Thanksgiving date and pumpkin pie in Iowa discussed
A reflective column notes Iowa will observe Thanksgiving on the traditional date. It laments the move to alter the holiday and praises pumpkin pie as a year round staple. The piece comments on soap promotions, local business closings, political voices, and antiwar sentiment, ending with a note on Mrs. Mason’s flag pledge revision proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie B. Mason
Miles Bradford
San Jose
California
Diety
God
United States
Poppy Day Tale Ends With Eight VFW Wives Kiss
A Washington veteran of Foreign Wars recalls Poppy Day antics as he travels to Tulsa. He buys a poppy, loses it on the train, buys another, discards it when it gets wet, then, in Pulsa, eight VFW wives urge a new purchase. One spotted his VFW pin and kissed him.
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Washington
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Pulsa
V. F.sw
Dry Country and Light Laughter In a Neat Parade of Jests
A humorous collage from a local page notes a border town mayor courting a preacher for a new church and a joke about Dixie Marketer Jenks hiring a ghost writer. It quips about reading habits, audiences, and the oddities of vacation spending and dogs in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Dixie Marketer
Dialogue on judgment and temper in a curious quote
The passage presents a terse exchange about letting someone go over past actions and the need to understand men like Jones. It explores prejudice and tolerance with a playful aside on Beau Brummels and a line about under standing differing motives. A short quip follows about cooking school and crullers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T
Jones
Doug Welch
Untidy salesman threatened with dismissal
A manager critiques a tall unkempt salesman named Jones, noting poor grooming and a drab lifestyle. He warns Jones to improve or be fired, while another man displays disruptive behavior in an elevator as oranges are peeled and a cutter is dragged.
Typhoid Patient Requests Reading Material
A recovering typhoid patient asked for food and then requested reading material. The nurse offered tapioca and the patient quipped about wanting something to read, suggesting a postage stamp.
Public sale ordered to satisfy writ against H G Jacob in Iowa
Under a writ of general execution The B F Goodrich Company sues H G Jacob. The sheriff will sell in front of the Washington Court House Iowa on November 29 1940 between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm the described farm lands and parcels in sections 3 10 township 77 range 9 west. The sale is cash and the property will be levied upon to satisfy the judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Washington County
Iowa
H. G. Jacob
Court House
Washington
Seventyseven
B. F. Goodrich Company
H. G. Jacop
H. M. Putnam
G. Kiesey
Public Auction Of Debtor H G Jacob’s Property
Under a writ of execution the sheriff will sell at public auction in Washington Iowa on the specified day vehicles including a 1939 Chrysler sedan a 1938 Ford truck and a 1988 Ford truck to satisfy the B F Goodrich Company suit. The sale is overseen by Deputy 5 G Kiesey and the Sheriff’s Office.
Kildare Stars In Latest Medical Mystery at State Theatre
Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore headline the new Dr Kildare film from MGM. Laraine Day stars as the romance side while a town clinic battle against disease and a thwarted elopement drives the plot. Supporting turns by John Shelton Alma Kruger Nat Pendleton and others provide comedy and drama in this preventive medicine tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Ayres
Lionel Barrymore
Laraine Day
State Theatre
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Dr. Kildare
Kildare
Gillespie
Barrymore
Davidson
John Shelton
Ayres
Laraine
Marrymore
Miss Day
Lara Turner
Alma Kruger
Nat Pendleton
Marie Blake
Samuel 8
Hinds
Emima Dunn
Doctor
Pendleton
Walter Kingsford
Nell Craig
Frank Orth
Horace McMahon
George Reed
Captain John Smith Saved by Pocahontas in Romance Tale
A romantic yarn recounts Captain John Smith as a figure saved by Pocahontas. The legend portrays a bond between the English explorer and the Native American leader amid 17th century legends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaaptain John Smith
Cahontas
Christian Endeavor Societies Meet in Manse at Cotter
Twenty five members from Bethel and Cotter Endeavor societies met at the Cotter manse for a regular gathering. Mrs A Robeson led the Bethel group with an inner devotional by Miss Hunting from Cotter High School. Miss Mildred Meyer reported on the recent Christian youth conference and was elected secretary for the coming year. Marjorie Walker sang with Mrs M C Mertin providing accompaniment during refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotter
Bethel
Mildred Meyer
Cherdian Endeavor
David Ney
Marjorie Walker
M. C. Mertin
Auto on Railroad Wheels Carries Mail Between Georgia Towns
An automobile mounted on railroad wheels carried mail and express between Kany Georgia and Boston Georgia on the Georgia Northern railroad for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kany
Boston, Ga
Georgia Northern Railroad
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