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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1930
Page
2
Chicago livestock figures show hogs 500 lots with 6,500 direct. Hogs 179 to 210 lb mostly 9.50 to 9.75, tops 10.63. sows 8.50 to 9.00. Cattle 200 head steady. higher than week ago in killing classes, stock steers weak overall. Sheep 4,000, market nominal. native lambs steady to 25 lower late. range lambs 9.50 top for week.
Lodges Washington chapter No 98 regular meeting second Thursday each month with Rose M Reid W M and Della McBride secretary visiting members welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 regular meeting third of each month at Masonic rooms Edith Pulver W Hazel Haven Worthy Scribe Washington Lodge No 20 regular meeting first Friday each month with E E Stutsman W M and A W Yard secretary Cyrus Chapter No 3 regular meeting second Friday each month with W Enslin Hi A W Yard secretary.
Westbound timetable shows multiple trains including Golden State Limited No 4 No 12 Express and local passes with departure and arrival times. Freight trains No 93 and No 92 listed, with schedules for California passengers and daily passenger service notes. Agents Goodlander McKay and Bell listed with service days and locations.
John Gilbert plays a Russian officer drawn from domestic happiness by gypsy heredity in an adaptation of Tolstoys The Living Corpse. Eleanor Boardman Mays plays the wife Renee lured to despair. The cast includes Conrad Nagel with sensational features like a racing sleigh scene a grim courtroom death and a grand Russian wedding in ornate robes.
Crawfordsville society notes show Mrs. Grant Stahl and her daughter and son in law of Winterset Iowa visiting cousins Robert and Earl Ferguson. Mrs Jennie Bailey and Lena of California are here with relatives. Clyde Maxwell accompanied by Ruth Maxwell traveled to New London to see Charles Stroth family. Water line work delayed No. 161 payment as pipe line tied in town from Pine Creek. Verva Lemley leaves for Waukon to work at the Waukon Democrat as ad sales and office staff. Washington people regret her departure after two and a half years with the paper.
John Gilvert delivers a strikingly varied performance in the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Redemption based on Tolstoi. The production, rooted in Arthur Hopkins stage adaptation of The Living Corpse, follows a czarist Russia tale of love and a bloodline conflict, with Gilvert portraying a complex psychopathic study.
The piece depicts dramatic Revolutionary scenes showing riot heroes turning the tide from defeat to victory. It highlights the Me Marseille march as a pivotal moment, with performers Plante and Jon featured in a historically realistic portrayal. Girls 4-H Achievement Day is set for August with a planned city ball program.
Brief item from The Journal notes subscription activity and reader updates. No further specifics available in the fragment.
A garbled local column recounts varied community snippets from Everett Palomers to Libertyville. It mentions Palmer raising poultry rivals, Mrs Hesselgesser visiting Chicago, a seven year old Jeanne on a wild west pony, strawstacking by F Norton, horse interests of Wilmer Landerman, social visits around Fairfield and Crawfordsville, and a note from F Timmins about subscribing to the Journal.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hotle announce the birth of daughter Joan weighing seven pounds born Thursday morning at the county hospital. The same day Hob Blick sustained a fractured collarbone while threshing at Andrew Hanter place when a grain wagon overturned in the field.
EW HAVEN correspondents report Merle Stattler and family visiting Roy Stattler’s home. A local poet from the middle west writes a poem. Tom is accused of visiting for food, Tom’s ignorance of Iowa farmers is noted. References to Ed Stattler’s home, Mr and Mrs Rllison Makers, and Grace Stattler. Relatives from Kansas and Indiana are visiting, with social entertaining noted Thursday.
Alabama equestrienne Miss Butler joins John Robinson's Circus for August night shows with the act Cloud Inspector and her daring riding. The star will ride green horses and perform high jumps with a $10,090 prize horse and Billie Sunday’s stallion valued higher. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, heads the traveling lineup as the company displays at 2 PM and 8 PM, with a 1 PM inspection for curious crowds.
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