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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1935
Page
4
A compact verse page presents quotes on character and effort. It cites Galatians 6 7 about sowing and reaping and adds lines by Per son W F Jensen and Edmund Burke praising vision energy and strength from struggle.
This week honors Andrew Carnegie on his birthday as a self made steel magnate turn philanthropist. Born in Dunfermline Scotland he moved to the United States at 19 and rose from telegraph operator to steel leader. He gave away vast fortunes shaping education culture health and science.
Thanksgiving day gathering at the John Krotz home includes Floyd Martin Bet ty Jean Will Murphy Lucille Chalupa Wilbur Chalupa and Anna Krotz among others. No further event outcomes noted.
A reader notes Iowa City left newspapers on porches and praises the Press-Citizen for its snappy paper. The writer questions the merchants paying for delivery to Washington and suggests Iowa City shoppers might save by buying locally for Christmas.
Bridget Maloney Sandy agrees to sit beside his mother-in-law at his dying wife’s church service and accompanies her in the coach to the cemetery. He warns the day will be spoiled, reflecting tension within the family. November reflections and literary musings about seasons and Chicago press editions follow.
Fragmentary verse recounts a performer named Mona eating bologna while a narrator muses about calling her and making her his own. The scene includes playful refrains and mentions a breathy moment.
Beulah Johnson teaches at Prairie Flower school northwest of Washington and spent Thanksgiving vacation with her grandparents. Lytbern Johnson of Oskaloosa visiting the P. B. Johnson home. A. E. Maorer and son Ray dined with the Robert Guy household near Brighton. Rev. Orville Dillon and Rodney Hanan were in Washington on Wednesday for business.
In the early nineteenth century pharmacists began to isolate active constituents from crude herbs and plant preparations, marking a key development in pharmaceutical science.
Washington junior college and high school basketball opened the season with a pair of narrow defeats. The Cardinals lost to Centerville 27 27 while the high school fell to Ledyard 25 21, in front of what was described as the largest opening crowd in Washington.
An Iowa City report describes a re enacted motion picture short about Sammy Gross scoring a touchdown on the trick penalty play from 1914. Gross, now a Milwaukee attorney, supplied the tale to Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
Carl Masker a bookkeeper and Agnes Riley fall in love after a Poetry Society meeting. They marry ten months later and venture to the Plaza for a wedding night suite as Walter St. Clair and Helen begin a newlywed life with sister Belle as witness.
Gilbert Mills of Cloud Whitiets' garage had his car dented in a collision Thursday morning around 8 36 in the 200 block of Fast Main street. Mrs Arthur Krause, while passing a third car swinging to turn, struck Mills' vehicle and caused minor damage to her own car. no injuries were reported.
Private services were held yesterday at the home of her sister Mrs W A Wilson on East Washington street conducted by Rev Chalmers Fulton and Dr F W Fastwood. Pallbearers named C C Lemmon Griff Humphrey David Anwyl Harlan MccCreech Hugh McCleery and George Clapper. Interment followed in the Robinson mausoleum at Elm Grove cemetery.
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