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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1937
Page
8
Hugh Herbert the film comedian attracts large crowds to set causing Lou King director to issue a No Visitors order. The comedy will open at the Fox theater on Wednesday. Herbert’s presence brings many visitors whenever his name shows on the call sheet.
The first discovery of gold occurred in the Black Hills region of South Dakota on July 27 1874 at the site of the town of Custer.
Ohio's President James A. Garfield graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts in 1856 with the highest honor in his class.
Rubio colonists report a day at Meynard Kallous home in Washington with multiple Morgan families visiting others and local kin. The piece also notes farming notes on cluster bud spray for apples and berries, advising spray formulations, timing, and pressure for thorough coverage and disease control.
County agricultural agent will issue spray notices next week for apple orchards. Early May timing is advised for applying lead arsenate as buds show pink and before blossoms open in Washington County.
Mr and Mrs Maynard Brown moved into their recently purchased residence on East Washington Street marking a new home for the couple.
The Bureau of Plant Industry states that cotton in good condition and stored correctly will keep indefinitely without deterioration, indicating no inherent shelf limit when cared for and stored properly.
Miss Helen Dickinson welcomed 4-H girls and leader Miss Francis Meacham at her Clay home for an all day meeting. They distributed May baskets to neighborhood shut-ins. The day included a weiner roast for Clay school children and a flower gathering in Gilbert Smith woods.
Mrs Genevieve Pedderson spent the weekend at Cedar Heights. Mr and Mrs J C Kennedy and Gary returned home after visiting Mrs J H McCormac. A picnic supper is planned at Columbus Cha Tauqua Park Wednesday evening. Inville Forbes of Dearborn Michigan visited Mrs G W Brock. Re Drake of Williamsburg spent the week with his father Rev S O Drake.
New York’s Major T Edward Bowes accepted the honorary burgemeister post for Pella’s Tulip Time festival May 10 to 15. The honor will be announced on his program May 6. Pella will present Bowes with 50 doves of refined tulips to decorate the stage during the broadcast.
Long avenues of trees in straight miles long rows shaped rural landscapes across Europe in the 17th century. These tree lines are noted for their aesthetic value and influence on land use, aligning roads, fields, and estates along planned routes.
A call to maintain vigilance and aid, emphasizing that duty toward a troubled world compels continued charitable and humanitarian effort. Strong emphasis on moral responsibility and sustained public service.
A fragment describes a practice among Arabs or Mohammedans where those cursed are believed to lie prone to avoid the malediction. The text emphasizes superstition and ritual response rather than verifiable action.
The trumpeter swans are described as the largest native waterfowl in the United States, noted for their beauty and rarity.
News from Troop 32 reports a planned treasure hunt next week with three trails forming three groups and a sunset park finish. The first group earns three candy bars per scout, the second two bars, and the third one. ten scouts attended the Monday meeting, which opened with an O Grady drill and included a knot tying contest and signaling game. The troop has raised nearly five dollars, sent forty troop flags for decoration day parade, and thanks the W O R C for the American flag received at Arbor Day.
Local letter by Alvin Hasty discusses damages from spring highwater across farm fences. The piece notes community remarks about names for newspaper columns and hints at a local scene with residents W. H. Jackson and Mr Macon amid other small town vignettes.
Farmers report English river bottom damage from spring high water and heavy floating ice breaking pasture fences. A merchant’s remark about salesmen’s wives contrasts with concerns over junked cars on a corner lot by Dennison’s ball park in Washington County.
Ames Meriden 20 year old Minerva King, Iowa State College junior in home economics, awarded the Danforth Summer fellowship. Genevieve Fisher, dean, announced the honor given to 80 top home economics students nationwide for study through experience in manufacturing, commerce, research, distribution, advertising, personnel and leadership tasks.
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