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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1930
Page
8
Roberta and Nancy Brown returned Sunday to their Burlington home after visiting their grandmother Mrs. Marsh W. Bailey.
C M Keck arrived back from Florida where he and Mrs Keck have been visiting. Weather forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with rain probable on Wednesday morning.
Local residents report shopping at the Gréhan Theatre Street of Chance thrills and a new baby named David John Gehringer. Mrs Doyle Shy and Mrs Seeley visit Batavia Brighton while Nena Badenoch writes for Pictorial Review. The Gehringer library staff grows with Ruth Shearer Eva Denny Isabel Davis aiding after school while Stilesterman dent-removal rollers debut at Brown’s Auto Body Shop. Bemberg Hosiery offered at five cents.
This excerpt describes Indian summer as a warm period with clear or hazy skies occurring after a definite frost, commonly in October or November, and notes the lack of fixed dates for its occurrence.
A Los Angeles Times column muses on life in the past noting that once a daughter was married there was no coming back. The piece reflects on social norms and the permanence of family decisions in simpler times.
A brief editorial note from the St. Louis Globe Democrat urges readers to cultivate kindness and good breeding as a social virtue. It emphasizes the value of polite conduct and considerate behavior in everyday interactions.
In Columbus Junction on April 14 visitors from Davenport attended Mrs Eva Carter. The Cairo Church of God held the pageant Ecce Homo Sunday evening. Columbus City mayor H L Kulp named committees for sidewalks crossings streets and alleys. Miss Elizabeth Van Horn returned to Mason City after visiting Columbus City. The Rev Wiegner from Tracy Minnesota will lead the Crawfordsville and Haskins churches. The I O O F lodge marks American Odd Fellow ship day on April 26 with Wapello lodge invited. Miss Elsie Freeman stayed with Edward Hudson’s family at Morning Sun.
Cincinnati April 15 Dick Bartell of the Pirates hit the first homer of the 1930 season off Red Seas of the Reds in the first inning. Ralston Berrnspley Pittsburgh catcher followed with a homer off Lucci in the second.
Des Moines reports April showers give moisture to sprout corn as rain ends a drought that threatened agricultural interests statewide. The steady rain from yesterday continues in many areas aiding crop prospects.
In Berlin a police dog test required dogs to pick an owner from a line of men using a glove. The tests were entirely unsatisfactory, leading the Prussian government to ban the use of dogs in criminal detection.
Prairie Center notes recap visits around Ainsworth Haskins and Washington kinship ties. Families including Koehlers Underwoods Wylies Zieglowskys and Connors feature in Sunday gatherings and church, with travel to Des Moines Burlington Grinnell and Muscatine for family events and business. Local shop ads and spring attire promotions appear alongside a funeral notice for Bert Abel and garden highlights on South Iowa Avenue.
A baby girl was born early this morning to Mr and Mrs Jay J Mc Namara of Iowa City formerly of Washington. This is the first girl in the family of three boys and both mother and baby are reported well. Relatives returned home after attending the funeral of L L Kos in Le Mars.
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