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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1938
Page
7
Republican candidate A Claire Dewey appeals for support in the June 6 primary for the Iowa Senate seat. The notice also lists W H Bill Brown running for supervisor for a 1939 term, signaling local election activity.
Mrs. Jennie Marek of Pomona California sold her 103 acre farm west of Richmond for $10,000 cash to A W Mick Duwa who has farmed the place for the past fifteen years. The article notes visiting friends at the Shalla home and needlework details from local residents.
Gracehill residents report Martha Jo Harvey visiting from Cedar Rapids for three weeks vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harvey. Francine Mills returns from a week near Wellman to grandmother Mrs. Henry Matthess. Betty Joyce and Clifford Corman stay with uncles Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Woodford. Wade Page buys three hundred baby chicks from Reister Bros. Pearl Kirton and Florence Woodford transport women and children to Mrs. Raymond Sankey’s for a quilting day. Farmers in the area prepare fields and plant corn this week.
DAYTON GROVE May 30 Mrs J B Moore and husband were Wellman visitors Saturday afternoon They stopped by the home of Mr and Mrs Keith McClelland and Mr and Mrs Robert Stephens and family Washington shoppers called Wednesday afternoon Harry Dusenberry and Thomas Sawyer official inspector Farmers Mutual Insurance Co visited Thursday Mr and Mrs Raymond Hammen spent Thursday in Davenport Mrs Lyall Moore and family joined by J B Moore were Washington visitors Wednesday afternoon Rev A W McBlain of West Chester called at Dayton Grove.
Local ad offers 25 percent off all new studio couches and rockers from Diek Tot es. Furniture sale features clearance pricing on modern living room pieces.
Charles Bear a Grinnell College sophomore was elected president of Carney House one of seven men’s dorms. He becomes the sole junior in the post as six others will be seniors and will join various student government committees and campus activities including assistant editor of the annual, hall provost, sopomore secretary, and roles with Tanager and the American College Quill club. He also leads the fall new student days as social chairman.
The name Adam's apple stems from a medieval belief that the forbidden fruit, often portrayed as an apple, lodged in Adam's throat. The protrusion is due to the thyroid cartilage and is more prominent in men, supporting the legend's claim.
John Dickle 89, a Civil War veteran from Fremont Wisconsin, died after falling from an apple tree while trimming it. A broken rib punctured a lung and he expired about an hour later. The piece also notes social visits and local farm chatter from Washington Iowa and nearby towns. Nebraska weighs a grasshopper monument, hinting at economic thrift lessons amid regional musings.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F A M announces regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Officers listed are William P Mohland W M and A W Yard secretary.
The notice lists westbound and eastbound train numbers and stops for the Golden State Limited, Californian, and local trains with times from 3:45 p m to 11:45 a m and notes connections from Knoxville to Davenport and Kansas City. It also includes Burlington Trailways bus departures from Washington to Chicago and Omaha, with ticket purchase points at the local depot and hotels.
Grit notes plan in Washington to establish a school where wives will be taught how to make speeches. The piece quips about teaching fish to swim and mentions fine Decoration Day morning weather. A reader from Wellston thanks Mrs. Martha Mayer for a year subscription to her home daily and magazines.
The Fox Theatre opens Columbia's There's Always a Woman starring Joan Blondell and Melvyn Douglas with Mary Astor Frances Drake Jerome Cowan and Robert Paige in a sharp fast paced comedy about a dime novel detective and her husband. Blondell and Douglas deliver peak comic chemistry as the lead duo with strong supporting turns.
Clora Lynn, junior high teacher in Columbus Junction, plans to attend State Teachers College at Cedar Falls this summer. Various local social notes include Corrine Lowe’s return from Peterson, Ruth Reitz and Arnold Ed wards visiting Nebraska, and Evan Shahan’s Chicago trip to his mother Beatrice Shahan. County 4H girls clubs meet June 1 at Morningside High School. Mary Edmondson graduates Fairfield high school. street band concerts begin Wednesday led by Arthur Williams. Sewing club hosted by Mrs Ernest Ford. Ednad Shellabarger returns from Marengo teaching assignment.
Two auction columns list sales at Negus Livestock Auction near Milwaukee on Tuesdays and Busby Building near Columbo Junction on Wednesdays, with Community Safe on Fridays. A closing out sale of Mrs W A Dusenberry estate is noted at City Fead Yard on June 4.
Des Moines reports that fear of silence around Rep. Otha D. Wearin's senatorial bid faded as print columns favorably noted Hopkins' backing of Hastings' dirt farmer plan. Campaign aides say publicity matters more than tone, with Wearin's name appearing in more recent days than rival Guy Gillette.
Dr. Harcourt Morgan and David E. Lilienthal testified before the congressional committee investigating the TVA. They accused former chief Dr. Arthur Morgan of trying to sabotage the project with a rule-of-ruin policy affecting the program.
Mrs E E Nichols once of this place, now living with her son Ben in Fairfield, fell and broke her hip and is blind. Fritz A Foss of Chicago visited his brother August Foss. Mair Jones of Chicago visits Miss Margaret Williams. C L Cowger and family from Fairfield plan to move here this month, while Mrs Beatrice Shahan stays a few days with her mother Mrs Klotz.
Riverside teachers Estelle Brittin and Mabel Clark have left Riverside public school duties for summer breaks, returning to Cedar Rapids and Marion. Visitors this week include Mrs. Charles Vondrasek and daughter Dorothy Vondrasek of Davenport, and Mrs. Meek Conklin with daughter Carol of Mount Vernon. Also visiting were Mrs. Paul Scherrer and daughter Janice Martie of Town City at the Prehoda home, with George Allen returning southeast of Riverside.
This week from Des Moines where he had been a patient at the Veteran's hospital for about ten days. Mrs. Jack Caldwell and son Lester of Washington, Mrs. Charles Williams and son Robert of Keota, and Mrs. Matt Lawrence and daughter Neela Kay of Ottumwa visited this week at the Victor Burich and Wesley Prehoda homes. The Union Dale school southeast of Riverside closed this week for the summer vacation with a picnic for the pupils of the district.
Upon sighting La Salle’s vessel on Lake Erie in 1679, Ohio Indians feared an evil spirit approaching to destroy them and fled into the wilderness, marking their first encounter with a large boat.
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