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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1926

Page

3

Tooley Comic Opera Company Lecture and Chimes of Normandy

The listing notes The Tooley Comic Opera Company with a lecture A Re Appraisal of Patriotism and events including Dr. Lloyd Douglas Children’s Hour Miss McCreedy Girls' Club Miss Breitenbach Boys' Club and Mr. Miller. An evening session starts at 8:00 featuring The Chimes of Normandy.

Shaver Jubilee Singers All the World Frank Bohn McCreedy Girls’ Club Miss Breitenbach Boys’ Club Mr. Miller Chile Met ‘Reedy Prophet Ezekiel Wishart U.S. A G Magnus Schutz Concert Company Lanehter and Lite Wallace Brace Amsbury Children’s Hour Miss Reeds Girls Clib Miss Breitenbach the Tooley Comic Opera Company Lloyd Douglas Children’s Hour Miss McCreedy Girls’ Club Breitenbach Boys’ Club Normandy Ooley Comic Opera Company

Musical whistle gives Southwest Limited a cello tone

Chicago August 11 rail officials unveil a new whistle for the Southwest Limited on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line. The engineer says the deep vibrating note resembles a cello and aims to improve passenger comfort and train distinction.

Uthwest Limited Chicago Harber Southst Limited Chicago, Miskee and St. Paul Kansas City Ais

Forbidden Waters thrills in Priscilla Dean road thriller

Priscilla Dean stars in Forbidden Waters shown at the Fox theater on Thursday. A Ford touring car with an eight cylinder motor surprises her on the Nevada California line, revealing a speed boost as part of the comedy in the film. Supporting cast includes Walter McGrail Casson Ferguson DeSacia Mooers and Dan Mason.

Priscilla Dean Priscilla Nevada State Highhway California State Line Miss Dean Ier Fox Theatre Walter McGrail Casson Ferguson DeSacia Mooers Dan Mason

London Opinion Reflects on a Failing Travel Career

An excerpt from London Opinion recalls a failed stint as a commercial traveler. The speaker notes four weeks on the road with only one reward a firm’s instruction to return home, underscoring challenges of the era’s sales life.

Laddie Old Boy London Opinion

Worthy of High Honor Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds was the first president of the Royal Academy in London elected in 1768. He was regarded as England’s leading portrait painter and was a friend of Dr Samuel Johnson the literary dictator and of poet Oliver Goldsmith.

Sir Joshua Reynolds Royal Academy London Sir Joshua England Samuel Dotsdén Oliver Goldsmith

Collapse of Billie Buttons

Billie Buttons, also called Billie Burton, is urged toward marriage by a mother who inflates his health. he loves Mollie Bawn but faces a coerced union with Miss Malinda Evans, a nurse he saved from his mother's illness. He disappears, and a letter reveals he wed Miss Evans in Asheville, ending his comic optimist myth.

Illiam Burton Billie Burton Billie Buttons Billie Sousa Renee Hotw Mandy Summmers Blue Ridge Mollie William Burton Bille Asheville Miss Evans Battery Park Malinda Vans

Phrase about women and nature from Exchange

A short, reflective line notes that women’s words can be hard to interpret yet nature has kept some from needing explicit statements. The remark contrasts communication challenges with natural restraint.

Pleasant Hill and West Chester Social Gatherings Featured

The New Haven Ladies Social Union met with Mrs Eva Strum on Tuesday with seven members and seven visitors. A short business meeting followed by refreshments marked the event. next meeting August seventeenth. Lon Baker and family visited from Waverly Town and planned a Sunset Park gathering for Hi Tam Baker's birthday. Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid met at the church with ten members and eight children. a bazaar was planned and a social canceled due to illness. A tea honored Mrs. John Ferguson of New York City hosted by Mrs. W A Gibson at 302 South Town Avenue preceded by a small gathering of friends.

New Haven Ladies Social Union Eva Strum Lottie Robertson Emma Ralston Lon Baker Waverly West Chester Sunset Park Grandma Baker Fannie Baker Tip Watson Merle Statler Orie Kep- Nart Hiram Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid Society Stafford Ed Chalupa Ed Simmering Will Miller Oward Caldwell John Ferguson New York

Gibson sisters attend service with out-of-town guest

Miss Ruth Gibson and Miss Evelyn Gibson served, Mrs. David Livingston of Des Moines attended from out of town for the event.

Ruth Evelyn Gibson David Livingston Des Moines

Picnic supper announced by Shatem Group at Chautauqua

The Shatem Group of the M.FB. church schedules a picnic supper at Chautauqua on Thursday August 12 at 6 50 PM Bring a dish to pass and own dishes and silverware Five dollars The Web M S of Levington church meets Thursday August 12 at 2 oclock at Orehnontecoest Mars Ethel Spragne of West Cleary invites Ladies of the Christian church to Mrs Greenfield home Thursday afternoon Full attendance desired

Shatem M.fb Chautauqua M.S Levington Owleck Orehontecoest Mars Ethel Spragne West Clearey Totheod Ehuret

Pangolin Arrives at London Zoo in Rare Display

A pangolin, a scaly anteater from Hongkong, arrives at the London Zoological Gardens. The solitary specimen is one of few seen in the collection for decades and lacks teeth, feeding on ants with a long tongue.

London Zoological Gardens Zoo Hongkong

Burke Given Credit for Fourth Estate

In a discussion of political influence a quote notes Edmund Burke as the origin of the term fourth estate while Carlyle attribution cites Burke saying there are three estates in parliament yet a reporters' gallery holds a fourth estate more important than them.

Great Britain Commons Edmund Burke House of Commons Carlyle Burke

Plucking Ducks With Boiling Water Method

A brief method describes dipping wild ducks in boiling water to loosen feathers then wrapping in cloth. The hot water loosens feather stems quickly and the pins cause little trouble.

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