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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1928
Page
8
It promotes spraying a fly knock er on cows before milking to ease milking. It touts a new Boyer’s Flowers of Beauty toilet article line. Also notes hogs top at $11.70 and weather outlook partly cloudy, cooler tonight and Friday.
George M. Lord of Ainsworth traveled to Washington this morning to conduct business, with plans to meet officials and pursue his commercial interests.
Washington dispatch on August 9 reports growing western support for the Welch bill to exclude Filipino immigration. Resident Commissioner Pedro Guevara notes most Filipinos in the United States are students or workers seeking education, with about 57,000 in total and 15,000–16,000 on the mainland, many pensionados aided by the Philippines government. He says exclusion is unlikely if independence for the islands is granted, otherwise Western labor leaders worry about future competition.
Charles Grayson visited Burt Iowa at Dr and Mrs Temple. Various residents and guests travel for business and family. Iowa State College extensionist H E Nichols visited, inspecting Brookhart orchards. Families from Indiana Minnesota Nebraska and Pennsylvania visit Washington area hosts. Traveling, shopping and health updates accompany social visits.
Fifteen couples remain on the floor as the Des Moines marathon dance nears the 200 hour mark. Heat and fatigue test dancers with coins and bunions adding to the worries while promoters deny rumors of an imminent stoppage and urge couples to persevere.
Mrs Pollok Wallace arrives from Proria Illinois where she visited her ill daughter Mrs George Novy. Wallace reports she is improving in health. A Belter goes to Brighton on a two day business trip. Raymond Anderson of Crawfordsville visits Washington. Official maximum temperature yesterday was 91 degrees. The heat continues today. Mr and Mrs W P McCaulley and Mr and Mrs Frank McCaulley left for Newton to attend a relative's funeral.
At the Democratic judicial convention in Des Moines delegates said Iowa farmers nominally aligned with Republicans are shifting to support Governor Alfred E. Smith and the Democratic ticket for the state Supreme Court. Speaker James F. Parsons urged an active campaign, while nominees for the Supreme bench were J. A. Anderson Fred Hagemann J. W. Kintzinger and Wilson Hamilton. A state central committee session was set to outline organization plans.
Crawfordsville报道记录多位本地家庭和来宾在 West Chester 庆祝新路面铺设落成。M. Eicher 兄弟来自 Springdale 与 Winfield 访问， Matthews 家族与 McFadden 家庭亦在 W. H. McCall 与 Lease 家等处作客。
Local briefs report multiple residents visiting relatives in Davenport Burlington Des Moines and Centerville and others planning trips to Keota Verdi Dav is City and Des Moines. A bake sale by Washington County Nurses is set for Saturday August 11 at Cunningham s store and Iowa Southern Utilities advertises this week last day to save electric bill discounts.
Mrs Roy Anderson and Wilma Hitchcock of Red Oak arrived in Washington as guests of Mrs Everett Ewing at the Pratt home. Irene Reed returns from Keota after visiting Hazel Huber. Stella Jones and Dela Votrovek visit Columbus Junction. Lee Jolly and Emily go to Ainsworth after shopping here. Mrs A Belter visits near Keota. Ralston Meek visits Iowa City. Mary Mullen returns to Peoria with Evelyn and Jim Bambrick. Frances Buckley and Mabel Alden of Boston depart after staying with Dr and Mrs W W Bowers. Dill Boileau and family travel to Columbus Junction for the fair and to see Owen in an orchestra.
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