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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1934
Page
7
Harmony reports social calls and small town updates. Mr and Mrs Howard Miller and boys visited Chai. Mrs S R Miller traveled to Davenport. Mrs Kelsey bought setting eggs from Mrs Sutherland. The H C club met at Ruch Anderson with new members and games. a two course luncheon concluded. Jean Kelsey returned home with the Duten measles.
Hack Wilson, famed Dodgers slugger nicknamed the Whackaberry, returns to form this spring after a 1938 downturn. He arrives carrying extra weight but shows renewed pep, pairing prodigious power with the livelier ball era, aiming to reclaim home run leadership in the National League.
Leigh Stopford faces pressure from John Pitt as he confronts her about her ties to Panglos and her true relation to Leigh. Amid party talk, Pitt’s restraint snaps and jealousy erupts with a gun held to Leigh, then discarded as she confesses a harsh truth about her past and hangs on to love amid turmoil.
British authorities require every seagoing craft of one thousand tonnage or more to carry a certified sea cook. The program aims to ensure safer, standardized cooking aboard ships and introduces tests for candidates seeking the role.
A Los Angeles Times report describes hay trucks traveling from Imperial Valley to Los Angeles that fail to stop and rest. Drivers risk fatigue as the trucks pile high with loads and relief workers struggle to sleep, risking peril on the road.
Despite encroachment concerns the state of Arizona hosts about 50 000 wild horses roaming public lands and remote areas across the state according to wildlife observers and preservation groups.
Mrs. Howard Hoyle reports visits at the Harold Fisher home in Washington with Charley Marek and Emil Fink. On Wednesday afternoon Charley Marek Howard Hoyle and Emil Fink shear sheep. The Hoyles Gerald Dean and Helen called at Charley Marek's Wednesday afternoon. The Thompson family from Cheyenne Wyoming and nephew Lloyd Thompson from Burlington spent the weekend at J. H. Thompson’s home.
A young Washington attorney travels to English River and Lime Creek to meet friends and voters on Thursday. The piece notes family roots dating to 1841 including land claims by his grandfather James Bailey and father Mo W. Bailey. An old German clock, 204 years old, at Mrs. Benj J. Hoehstetler’s home on Johnson Co line, is six feet tall with a fine dial and pendulum. Readers debate the article’s interest and tone.
A semi professional spends part of his time as a professional, holding a position that prevents full-time sports work, yet on Saturdays or Sundays earns money playing baseball or teaching golf. Such a person cannot regain amateur status.
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