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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1931

Page

6

Murder by the Clock and Huckleberry Finn at the State and Fox

A double murder plot titled Murder by the Clock plays at the Fox with a large cast led by William Boyd and Shilvyan Tashman. The State theater hosts three days of Huckleberry Finn starring Jackie Coogan Mitzi Green and Junior Durkin in a Paramount juvenile drama based on Mark Twain’s story with Eugene Pallette Oscar Apfel and Jane Darwell.

Herbert Endicott William Boyd Shilvyan Tashman Rezis Toomey Irving Pichel Sally O'Neil Blanche Friderier Walter Ve Grail the Fox State Theater Markwain Jackie Coogan Mitzi Green Junior Durkin Jackie Sears Huck Tom Eugene Pallette Oscar Apfel Clara Blandick Tam Sawyer Polly Jane Darwell Dotzins Tom Sawyer Norman Taurog Mississippi River

Maine Marksmen Arrive in New York to Take On Gangsters

Two Maine hunters Fred Belmore York and Allie Whitney Deming arrived in New York aboard the Bar Harbor express to hunt gangsters as officials offered no welcome. They toured Grand Central with rifles, boasting they would shoot from moving cars if needed, and asserted there are no gangsters in Maine.

Maine New York Bar Harbor Express Fred Belmore York Allie Whitney Deming Mulrooney Oakland Allie Red Fred Grand Central Deming

Poliomyelitis Case Report In Washington County

The state health department notes one polio case in Washington County and urges mothers to watch for early signs in children. Early symptoms include fussiness and resistance to being touched, possible nausea and vomiting, and an early sign is the child’s inability to bend the head forward.

Washington County State Department of Health

Early Signs Warn Against Delayed Serum Treatment

The passage describes a child showing signs of weakness and pain in the legs, sitting with arms extended behind for support rather than bending the spine. It stresses urgent medical attention because serum treatment is most effective before paralysis develops.

Early newspapers traced from Rome to America

The history note compares ancient Roman Acta Diurna and Chinese publications with the Peking Gazette 714 to 741. It notes Public Occurrences being the first US newspaper issued in 1690 as a small quarto sheet.

Rome Acta Diurna Peking United States

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