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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1929
Page
3
A Saturday feature recaps county and state events from Winneshiek to Washington. Highlights include highway bond approvals, Burlington airport dedication, military training camps, rainfall boosts for corn, a child's death in Harpers Ferry, golf prizes, Troop updates, onion crops near Am erican Pearl Button, and multiple accidents and legal cases across Iowa.
In Washington 1909 many items note social gatherings fishing trips and local business. Mrs Joe Wright hosts a thimble bee northeast of the city. Capt J A Cunningham Ab Anderson C O Bailey M T Anderson fish in Cone Lake totaling about 100. M T catches a spoonbill catfish. August 3 1909 Washington academy praised for growth. paving bids expected for South Town Avenue. Eliza Meek dies in North Washington age ninety two. Community events sales automobile clubs rules and local travel accompany numerous notes.
West Chester sees a Monday morning house fire destroying the Dan Rohrer home with only ground-floor goods saved. Obituaries note Mrs. Bertha Ann Morris of Council Bluffs died after a two year illness. Roy Allen funeral held. Mrs. Hendrickson and sister of Mrs. Orr and Schiebel perished in Cedar River crash. Community events include Rotary with Boy Scouts, 4H Achievement Day, district Sunday school convention, and local theatre and drumming events.
A 16 year old boy with a dirty face admits to police that he is the Lone Wolf behind more than 100 loop office burglaries in Chicago. The confession comes as investigators pursue leads across the city.
Local note from Muskore Oklahoma records a humorous misperception about a newborn in which a man assumes gender based on mistaken information. A child’s gender was clarified by seeing powder applied, prompting lighthearted commentary.
The article surveys Washington County's many small settlements along with their origins and fate. It highlights Crawfordsville, Wellman, Brighton, Ainsworth, West Chester, Kalona, and dozens more such as Rich mond, Verdi, Dublin, Valley, Wellston, Daytonville, Pilotsburg, Coppock, Haskins, Rubio, Nible, and Yatton, noting railroads and post offices shaped growth and decline.
Stockholm reports 1,182 moving picture theatres in Sweden with about 200000 seats. Of these 571 cinemas with 105000 seats operate daily while the rest show irregularly.
Loretta Young and Carroll Nye star in The Girl in the Glass Cave with a supporting cast. the program also includes Stairs in the Sand and The Rainbow Man. The week features talking shorts, vaudeville, and a courtroom drama Thru Different Eyes with Mary Dunne ne Warren Baxter and Edmund Lowe.
Mrs J A Frey and the Helping Hand class host a Wednesday meeting at Frey home with Eliza Stafford as guest. Mr and Mrs Leonard Graber plan Ohio trip. A baby boy Vernon Dean born to Mr and Mrs Lewis Noble on Saturday July 27. Rev Hepner and Arthur Mitchell visit and depart for Portage Wisconsin after services in Burlington.
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