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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
4
Herbert Hoover’s three day Iowa outreach drew thousands to West Branch drawing a political festival atmosphere unseen since wartime. Governors senators soldiers farmers ministers and businessmen packed the town for speeches and a decisive evening address that boosted his standing.
A compact note explains common misuses and pronunciation tips for English words. It highlights derelict speech patterns and spelling traps while stressing the value of regular vocabulary growth. The entry defines appraisingly as making an estimate or valuation and cites its use.
The article recalls Herbert Hoover returning to his birth town and attending a Cedar Rapids rally. It notes his restrained speaking style, the strong interest in farm policy as a coordinated effort, and the large crowd at the Memorial Coliseum with leaders and speakers including Senator Brookhart and ex Governors.
Sally O'Neil, fresh from The Callahans and the Murphys, is featured as the female lead in The Lovelorn at the New Graham Theatre. The Cosmopolitan serial by Beatrice Fairfax is adapted for the screen, blending human interest with light comedy amidst a backdrop of a great newspaper and its thousands of lovelorn readers. The leading cast includes Molly O'Day Larry Kent Charles Delaney James Murray George Cooper and Allan Forrest.
United Press lists weekly radio highlights across networks. WEAF presents a concert hour, WOR runs a True Story hour, WJZ features a Wrigley review, WOR offers a United concert orchestra, and WJZ closes with a Cold Spot Pals segment.
The B and P club begins its first meeting on September 12. PLT A hosts a book exchange at the Y community room on August 1 and September 1 and 2. The Hardscrabble picnic is set for Saturday August 25 1928 with a skit A Hoodoved Coon. Baptist ladies social postponed one week due to chautauqua. You and I club and families plan a picnic at Sunset Park with a new meeting place.
By The Way recounts the final night of a chautauqua week with music, magic and plays spoiled by a peach of a storm. A lighthearted note about a golf joke ends the column with a wink at the senior staff's hole in one.
A cryptic note hints at a dramatic daytime quest through a treacherous forest. The solitary Woodsman stumbles and grops toward a goal under imperious pressure. The fragment ends with a cliffhanger and a tease for more.
Local groups announce events in West Chester and Mt Pleasant. The West Chester Pythian Sisters host a hob o social Friday evening and the E O W club plans a birthday party at Mrs Amos Norton's home Saturday August 25. The Drake University dean Rev Jesse Caldwell speaks September 9 at Pleasant Hill church. The Sunshine Community club holds a basket dinner August 24 at Mt Pleasant PA. The Ainsworth United Presbyterian Sabbath service and mite-box opening occur August 25 with Little Light Bearers. M E Ladies Aid meeting postponed to September for new officers.
On inauguration day at the state capitol a governor staffer arrived in full uniform and, after recalling a forgotten item at his boarding house, returned home. A landlady’s young daughter, answering the door, failed to recognize the grand ledgered dress, asking who it was. The mother then feared it might be divine.
An old man leads four companions into a dense forest encampment as fear and duty weigh on them. They push through gooseberry thorns and tangled undergrowth, into a night of oppressive darkness and treacherous terrain.
Mummies Lightning, ridden by Fred Humes in Arizona Cyclone, is hailed as one of the best trained horses in pictures. The horse performs tricks, plays dead, unties knots, and helps rescue Larry Day from danger, showcasing his versatility in the Universal Western coming to town Friday.
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