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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1926
Page
5
The county board met February 24 1926 with absences noted. Regular and vacation claims were approved and warrants authorized. Multiple accounts from supplies to salaries and utilities were passed including county hospital, poor home and road work expenses.
At a March 3 1926 meeting the board discharged F C Beatty as County Home Steward and abolished the office. The Board will oversee county home affairs through its committees. A Matron and County Home Farm Manager were appointed Blanche V Norton and W Norton with salaries of 83 33 and 70 83 per month.
The Board of Supervisors met on March 17 1926 and March 12 1926 with all members present. They approved the Better Roads Association plan to grade and gravel 49.04 miles of the county road system and agreed to endorse the program upon petition submission. A settlement stipulation between Frank C Beatty’s attorneys and the Board was approved and Tile Drainage District No 10 was designated as Branch A of Drainage District No .
A. J. Unthank presides over a full day at Prairie Flower Baptist Church with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. worship themed Thanksgiving. Rev A G Lagerquist leads a 2:00 p.m. service with dedication of the church. Choirs and quartets perform hymns including Holy Holy Holy and Come We That Love the Lord.
K L Bartholow serves as chairman of eight and A L Griffith signs as clerk in the attached attestations. The fragment notes official roles and duties within the board, listing names clearly for qualification and administrative act.
The April auxiliary meeting chaired by Mrs. Ada Spencer set May 7 as the Alumni banquet date. A committee including Mrs. Spencer Mrs. Jesse Rees and Mrs. Sadie Long arranged refreshments. Local visitors and pastors attended various religious events and services in nearby towns and churches.
A church urges action with a plea to replace can not with can do. It invites 10 AM Sunday service 11 AM Sunday school and 1 30 PM orchestra and 2 30 PM choir practice. Rev BE W Griffith leads United Presbyterian services with 10 o'clock Sabbath school and 11 o'clock preaching, plus 7 40 PM union service and sermon The Thrifty Christian Dollar by Rev W C Porter.
Eugene Pallette and Evelyn Selbie lead a drama set against blue fox farming in which poachers are uncovered. The story weaves danger and intrigue as investigators close in on illegal traps and the harvest of secrets unfolds.
In Little Rock Arkansas on April 30 a new American balloon capacity record of 35 900 feet filled with hydrogen was reported likely to be set by contestants in the Litchfield trophy national elimination race which began the previous day. Four balloons were seen ascending toward the record as of 10 15 this morning with a short distance remaining to surpass the current 805 mile mark.
Yesterday the official temperature reached 80 degrees and an even higher reading was noted today. The report indicates sustained hot conditions with continued warmth across the afternoon.
The text compares the effects of a 1500 foot fall on a mouse a rat and a man or horse. A mouse would simply bump land recover and run away while a rat would break its bones. In contrast a man or horse would produce only a splash upon landing.
Aquip with a whimsical note in The Continent about diffusion limits stating that six quarts of oil cover one square mile of sea and a sardine tin accidentally dropping on white flannel trousers at a picnic.
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