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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1939
Page
5
The Iowa Electric Company seeks a franchise to erect and operate transmission lines across Washington County Iowa over public lands highways and private lands. The commission sets May 23 1939 at Des Moines for a hearing with written objections due May 18 1939.
A writ of special execution directs a public sale of Lena Welch trustee property in Washington County Iowa. The auction covers the SW quarter and NW quarter of the SE quarter in section 33 township 76 north range 7 west to satisfy a judgment in favor of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. Sale set for May 24, 1959 between 9:30 am and 4:00 pm at the courthouse steps.
Riverside high school seniors present the comedy Smart Boy on Friday May 5 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. The rights pageant features a large cast including Henry Walters, Abigail Walters, Sally Matthews, Gwendolyn Audrey, and Ray Marner Jr. The event promises wholesome family entertainment with humor and rural homeliness.
Dr. Paul Gageby died April 15 after a tumor affected respiration while serving as surgeon for the Barberton Clinic in Ohio. Born in Washington as a child of Dr. Frank A. Gageby, he studied at Parsons and Coe Colleges, earned a B S from Northwestern, and medical honors at Northwestern Medical College. His surgical career in Munising earned fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. He is survived by his wife Marjorie Ann and two daughters Patricia.
Chapter CX PEO Sisterhood entertained Monday afternoon in the community building for an annual Mother's Day party. Mrs J Fred Mocore chaired the entertainment committee with Mrs J KB Reaney leading the serving group. The spring season concluded with the final meeting.
Cleo Gerot and Mary Allen are among Lake Arbor society guests at the hotel. Others include Ernest Swailes Dorothy Marshall and young Barbara Lee aged seven months. Ann aged six and a half is also mentioned among attendees.
Samuel J. Beckett notes that eider ducks yield about half a pound of down each season when tricked with artificial nests in rocky haunts. Ducks sit long periods while workers pluck down from their breasts for nests, supporting Lolita as a center of the down trade.
A medieval Wartburg Castle wall bears an ink stain reputed to have come from Martin Luther hurling his ink pot at the devil in a late night moment of temptation. The pot reportedly missed the demon, leaving the mark on the stone.
The text states Belmont Abbey near Gastonia, North Carolina, as the only cathedral abbey in the United States under the Catholic Institution, with Rome issuing orders and even papal signings for equipment and upkeep of a modern American co ed college.
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