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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1932
Page
8
Miss Dorothy Soukup won a $5 value Eugene Cheeseman cosmetics prize and Mrs. S W Livingston received a reproduction of a famous painting linked to purchases during a period of free facials.
Mrs. Harry Margolin of Hawarden Iowa visits at the I Rothschild home and has her tonsils removed at the county hospital. A dated weather update notes partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday. Also promoted are McKesson's Shaving Cream and Dr Scholl's Onixoi for ingrown nails with brief relief claims. Hog prices listed at $3.55.
The state commission for the blind announces a summer school for the adult blind from May 1 to July 9 in Vinton Iowa. Adults over twenty one of good character who will profit from Braille, typing, sewing and craft instruction may attend free except for carfare. Inquiries at the commission for the blind Des Moines Iowa. Mrs Ethel Towne Holmes executive secretary state house.
In Valparaiso on May 19, thousands of rescuers gave up efforts to save 42 workers buried by a landslide near Te Muco. The entombed men faced asphyxiation or cold as tons of earth from the Andes formed a seal over the tunnel of the trans-Andine railroad.
Henry Shore alias Shore, alleged Purple Gang member from Detroit, was seized by federal agents while meeting his mother and to be sent back to Michigan. He had been pursued with Harry Fleischer as owner of a major Detroit brewery raided in February 193. Shore linked to Fleischer gang and may face questioning in the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
Washington notes the biennial congressional baseball game set for June 4 to aid the unemployed. Democrats show a slight edge but fear windiness. Republicans bat first this year after concession. The Kelly family features on both sides with Pennsylvania and Illinois players highlighted.
Roy J. Kendall was killed and William Rogers was believed fatally injured when Rogers’ car overturned on a highway near Stanwood after hitting a road dip. Rogers died later at Cedar Rapids hospital. Jake Graft was uninjured.
Monday to Tuesday a string of visits tied Hazel Little Glen Miller and Harmony school as I C Shelangoski and What Cheer relatives traveled to Ray Redlinger and George Lemley homes. Several families including Richardson Wolfe Robertson San ders Augustine and Parecell aided social rounds and weekday visits continued at various houses.
A Rochester nurse trainee Ruth Lins spent weekend with parents as Miss Ruth Lins visits from Rochester. A thunderstorm struck the Townsend home when lightning jumped from a tree to exposed tele phones, causing plaster damage, smoke, and a chair topple but no injuries. Doyle Frame and Billy Letts joined Ww. Fram family for a Sunday visit. Alumni banquet at Presbyterian church drew Leona Leeper and Stanley Mouser as Sunday guests.
Max's Preview notes several residents finishing corn planting or planning to begin if the favorable weather continues. Visitors include Wilma Pearson, Dr. Hayek, Aileen Jeffrey, and others. Alumn i banquets, club meetings, and family visits are reported alongside scarce news and a Field Museum jade sandal prize in Chicago.
Mrs. Arthur Charlton of near Iowa City and Mrs. Elizabeth Herr of S U S visited over the weekend at the home of their mother Mrs. Viola Herr and attended the alumni banquet in Xenia.
Mr. and Mrs. Krarry Boice of Rock Springs Wyoming visit J. C. Boice and relatives, plan to travel to Petersburg Virginia for their daughter Elizabeth a Southern College junior, then return via Washington DC and Davenport. Shrine ceremonial attendees in Davenport included J Z Hinshaw Oscar Davis Lauder Kennedy W W Wilson James Lemley Charles Thomas Wyatt Marbourg Tom Carris Roy Means R J Tanner T W Harwood and Robert Patterson who joined the Shrine yesterday. Mrs J Z Hinshaw Mrs Walter Conner Mrs Oscar Davis and Mrs Lau der Kennedy spent the Davenport evening.
In Red Brick May 18 Mr and Mrs Mike Flynn and family visited the Flynn Brothers. Raymond Zielinski and daughter Mary Lou of Brighton visited Lloyd Neiswanger. Frank Bruty called on John Caldwell. Ruth Wilson completes a successful term at West Chester and vacation at home. Gaults visited Monday evening. Red Brick school closed Friday with a parent picnic at noon. Miss Ginkens will teach again next year.
A reflective aphorism notes pride harms itself more than other vices. It claims a proud person cannot bear to witness pride in others, implying humility arises from self-critique rather than external comparison. The quote underscores pride’s paradoxical self-destruction.
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