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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1939

Page

6

Local visitors and weekend guests noted in Daven port area

Mrs L A Meredith reports numerous weekend visits and social calls across Wellman Kalona and surrounding towns. Families from Meredosia Cedar Rapids Mankato and Des Moines made visits to friends and relatives. Verne Hildabrand and family moved from the Louis Boyd home to an apartment at 211 East Kast Street.

L. A. Meredith Milo Steele R. ©. Wilcox Wellman Ed Kleinberg Harold Gray Wilbur KE. Boyd Meredosia Til Louis Boyd Herman Oetzman Wisconsin Davenport Clara Squire Lewis Patterson Betty Gibbon Francis Gabel Cedar Rapids Ray Patterson Wilard Genkens Keota Paul Long Everett Mathers Mankato Minn C. K. Snyder Howard Hotle Bert White Atlantic L. T. Fullerton Letts Fullerton H. H. Fullerton Homer Mayer Wellston Gerald Graf W. C. Hotle John Weston James F. Lowe Brighton H. M. Crone Des Moines Howard Lewis Frank Sickles Roy Sickles Mediapolis Howard Leacox Jacob Hotle Margaret Robertson Dublin Jacob Hoetle Lizzie Reighard Elam Johnson

Monkey as a cure for aunt drives strange romance

A doctor warns about a doglike cure for Aunt Maude's life with a showy physician and a monkey, as Sally hires a stranger, George Smith, to propose Jack the parrot as a remedy. The two bond over shared concern for Aunt Maude and Jack, a marmoset, and a potential future together.

George Smith Jack Sally Justin George

Practical HAD Fosters Katherine Arnold Into City Life

Katherine Arnold endures an 18 year push to be practical under her aunt Agnes Raymond. Agnes pushes fantasies of fairies, theaters, music, and city life while Katherine resists country routines and vows not to marry. A romance with Jim Jackson develops as she discovers city living and theater experiences.

Katherine Arnold Agnes Raymond Katherine Agnes Sicily Marin County California San Francisco Harry Ambrose Jim Jackson Jim

Heart pumps blood through the body in minutes

The text notes the heart moves about three gallons of blood per minute from right to left side and can reach ten gallons during violent activity. It emphasizes the heart’s high output during extreme exertion.

Care of Property Virtue in Property Handling Quote

A compact moral note quoting Ovid on property care valuing prudent stewardship over mere acquisition. It contrasts chance with skill, elevating responsible use as a virtue parallel to earning. The excerpt remarks that tending what one has is as important as gaining more.

Ovid

Screen Folk and Scenes From Dodge City and More

Irene Dunne and others praised for screen presence while Hedy Lamarr is noted. Dave Apollon comments on Joan Davis. Bill Robinson now 61 and Warner Bros studies the cast. The film Dodge City features a famed indoor brawl with 150 extras and ten minutes of action. Gambinis return with Road Demon headline the piece.

Dodge City Michael Curtiz

Gambinis return in Speed to Burn and Road Demon tease

The Armetta family stars again in Speed to Burn, first of the Sports Ad venture series, as they glimpse the fast world of racing thrills. In Jack Benny's Man About Town, Rochester appears in ivory satin harem pants a blue and yellow bathrobe a business suit coat and a derby but no tie.

Henry Armetta Gambinis Road Demon Jack Benny Rochester

Oldest Thames Bridge Stands Unchanged for Centuries

A travel note recalls New Bridge the oldest river crossing in England not rebuilt since long before America was discovered. The piece highlights how Americans visiting England encounter this ancient landmark during Thames voyages.

England Thames New Bridge America

Blue Ridge Mountains once taller than any peak today

Geologists estimate the Blue Ridge range once rose above 30000 feet, higher than the world’s highest today, with erosion shaving its summit by more than two thirds.

Blue Ridge Mountains

Inner power comes from self effort and life experience

A quotation emphasizes that greatness comes not from applause or help but from inner strength. It urges personal industry, fullness of experience, and broad sympathy as the path to real power.

Benson

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Official Washington Directory Optometrists CUNTY Richard Stewart Ethel Grecian R. R. Noonan W. P. Rawn Martha Foster Harriet Coulter Harold Putnam Marion George County Lester B. Krabin Kyle Ned Morrow Harve P. Wilson Fred Bauer Chiropractors Chas Brown Chiropractor Court House Washington Independent School District B. A. Ralston A. Harland W. Mead Wee Eeee George Fields Miss Ethel McCreedy Glenn Mace Ralph W. Thompson P. L. Etter T. J. Pease A. OC. Peterson Second Ave Washington Iowa Theodore B. Bailey Loan & Trust Officers Lloyd Lytle Wca W. H. Fulton KE. F. Mack Henry Batley P. L. Jordan J. O. Brown Walter Kiesey Mark Pratt City Fire C. C. Reister Cuman Trial BE. Lemley Kyle Park Marian Batley Frank V. Miller J. E Lemmon Lester H. Orr O F. Boller J. H. Squire Will Dupute W. Carl Hedger Fred Reid City Library Eva Denny Homer Stephen Sheerman's Funeral Home West Main St Lemley & Yard General Insurance East Main Street W. Livingston Eveready Lowe Cane South America Irene Dunne Eleanor Wvowell Martha Kaye Luise Rainer Hedy Laimarr Dave Apollon Joan Davis New York Bill Robinson Errol Flynn Warner Brothers Research Department Technicolor Jo Ann Sayers Washington University Hollywood Gladys Swarthout Miss Swarthout Lloyd Nolan Ernest True William Henry William Frawley Broderick Crawford Gambinti Dixie Dugan By Striebel & Mevoy Dixie McNaught Syndicate, Inc The Washington Dairy Or.p Ray Palmer
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