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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
5
Ace Westport Connecticut is highlighted as an unusual person in a brief INS item. The short piece hints at a curious profile or distinctive trait, noting the location and source agency. Details are sparse, but the style suggests a human-interest brief focused on a singular, noteworthy individual.
Explains that facial aging via pimples wrinkles and sallow skin can be linked to constipation from unbalanced meals. Advocates daily two tablespoonfuls of Kellogg's All-Bran to cleanse the system, with a week trial and guaranteed refund if unsatisfied. sold nationwide through grocers.
Dr. F. A. Haughney struck a ball that ricocheted off a tree on the 145 yard 17th hole at Westport Country Club. It crossed a brook, rolled over a foot-bridge, landed on the green and finally dropped into the cup for an unusual hole in one.
In Nevada on August 13 the Iowa Conference of Seventh Day Adventists moved their annual camp meeting from this city to Cedar Falls due to an incomplete WPA project. About 1,500 attendees are expected August 27 to September 6, with Elder J. H. Neis as secretary and Elder DeWitt S. Osgood as president.
Iowa Gov. Clyde Herring addressing West Branch framed the 1930s relief era, citing nearly 700 million dollars from the federal government and arguing farm income and property value rose under the New Deal while criticizing Sen. L. J. Dickinson for opposing farm aid and AAA payments. He contrasted 1932 to 1938 farm prices and urged voters to back Democratic policy.
Des Moines Aug 13 Major educational features for this year’s Iowa State Fair to open Aug 28 were announced by fair officials. Secretary A R Corey said Iowa again hosts the largest farm and livestock fair in the United States with exhibits across 250 acres. Highlights include the National Livestock Show with entries valued over a million dollars from twenty states and the Iowa Farm Exposition with grain, soil conservation, fruits, garden products and farm bureau projects. Also the Iowa Women’s Exposition with baby health contests, home economics lectures, cooking shows, and crafts, plus a Farm Women’s Hobby Exhibit and a State 4-H Club show featuring 2 000 4-H members in live stock events. The Farm Machinery Show completes the lineup.
Ames Iowa Aug 13 a trench silo on Floyd Blankenship Cass county farm proved its value after the 1934 drought and is expected to again. Byron T Virtue extension agr engineer at Iowa State College says 150 ton trench fed 47 beef breeding and dairy cows through 1934 35 keeping cattle in good flesh till spring pastures opened. Silage worth three times as much as fodder corn. Blankenship fed hay and grain but limited two years ago. Digging the trench took four days with three helpers using a treeter scraper team. Last year he planted 20 acres corn and 10 bracing 40 acres of farm equipment. The rest of the text references events and exhibits at the State Fair.
Riverside on August 13 Miss Marie Tener a nurse at a St. Louis hospital is spending ten days with her parents Mr and Mrs John Tener and family. Maynard Cunningham who spent months here goes to Chicago then Mobile Alabama to work in his uncle s store. Mrs Winnie Critz of Valley Junction and Mrs Paul F Critz of Washington DC visit this week with Mrs Helen Critz and R H Heitzman. Mrs Philomena Scherrer of Iowa City spent the week with her son Elmer and wife west of Riverside. Mr and Mrs Hubert Doud and son Hubert Myles visit Mrs H Z Cress and other relatives in Long Beach California. They were accompanied by Mrs Anna Walter and her mother Mrs Earl Walton visiting with Mr and Mrs William Negus in Inglewood California.
Palmyra Nebraska reports a 74 year old woman, Isabelle Thomas, after losing all her teeth, felt tooth ache. A dentist found two new natural teeth pushing through her gums, confirming a surprising dental renewal.
The farmer notes steady livestock numbers through winter, one seventh of silage remaining, and plans to refill with damaged corn. The trench silo measures 110 feet by 7 feet by 12 feet top and 160 feet bottom. He cites dirt coverage of 7 to 8 inches as key, with past spoilage comparisons across three years.
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