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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1926

Page

8

Local visits and arrivals thread through Detroit Chicago and Washington

Mrs Ada C Dewey spends weeks in Detroit and Chicago visiting relatives. Mrs Mies Eihal Slatey recently arrived in Washington from Chicago and heads home to Brighton after working at Marshall Field's estate. Mrs Emma Gowdy of Monmouth and Mrs Frank Saville of Joliet arrive to visit Harve Porter Clarence Jackson homes for several weeks.

Ada C. Dewey Detroit Chicago Mies Eihal Slatey Marshall Field Washington Brighton Emma Gowdy Monmouth Frank Saville Jolliet Mllinois Harve Porter Clarence Jackson G. W. Arthur California Fred Sweet W. A. Coffman D. Moore J. R. Squire Tourene Michigan Uth Safer Jackson Ohio John Squire Arthur Oats Marguerite Lawrence Wilson Minneapolis Wisconsin

Local Social Notes From Havre and Prairie City

Mrs Glenie Hillhouse of Havre returned home after visiting Miss Cecil Horton and Mrs Rash Heasettine. Pauline Woods of Prairie City Illinois spent weeks with her aunt Mrs J H Finch. fall fur and coat care advertised by Gust Bramer offering cleaning and repairing services.

Glenie Hillhouse Havre Cecil Horton Rash Heasettine Pauline Woods Prairie City Minois J HI. Finch

Phil lps Drug Store features Black Tulip Perfume offer

Local notices list various residents traveling to Keota Muscatine and Winfield to visit relatives and attend events. Mrs G W Arthur arrives from California. Lila Leacox plans to visit relatives in Keota and Washington. Dr Frey to Washington August 9 10 and a Des Moines contact number given. A baby girl Dorothy Mae is born to Mr and Mrs Putman.

Gypsies Ordered From Town as Pierce Arrow Arrives

Marshal Harry Edwards forced a group described as Gypsies to move on after they arrived by big Pierce Arrow car, preventing begging in town. Residents report numerous locals traveling, visiting kin, and attending meetings while Washington activity and local errands continue.

Harry Edwards Iowa City

President Coolidge Visits His Boyhood Home

President Coolidge spent a quiet few days at the white Plymouth farmhouse where his father once administered the oath, welcome by friends and neighbors as he and Mrs. Coolidge arrived yesterday to visit familiar surroundings in Vermont.

Plymouth Coolidge

Des Moines High School Teacher Suicide Due to Ill Health

Allan Peterson a 45 year old physics teacher at Des Moines High School for 20 years killed himself by hanging Des Moines Aug 5 Despondency over ill health believed to have prompted the act He leaves a wife and a 15 year old son Morris The 1928 Olympic program will include bowling as a competitive event for the first time.

Associated Press Des Moines Aus Allan Peterson Hast Des Moines High School Morris

Trapper's Arctic Journey Costs 2500 to See Modern World

White fox trapper H. Ho Hall along with Rob Wehan and Guy Dawson spent 82,500 to travel 900 miles through a barren Arctic route to Moose Factory and beyond. They faced long cold, scarce food, and wooden sled dogs on the Hudson Bay route, before reaching timberland and rail access.

Hall Deception Bay Hudson Strait Rob Whelan Guy Dawson Hudson Bay Hudson Bar Moose Factory Europe Quebec Strait Basin Land

Fiji Chief Salabogi’s American Impressions On Train Meal

Ratu Meli Salabogi described life in the United States through his interpreter. He recalled a meal aboard a California train after arriving in San Francisco from the voyage. He marveled at hot water from a faucet and bathing facilities while noting he had never seen skyscrapers or machines before six months prior.

Los Angeles Calif Ratu Meli Salabogi United States California San Francisco Salabogi

Paris Dye Dog Trend Ends After Humane Society Probe

Milady stops dyeing her Pekinese to match her gown after an Englishwoman sparked a promenade fad in Paris. Dogs in olive green and other colors appeared on leashes until the humane society investigated and ordered the practice halted.

Paris Milady

Germans Hurl Jokes at Gum Advertisers

In Berlin jokes flood the country after American gum campaigns claim a new craze. The Kan-Gummi joke centers on a stern father and his son with the line Young man finish chewing before you talk to me. But the son replies I’ll never finish it’s chewing gum.

Boo Berlin America

Beatification of Jeanne Antida Thouret Celebrated in Rome

The venerable Jeanne Antida Thouret of Sancey France founder of the Sisters of Charity, who died in 1826, was beatified at St Peters with High French prelates, 609 Sisters of Charity, and descendants present. Pope Pius XII presided as cardinals venerated relics in the afternoon ceremony.

Rome Jeanne -Antida Thonret Sancey France Sisters of Charity St. Peters Poperius St. Peter's Jeanne Antida Thouret

How fish travel by river temp guides salmon to spawning beds

Professor Henry Ward of the University of Illinois says salmon navigate a maze of forking rivers to their spawning grounds by sensing water temperature. He has conducted extensive studies on fish habits to support this view.

Henry BR. Ward University of [Inois

Sacred Moonstone in Tada A Sacred Yellow Cloth Tradition

The moonstone in Tada is regarded as highly sacred and is never sold except on a yellow cloth. Yellow is considered a specially sacred color and the gem is tied to good fortune beliefs.

Tada

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