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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1930
Page
2
Chicago markets show mixed livestock receipts. cattle mostly steady to strong with varied per head prices across weights and classes. Hogs, sheep, and vealers exhibit broad ranges. Toledo reports mixed Clover and Timothy hay prices, while Chicago grain closes with cash corn and wheat figures and car counts.
At the Sign of the Shell program on August 4 another Wendell Hall innovation will be presented in the event.
A Washington display features John Robinson's elephants and a trained herd led by Larry Davis. The show highlights young elephants taught by a female trainer. the animals perform a routine differing from other acts and are presented as an exotic attraction for one day only.
In 1923 Wendell Hall introduced vocal radio work called blooey blogeys, now he debuts a new chatter style to double the chorus in Tellin’ the Birds Tellin’ the Bees. Hall, dubbed The Red-Headed Music-Maker, showcases his idea with Whispering Trees as Shell Orchestra and Chicagoans quartet provide popular selections.
Three motion picture photographers were photographing the Marine dive vessel Lunv when a submersible device, invented by Tients B. Momsen, saved their lives before it was salvaged after forty men were trapped and drowned or suffocated.
Leaders of civic organizations will meet to plan a conference urged by President Hoover to raise home ownership and relieve unemployment in building trades. The privately financed event will set a frame for improving credit methods in home building and may expand into design, city planning, and transportation.
Local column by D F Macon Ives reports a Saturday in Wolfe farm area with visits from Jess Harvey and Chris Schwartz, notes Hollywood family W A Harper in town, and mentions threshing yields near Washington Trace City. Several social items include a sale of late A Kallons household goods, band appreciation, and tales of townsfolk as well as weather chatter about rain. Also referenced: Crawfordsville subscription, Ainsworth visitors, and various small-town anecdotes.
Phe Kola club meets Wednesday with Mrs. Late Crawford. Holval Neighbor Scouts meet at Mrs. A. Beller’s home Tuesday at 2 PM. Theelu meets with Mrs. John Shebeck Wednesday Aug. 6. Mrs. D C Griggs and Mrs. Stanley Fishburn chair. The C Celas of the West Chester church meet at care Thursday Aug. 7. Rural Women’s era with Mrs. Low Rhodebeck Thursday afternoon.
John Robinson presents California Peaches and a large aerial ballet cast in Washington for Friday shows. Miss Mae Daye, aerialist from California, joins a diverse lineup including Walter Nelss Troupe high wire artists, Hollis family aerialists, Kimball Girls, Rowand Sisters, Reno McCree Troupe, and Victor the hippo. The Robinson menagerie promises a grand display with rare animals and a tent city of cages and dens.
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