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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
4
The piece notes strong editorials in Louisiana papers denouncing Huey P. Long as a crook and liar while he runs for U.S. senator. It highlights the campaign’s rhetoric, the papers’ demand to prove or retract accusations, and warns that such attacks may boost his image and aid his rise to high office.
The account cites observations from a Christian Herald clipping arguing that prohibition has reduced visible drunkenness. The narrator reports few drunks in U.S. cities over 16 months abroad and notes numerous intoxicated individuals seen in Winnipeg without police arrest. The piece questions claims of worse liquor now.
Three Boy Scouts pull a drowning companion from a river using the Schafer resuscitation method. Aimed at teaching a single rescuer to operate the technique, the piece emphasizes rapid action and shows how the method can save lives even without a trained leader. It also notes census idle figures in Atlantic City and a light miscellany of puns and jokes.
A compact note highlights daily vocab practice with usage tips. It defines maniacal as violently insane and cites an example linking a terrible accident to temporary mania. It also contrasts common misuse and pronunciation notes for other terms.
A quirky compilation from The Way section features amused anecdotes about doctor office magazines, a drunken misadventure with a fire engine, a fish market opening at 113 East Main Street, Shakespeare quotes, mismatched photography musings, and a mock Dagwood Blondie engagement note written to the editor.
The motor yacht Islander was driven onto rocks at Santwenet Bay near Polperro Cornwall after a gale. Five men and one woman drowned as the Royal Yacht squadron boat, aiding the regatta, went ashore three miles away. A distress signal did not save those aboard. coast guards heard screams and one survivor swam to shore before vanishing.
O. D. McGuire of Springville Missouri bought furniture worth more than five thousand dollars from Scott Furniture Company. Scott returned from Springville to complete furnishing a new home McGuire just erected. Scott helped plan interior arrangements and selections. The ad notes confidence in Washington merchandise.
The Stryker family expresses deep gratitude for the many friends who offered sympathy and assistance following their loss.
Pritchett of Frankford Missouri known as a Christian church elder and prominent businessman will speak at the Crawfordsville Presbyterian Church Sunday morning on his European travels and at Haskins in the evening. He attended the 1924 World Sunday School convention in Glasgow and toured the continent. He will be a weekend guest of Rev S F Wenger and plans to attend the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.
In Port Covington on the Baltimore harbor front a chain of five dust explosions damaged the Western Maryland Railway grain elevator. Three men were missing and 16 injured, two likely fatally, with a police boat crew dragging for a body and one black worker's body sighted amid shifting grain.
The Ladies Aid of the M B E church meets at Mrs. Chas Thomas home Friday at 7 30 PM. The Booster club picnic at Sunset Park on Saturday August 23 invites all former members with a potluck. The Ladies Missionary Society A M E church meets Friday at 2 30 PM and invites children to join. The 1st A P church choir holds its regular rehearsal this evening at 7 15 PM.
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