bliven Wayne Jones Fred VanAnuket Cotter Presbyterian Church

The Inn of Court Homes Inner Temple and Middle Temple

The London Temple refers to barristers residences with Inner Temple and Middle Temple as two of the four Inns of Court. They occupy sites connected to the Knights Templars order in England.

Temple England Inner Temple Middle Temple Inns of Court Order of Knights Templars

Poison Plot Suspect Seized in Keene Questioning

Police in Keene New Hampshire seized 82 year old Albert Wojehick of Brattleboro Vermont a highway worker for questioning in a case involving the poison deaths of his brother in law and next door neighbor Mrs Julia Wheaton after they drank cocktails believed to contain poison.

Keene, N. H Albert Wojehick Brattleboro, Vt Julia Wheaton

The Netherlands and Its Official Name

The term Netherlands derives from the low lands and underlands reflecting the country’s topography. It notes that parts lie below sea level and that the official name is the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands

Noah Webster and the American Dictionary Pioneer

Noah Webster born in Hartford Connecticut became a prominent educator lawyer publisher and author. He spent a decade studying English to publish the American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828 and helped found Amherst College.

Noah Noah Noah Noah Webster Hartford Conn Webster Amherst College

Prisoner Outfit Provision in English Prisons

The policy provides every imprisoned woman serving over six months with a full wardrobe made to measure. The set includes dresses aprons and undergarments and remains hers for the duration of her sentence.

England

Sponge Cultivation Method Uses Artificial Planting

Sponges are cultivated by attaching fertile clippings from mature specimens to concrete discs placed on the sea floor. Time and nature allow growth as the sponges develop in their underwater environment.

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FOX The Wilderness Washington Cleaners Solth Side Square R. 8S. Templeman Bbethany J. E. Lemmon Drug Store Mary Gerot Larry Anna Walter John Yocum Ranella Alzina Iowa City Elizabeth Sanders C. B. Rice Mary Sanders Fort Madison Glenn Eldridge Washington Amelia Gerot Teresa Schnoebelen Richard Schnoebelen Mary Gertrude Griffin Ottumwa William Griffin Russell Denison Shirley Little Princess Vin Ecco India’s Frontier GRANT Vovelas Fai Ath Lian Movietone R. Walsh Kalona Dan Bopp Richmond Joe Hoover Hoover Herbert Campbell Stacey L. Stacey Brighton Carl D. Anderson Adolph Larson Albert Batterson Wayne Stransky Leslie Winegarden Estes Park Colo Dale Lane Carl Oldfield Pilotburg Ladies Aid Society Mr. Elder Odin Vom Busecker Schloss Liner Andrews U. S Marshall Edward Saads New Orleans Andrews el Trelles and Company Cmse James Hammond Funeral Services Tomor Tie Buyer's McDaniel’s Absorbine Jr Home Sweet Home Cleaning London Tan Boy Sigperka Klein Kloothing KO Washington Dairy Stan Stanley and His Orchestra NBC CBS Radio Endezvous Demolay
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