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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1929

Page

6

Diploma Earned By Local Student In Liberal Arts

Allen Rice son of Mrs Belle Rice of Washington received his diploma last Thursday from the liberal arts course at the University of Iowa and plans to teach. Harvey returned from Cedar Rapids after attending the 20th anniversary convention of Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance and Iowa Automobile Mutual Insurance. The Friday session was in the new Memorial building on the island with over 450 agents attending. A banquet followed at the country club with remarks by the state Insurance commissioner. The convention closed with a picnic at the Upper Palisades. Mr and Mrs A Drake of Pittsburgh left for home after a week with their nephew Harry Drake and family. Evelyn Bambrick came from Seymour to visit friends and will go to Chicago to visit Mrs Eva L Da Virginia Crull who had been visiting with the Bambricks.

Allen Rice Belle Rice Washington Dnversity Iowa ER. Harvey Cedar Rapids Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company Lowa Automobile Mutual Insurance Company Memorial State Insurance Missioner of Des Moines Covention Palisades Evelyn Bambrick Seymour Chio Eva L. da Virginia Crull Bambricks

Local Families Plan Travel and Home Visits Around Des Moines and Waterloo

Mrs J D Crozier Harold Guyer and daughter Mar delle stay with Mr and Mrs Howard Crozier. Karl Simpson and son Everette head to Des Moines for a few days at the state fair Merritt Mepaniel and Danham Morrison begin ten days at Lake Okoboji. Mrs ED Morrison and daughter Ellen go to Des Moines for the state fair Alfred Johnson and wife bought Ray Minick's lunch room near the tracks. Dr and Mrs Fred Reid visit McGregor for the weekend then return. Betty Babcock visits Chicago after a short stay with her family. Glenn Zaring and three children summered with Mrs Kee. Litearing improving after tonsil surgery.

Glenn Zaring Kee Litearing

Vacation travelers and visits stretch across Iowa and beyond

Dro MoH Sartor left yesterday for Spirit Lake and Okoboji for a week long vacation. Cloyce Dougherty and Harriet drove to Town City where Miss H Dowgl erty will take the train for California stopping at Colorado Springs en route. From San Francisco she will drive with friends to Lake Tahoe and Yosemi National park then to Pasadena for the ensuing year. J A Chestnut of Charles City visiting Mr and Mrs J A Freshwaters. George Miekman Jr visited Mrs M W Bailey. Smith and Mrs Ed Witting and son Orlin returned from Chicago and Illinois visits including the Lloyd Mickle home in Chicago. George Welch left for Nebraska after visiting in Washington and Wapel lo and Ainsworth. Mr and Mrs Sherman Gingeriet of Cedar Rapids visited relatives. Mr and Mrs KE Patterson visiting at parental home. Glenn Laffer and daughter Florence returned to Fort Dodge from Washington. Maime Marshall and daughter from Wapello moved to Washington yesterday. Mr and Mrs Golia Miller and sons and C B Reed went to Muscatine for a picnic at Weade park. Hamill back at work at new store after two weeks of vacation. Payne and daughter Mary Alice and James Clark drove to Des Moines for a few days at the state fair. Mrs J C Foster of Haskin came to Washington for A T Brown funeral.

Cloyce Dougherty Harriet Town City Miss H Dowglerty California Colorado Springs San Trancisco Lake Tahoe Yosemi National Park Pasadena Payne Mary Alice James Clark Motors Des Moines J.C. Foster Haskin Washington A. T. Brown

Mrs Long Visits Sigourney With Relatives

Mrs W. W. Long and children visited relatives in Sigourney. An advertisement promotes Wade & Buttle razor blades, a Dr Hess Fly Chaser for pest control, and mentions hog prices at $12.00 per ton with upcoming cooler weather.

Dr. Hess

Pursuing the Shadow in Focus Mindsets and Lost Attainments

The passage notes how attention to distant goals causes present opportunities to be overlooked. It asserts that people often neglect immediate, attainable objects while wiring mental energy toward future advancement. The thought explores the misallocation of effort between near tasks and long term aims.

Uncle Eben Cautions on Attention and Choir Music

Uncle Eben advises against drawing too much notice, saying the man who sang the loudest last Sunday spoiled the music. Washington Star anchors the remark as a local vignette about conduct and harmony.

Washington Star

Washington News Roundup of Visitors and State Fair Trips

Local residents and visitors travel to Des Moines and the state fair. Notables include Gladys Burroughs, Edward Wheelan, the Cory and Hall families, and many others visiting Washington, Danville, Maquoketa, and Goshen for fairs, funerals, or family visits. Multiple trips to the state fair in Des Moines are noted, with accompanying relatives and friends.

Vacation travelers visit relatives and nearby towns

Mrs R L Coulter and children Catherine Harvey and John return from Ohio with companion Bessie Frame visiting J R Paisley in Canton and touring Columbus Zanesville and Cambridge. They met the McCrory family formerly of Washington then visited Marvin Williamson in Davenport. Other locals return from visits in Washington Chicago Pittsburgh and Ainsworth with relatives and friends.

RL. Coulter Catherine Harvey John Ohio Bessie Frame Ainsworth Portsmouth

Norma Shearer at Fox in World Class Talkie Voice

A clipped recap notes Norma Shearer stars in a talkie at the Fox, with mentions of Walter Conn and Pau Gorham traveling to Des Moines for the state fair, and several local residents and families attending events or traveling to Des Moines for fairs and graduations.

Norma Shearer the Fox

Dirigible Hops Pacific in Record Time 75 Hours

Aviation marks progress in public confidence as the Graf Zeppelin completes its Pacific leg and lands in Los Angeles after leaving Akehurst New Jersey on August Whistles and bells greet the arrival. The craft is praised for sturdiness and reliability while laypeople note the Weyet ters work shoe as a popular buy.

Pacific Los Angeles Akehurst New Jersey

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