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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1939
Page
5
A critical political screed attacks current leaders and tax policy, arguing government overreach, fiscal inconsistency, and social program flaws. It references balancing budgets, farm aid, Social Security, employer taxes, and civil liberties, urging readers to reflect on contradictory policies.
Rubio Town notes of May 26 recount Nel lie Wiley visiting Mrs. Vera Nor. The fragment highlights local social visits and neighborhood ties in the small town.
A special feature covers West Washington Street known as the Boulevard Street, noting firms along the block from Wardrobe Cleaners to Cox Motor Company and White Way Garage. The piece recalls past events, local residents, school activities, church gatherings, bank and insurance offices, and ongoing maintenance like new paint and road bumps smoothed over time.
W S Bill Eldridge, a longtime Washington resident born October 17 1868 on a farm near Washington, is celebrated for seventy one years of community involvement. He ran an elevator business from 1908, worked in real estate and farming, and has four children John Howard Evelyn and Glen with Jennie V Baird as his wife.
C H Woods dedication to four sports in Carthage high school included three years as track captain known as Duke. Born November 6 1913 in Fort Worth Texas he moved to Carthage then pursued insurance work in Kansas City Des Moines Lincoln Nebraska and Washington before becoming district manager of Mid America Casualty. He married Lucille Ross in Memphis Missouri and they have a one year old daughter Zilpha Marie. They reside at 909 East 2nd Street.
Kay Palmer of general insurance partner of C H Woods operates loans for autos small loans furniture livestock and more He was born June 30 in Columbia Missouri aged twenty three He completed schooling in Washington graduating high school in 1936 As a youth he excelled in scouting marble and junior high sports He played on the high school football first team for three years After graduation he joined the family trucking business but a back injury ended it He later sold radios and then entered insurance He resides at 108 East 7th Street.
Alfred Brown of Al Browns D X Station refuses to reveal what the C stands for in his name He has been known by the nickname Heck for years He was born on a Washington county farm December 20 1901 and remains a longtime local figure
The text outlines Brown s education at Clay Richland Washington academy and Washington High School. He attended Grinnell College and Chillcothe Business College. He played basketball in school and aimed to be a dentist. He worked for Burlington Railway then in transfer insurance before starting his own business in Washington in 1983 by taking over the D X station in Chillicothe Missouri. He married Ninabelle Perrine and they have a son Robert aged 14.
W G Eldridge known as Penny, born 1904 in Washington county, survived a 1928 accident that redirected his path into insurance. A former Boy Scout and military man, he rose to manage Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. in 1936, after partnerships and recovery from his crash. He married Opal Gerot and resides at 209 West Washington Street.
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