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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1930
Page
2
Receipts total 21 000 cattle and hogs with hogs showing higher values for heavy and good to choice weights. Cattle include calves, steers, heifers, cows and bulls with varied price ranges across weight classes. Sheep and lamb receipts at 12 000 show native lambs steady and packer demand firm for good to choice lambs with lighter weights noted lower for some classes.
Loretta Young appears in a dual role in Road to Paradise a Fox film at the Fox theatre with Mulhall as leading man. Young undertakes a demanding humane performance as a crook and beloved twin sister while the English gentleman crook George Marrand and detective Parnell Pratt provide sharp contrasts.
The Fox Movietone musical romance Married in Hollywood features nine distinctive songs. Dance Away the Night with music by Dave Stamper and lyrics by Harlan Thompson aims to top The Merry Widow Waltz, while Until One Comes Along vies for second. Deep in Love with music by Oscar Straus and lyrics by Harlan Thompson also joins the operetta. The production stars J. Harold Murray Norma Terris Walter Catlett Iren Palasty John Garrick Tom Patricola Douglas Gilmore Gloria Grey and more with a large chorus and dance ensemble. The film comes to the theatre Wednesday with Oscar Straus story by Harlan Thompson and direction by Mareel Silver. Initially strong narration and a notable cast mark the show as a major musical event of the season.
Mrs War ren Watkins now operates the Riverside hotel after former manager Mrs Fay Huinston vacated the lease August 1. Watkins reports strong patronage with over sixty dinners served recently. Miss Bula Watkins returns from Fort Madison to help. A baby boy was born August 6 to Mr and Mrs Clarence Rummeltiart. The town also notes visits from Wisconsin and Waterloo acquaintances and travel to Cedar Rapids for a postnuptial shower.
Crawfordsville residents reported visiting relatives in Washington and Columbus Junction. Local families attended a circus in Washington with several couples noted. Harley Rhea, Ferrel Young, Jimmie, and Hert Hesseltine among attendees. Will Wooley saw the chautauqua in Winfield. Frank Sands delivered a hog to the Chicago market. Mrs. J T Clark has been on the Vick list and shows partial improvement.
Mamie Hopping of Denver visits James Nelson in Keota leaves for Moline with friends. Crop talks praise oats and corn yields with reports of 20 to 50 bushels per acre. Charlie Houck moves to Cedar Rapids, narrates city cats’ mischief. Harry Soper’s son Harold of Cedar Rapids is gravely ill with pneumonia.
A community notes column chronicles farm work at the Lemley and Brinning farms north of Wellston, ongoing oats and timothy harvesting, a deep well repair, and local livestock. It mentions Matt Weaver recovering from a recent auto wreck, families visiting relatives in Spirit Lake and Valley, and a July heat period affecting crops and wells.
Prairie Center reports Wolfe recovering at home from appendicitis surgery with Koch still hospitalized. John Koehler family plans to bring him home soon. Inoenner Koehler attend grandmother's funeral and visit. Alice Wolfe visited Davidson, and West M plus Simmering Jr and family visited as well. Local residents Wilkins Ling and Beens Blossom families join others in neighborhood discussions and visits.
The Columbus Junction event gathered about 150 attendees for the William and Elizabeth Trader lineage reunion. Officers elected for the year included Henry Wasson as president and Mrs. Kate Goggshell as secretary, with Mrs. George Adams and Fred Hartman among other officers. The Stapp and Klotz families also met at the park on Sunday.
Attendance reached five dollars as descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Stapp and Mr. and Mrs. George Klotz gathered. Officers for next year were rejected: George Stapp president, Mrs. J. Don Darrow, Joe Blair treasurer, Charles Alloway charged with larceny of an automobile given a hearing before HW. Weiner Justin of the peace at Columbus Junction. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury on bond of 2500 unable to furnish. The car, a Hudson sedan, was taken from Pine Brothers garage Friday night and found in a barn on Red Smith 2iloway. Additional ward of 1000 kept the peace after Floyd Pine filed information against him.
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