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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1939
Page
8
MASSENA The R. J. McMillen farm near here will be sold October 23 to satisfy a judgment from the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. McMillen, about 38, disappeared seven years ago while driving a cattle load to Chicago and has not been heard from since.
Floyd Bode of Algona won the 10 acre yield contest with 115.5 bushels per acre. G O Bakes of Algon placed second in Kossuth county with 100.1 bushels per acre.
In Des Moines 16 year old William Flaherty received a 90 day license suspension from Municipal Judge Charles S. Cooter after being found guilty of reckless driving. The arresting officer testified he had only a receipt for a license at the time of the accident. The youth told the court I have the license now.
Funeral services for Fred Altenbernd were conducted yesterday at Sherman’s funeral home by Rev. Carl W. Klein of St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed church with a mixed quartet from St. Paul’s Vailey providing music. Oak Ridge cemetery in Dutch Creek township received the pallbearers George Frank Harry Hamilton Perry Deal Arthur Mayer Will Augustine and Francis Feltz.
The number of manufacturing workers under 16 in America has fallen to fewer than five per thousand. In 1930 the share was nine per thousand and in 1904 it was twenty nine per thousand.
Castor oil is the sole known lubricant that does not degrade rubber. It proves invaluable in hydraulic brake fluids used across modern automobiles.
A Tit-Bits feature notes the turkey gizzard can grind lancets and needles, seals from Pompeii fetch high demand via fakes, and turkey feathers serve archery shafts brushes and fans. It mentions Indians weaving feathers in mulberry bark nets and turkeys used for stuffing, with feathers valued for stiff shafts.
North Prairie Flower reports a series of Sunday visits and local activity. John Patterson builds a corn crib while Everett Chorpening, foreman at Pioneer seed corn, is in Weaver Iowa. Neighbors begin husking corn as Harold Strum works for Cy Bush and shiveling continues at times.
The article recalls Pietermaritzburg as Natal's oldest city outside the Cape Province, founded in 1838 by Voortrekkers who built a planned town with open squares and a Volksraad. By 1938 the city is described as the Garden Colony of Natal with leafy streets and civic buildings.
In Greek myth the G orgons were three sisters Sthena Euryale and Medusa the mortal Medusa was slain by Perseus who used a mirror to view her reflection and avoid her deadly glance He presented Medusa s head to Minerva who wore it on her shield turning foes to stone.
Orchids are cooled in refrigerators after cutting to harden them and acclimate to temperature changes. Each spray rests in a sealed water filled glass tube braced in a box to prevent shifting. Boxes carry few blooms to ensure delicate handling from seedling to customer.
Florence A. Cowles notes Lucretia is a Latin light name, related to Lucy and meaning bringer of light. It likely derives from Lucifer, the morning star, misinterpreted in Christian theology as Satan before his fall, explaining the phrase as proud as Lucifer.
The article notes soap's long history dating to prehistoric times when wax from altar candles met wood ashes. It highlights that while the chemistry remains similar, today’s soap factories demonstrate advanced engineering and efficiency.
Municipal airports have been built by 738 American cities at an estimated cost of 300 million dollars, equal to about 20 thousand dollars for each private and commercial transport plane in the country.
A Chicago mother, Cecilia Neville, watched her daughter collapse after a bandit shot during an attempted robbery of two insurance agents. Police report the child was roller skating when gunfire broke out.
Workmen uncover a Roman mosaic floor beneath the Hampstead residence associated with Sir Edward Elgar. The find suggests historical layers beneath the home once linked to the famed composer.
Rabbits stopped a train near Ditfurt Germany when a burrowed embankment damaged signal wires overnight. The cave-in disabled the dispatcher’s signals as the whistle drew attention to the malfunction and halted rail traffic.
Government experimental station at Rotherham, England, reports a new cucumber variety reaching eight inches in length and lacking curves.
In the Old Testament Jeremiah links incense from Sheba with sweet cane from a far country as highly valued goods, noting sugar cane as a historic reference to prized trade items and precious plants.
Soviet called him Russia continues her diplomatic moves in the Baltic now bickering with Latvia through her foreign minister William Munters called to Moscow for conferences with Soviet leaders. Russia is reported making demands on Latvia for the use of ports as trade outlets and naval bases.
County agent J. W. Chandler announces Crawfordsville organizes a 4-H club after two meetings with local boys. At a Tuesday high school gathering, officers were elected and Paul Harms, agricultural instructor, named leader to guide the project. About twelve members are expected.
The club elected officers: President Cleo McCoy, Vice President Donald Sands, Secretary-Treasurer Everett Summers, and Reporter Leroy Conrad. A naming committee will propose options and the group will vote on a name at the next meeting.
A historical overview traces chess from China to India then Persia around the seventh century, noting its adoption by Arab cultures and subsequent spread into Europe.
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