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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1930
Page
5
A Saturday page review compiles diverse items from Washington county and Iowa state news. Elections shifts at Council Bluffs, Des Moines census start, Alfred Clement's 86th birthday, Ford plant growth, tax and court actions, local divorces, a Vancouver florist linked to a Columbia River incident, and Paving upgrades near Lake Okoboji.
The census bureau began a 30 day campaign with enumerators on Wednesday to gather data on American homes and businesses. Reports included mine rescues near Pineville Kentucky, a tariff commission economist and a federal farm board rep touring the spring wheat region to prevent further plant losses, and various political and legal developments across the nation.
In a Salem settlement story Roger Leslie, an amiable orphan cared for by Roger Williams, grows under Williams guidance. The minister educates him about beauty and gratitude, while Roger learns Narragansett language and shares Indian friendships, receiving a gift of intricate feathered attire in honor of his mentors.
In Washington a girls high school missionary society organized after Miss Kate Hill’s Washington visit. Parson College glee club gave performances in town. A cavalry troop forms in Washington as an armory lease is signed. April 4 marks citizenship schooling at the high school under Miss Alice Curdy.
Review of local events notes the death of Miss Hersalora Goodspeed formerly of Lexington, and burial in Lexington cemetery. It covers church meetings, Rotary and DeMolay activities, election calls, county affairs, tax payments, a basketball game, a marriage announcement, telephone outages, a police incident, church merger plans, a water quality report, and community notices including a theater program and naturalization procedural changes.
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