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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1937
Page
5
A compilation of social visits and obituaries from Olds and Clinton Iowa. Walker Kirkpatrick leads the local Y M C A amid a resignation search for a new secretary. funeral details for Joe Miller noted. multiple families visited relatives and attended church services.
The article notes that vast sums in budgets and debts dominate headlines, yet many readers grasp only a few dollars. It highlights Life Insurance Week and a display showing how policyholders’ dollars support national progress and relief efforts.
The text explains life insurance ownership as a social investment, with premiums funding homes farms and business, mortgages and government projects, railroads and utilities. It argues policyholders are shareholders in industry, supporting jobs and national development while keeping costs low through earnings on their dollars. It ends with legal wording about trustees and a dividend order.
Repairs for all makes. Singer Sewing Maching Co 210 Ss. Marion Phone SO
In Washington County Iowa the district court fixed a hearing for May 26 1927 at 9:00 AM on a petition by J M Bratten W H Stephen and L B E Dunlap trustees to authorize payments of 5 percent dividends to Home Builders Loan Department debenture holders and Series A debenture bondholders of Washington Loan and Trust Company. The petition seeks court order for dividend payments to holders.
Mrs. Chas. Faulkner reports Olds school closed Friday and most teachers have gone to their homes for the summer. Kittenball season opened Monday evening at the local field with two league games in front of a good crowd.
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