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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1930

Page

8

Local shoppers flock to Curlee suit and top coat sale

Keota resident Mrs G A Little visited to shop all day while Mrs W E Frame and children from Ainsworth joined. Silvia Singleton from Wellman toured for a day of shopping and George Gerot from Riverside was a prior shopper. Lawrence Yegts returned to Kalona after an afternoon of business. Rose Cottage Riverside IA advertises custom hatching and weaving services with 12 years experience.

Lawrence Yegts Kalona Rose Cottage Riverside Iowa

Ritcheys Move to Cedar Rapids for Easter Visit

Mr and Mrs E R Ritchey moved to Cedar Rapids yesterday for business and social visits. Miss Olga Miller departed this morning for Cedar Rapids to spend Easter with friends.

E. R. Ritchey Cedar Rapids Mss Olga Miller

Miss Whittaker Visits Davenport Sister Nurse in Moline

Local note reports Miss Mable Whittaker visiting her sister Miss Marguerite a nurse in Moline during a Davenport morning trip. The column also promotes a sale on flashlights with a low price and a weather line notes showers tonight and in the east portion Sunday. Hog prices are listed at 10.40 dollars per hundredweight.

Mable Whittaker Davenport Marguerite Moline

Art in All the Ages Matter of Environment

James Stephens argues that national energy drives art and criticism, noting Shakespeare in Elizabethan England and Dickens era talent, while wars and shifting energies move cultural power among nations from England to America, France to Italy, Germany to Russia. He asserts money and literature retreat, and theories migrate with national vigor.

England Shakespeare Dickens Thackeray Tennyson France Germany America Italy Russia James Stephens Forum

Oberammergau Village Feels Like A Page From History

A vivid portrait of Oberammergau in the Bavarian mountains as a living scene from biblical times. The narrator notes natural performances by locals in everyday life, with villagers embodying New Testament figures without theatrical gesture.

Oberammergauges Pontius Pilate St. John the Divine Edwin Petrie

North Carolina Politics Heat Up With Senate Race Entries

In Raleigh and Charlotte politics quickened as a wet enters the Democratic Senate race against incumbent Simmons and Bailey. Republicans meet in Charlotte with a fighting platform and no endorsements, fielding Butler Dorsett Pritchard Blair and possibly others as they rally to Hoover and the 18th Amendment.

Raleigh N. C North Carolina Thomas Letcher Evctep Stratford Allegheny County Farnifold M. Simmons Josiah W. Bailey Charlotte Maj George E. Butler Clinton H. G. Dorsett Wake Forest George Pritchard Achville David H. Blair Internal Revenue Herbert Hoover

Easter visits and society notes from local towns

Norman Sage takes a Easter break at his father Frank Sage's home near Des Moines while Miss Marjorie Green tours Cedar Rapids with her aunt Mrs. Everette Green and cousin Helen. Ellen Morrison, St Joseph art supervisor, visits her parents in town. Auctioneer D F Macon of Washington Iowa handles sales. Mrs. Harry Van Dyke and daughters Joan and Mrs. Floyd Patterson visit grandmother Mrs. A Beenblossom. C Conlee of Monticello Indiana stays with Rohrer family. J M Finney of Monmouth Illinois visits La Crosse H C Finney home in Ainsworth.

Norman Sage Frank Sage Drake University Des Moines Marjorie Green Cedar Rapids Everette Green Helen Lexington Ellen Morrison Public St. Joseph, Mo EB. D. Morrison Harry van Dyke Joan Floyd Patterson Annabelle Hindahl Moline A. Beenblossom

Wanted to Match Book Ends

A tale of a young woman in a bookshop who selects three beautifully bound volumes but declines the price as too high. She explains her gift of book ends and her friends’ comments about using the volumes with the ends, regardless of the books’ content.

Y. T Springfield ' Sion

Furniture from disarmament conference on display

In the national Capitol a room on the ground floor houses the furniture used at the Washington disarmament conference. Each mahogany swivel chair bears a silver plate with the name and official title of the representative from the nations involved.

National Capitol Washington House Committee Appropriations

Florida Avifauna Graces Tropic Zone Regions

Florida with its near tropical climate hosts tropical birds not found elsewhere in North America. The frigate bird, lauded by Nature Magazine as the most magnificent flyer, stays along southern coasts year round. The scarlet flamingo appears in Cape Sable and rarely farther north, while several western todan have been taken at Key West and nearby keys.

Florida North America Nature Magazine Cape Sable Key West Keys

Five Die In Indian Rebel Attack On Chittagong Rail Yard

Insurgent forces stormed the railway station and police armory at Chittagong in Bengal, killing a sergeant major and four Indians and wounding many others. Defenses collapsed after a spirited defense as buildings were devastated.

Calcutta India Chittagong Bengal

Parsons School of Music to Present Louise Pratt Ewing Recital

Monday evening the Parsons School of Music will host Louise Pratt Ewing in a piano and organ recital at the Presbyterian Church assisted by Paul Putnam. The public is invited and the program was published in last night's paper.

Parsons School of Music Louise Pratt Ewing Paul Putnam Conservatory of Music Parsons Presbyterian Churcch

Spencer Population Rises 326 as City Records Increase

Spencer Iowa reports a population gain of 326 residents, lifting the count to 4,925 from 4,599 ten years ago. The first city report indicates a seven percent increase, suggesting urban areas offset rural population declines.

Spencer Des Moines U.P Iowa

Debating Society Meeting at Ainsworth church

The Old Time Debating Society meets at 8 o’clock Tuesday April 22 in Ainsworth Methodist Church. Program includes songs, quartets, readings, a German dialog, a playlet The Acid Test, and a debate on whether chain stores benefit the community with D Stephens and A Moore for, Dr Mahin and A Stephens against.

Ainsworth Ainsworth Methodist Church Accordion Mr. Fitzgerald Lee Thompson D. Stephens A. B. Moore Dr. Mahin A. Stephens H. Baker

Brightling Salts Veteran Charlie Chaplin Reaches Ninety

Brightling on England's south coast honors Charlie Chaplin a longtime sea salt still hale at his 90th birthday. Local residents recall decades on the shore and his enduring vigor despite advanced years.

Brightling England Charlie Chaplin

Livingston and grandson travel to California visit

S. W. Livingston and his grandson David Jr. of Chicago left at midnight for San Dimas California to visit at the H. J. Voorhis home. Mrs. Livingston has been there a few weeks and will likely return home with them. do's Barn. Joe McGraw, Mgr.

S. W. Livingston David, Jr Chicago San Dimas California H. J. Voorhis

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