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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1939
Page
6
Mrs. Silas Caldwell returns home from three months with sister Mrs. Henry Rathmer in Kremlin Oklahoma. A busy roundup follows with visits, dinners, and family news across Pleasant Hill and surrounding farms.
South Highland residents start corn picking as farms report activity. Notices of home repairs and visits to Iowa City Muscatine and Coppock appear, with multiple local families named including Havels Horaks Laseks and Simmerings.
Kay Winthrop rejects Chet Loring and marries Ben Hosea after a bold confession. Ben reveals he has never left the state and fabricates China stories to win her. He admits romance over security but vows to write a travel book and chase a shared glorious adventure.
Charles Wharton Stork, a 58 year old Bryn Mawr College English professor, served as interpreter for the Was costa skipper and the U boat captain after the American freighter was stopped by a German submarine while returning from Europe.
More than three fourths of Sing Sing prisoners under 35 attend classes at the prison school, indicating strong participation in educational programs among younger inmates.
The Palais des Papes in Avignon, built in the 14th century, served as the papal throne for seven French popes over about 70 years. Early popes such as Clement V and John XXII supported cathedral and bridge projects in Bordeaux and Cahors, with Innocent VI completing the palace and Urban V advancing fortifications and cathedrals. The fortress towers, 39 in total, overlook the Rhone Valley amid a blend of austere Romanesque strength and interior beauty.
Gannett notes Lake Pontchartrain derives its name from a French count who explored the Mississippi valley early. The lake measures about 40 miles in length and 25 miles in width.
Cardiff in Wales, famed as the world’s largest coal port, is ranked among the cleanest cities in the British Isles in a recent assessment highlighting environmental performance and urban quality.
About 50 000 people reside year round on canal barges along the waterway with no houses on shore.
In Franklin District notices, Mrs Howard Hoyle and community extend sympathy to the Raymond Rains family after a Wednesday fire. The item then shifts to a long list of weekend visits, family gatherings, corn shucking, and social calls involving Hoyle, Schantz, Combs, White, Marek, Hutt, Fink, Thompson, Kleese, Durst, Barr, Bailey, Rich ards, Smith, Spangler, and many others with a Fairfield family picnic.
Mrs Wiley Harding of Washington DC spent a weekend at the W F Smith home in West Sunset before traveling to Denver to visit her parents. Mr and Mrs T McCoy and Cleo joined their daughter Mary Frances at Quincy Illinois where she attends business college, as the Smiths hosted relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Farrier hosted Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hesseltine and family and other relatives for a chicken dinner on Sunday at Sandy Hook. Mo line guests, the Rich and Fjelman families, joined for previous meals and a supper visit. Vera Tucker is working in Brighton this week.
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