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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1930
Page
5
A fragmentary local page notes artist Dwiggins vivid youth theme in daily cartoon Gold n Days, with six drawings weekly, and plans for a two week automobile trip to Altoona. Birth announcements, visits, and moved residence items from Keota and Cedar Rapids appear amid community notices and school preparations.
Wil Rogers, a famed American figure, ranks among the era’s top commentators. He wires daily insights on world events to newspapers nationwide from Beverly Hills, California, dispatching comments via radio from his home.
In Keota on August 20 Wallace Fazen, Keota’s noted southern air pilot, marked his twentieth birthday by flying a monoplane to Des Moines and spending the day with his parents.
Nts Mr and Mrs Walter Fagen and his siblings joined in a first air trip for a father figure. Wallace recently joined a Washington flying event. Families report pleasure trips with Mr ith and her sons Lester and Smith visiting relatives in Missouri. Miss Ariyne Mene Tee and James Menetee visit cousin Maxine Meneses in Ottumwa. Frank Kirkpatrick family tours Colorado by car. Mrs Marvin Beery and Kin visit Cedar The Rev Father J J Deck and Rev Father Seidel are away for religious duties.
Mrs. corre Wayne Lester Nickolaus spends vacation at his parents home. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnston and family attended a picnic near Lone Tree. Toyd Vollmer visited with his brother Harry in Winfield. Ellis Nickolaus and Lawrence Krantz went to Quincy to drive trucks for a company. A. Carson and Miss Charlotte Davenport called nearby. Robert Beendlesom sold melons in the vicinity Thursday. Carl Carden and family spent Friday in the field supervising the site.
Tony Johnson delivered timothy seed to Mt. Pleasant. Visitors included Lloyd Volkfer and Dillon Graff, with Mr. and Mrs. Tony Johnson and con Dale attending a Johnson family reunion in Mt. Pleasant. Marlys Dax accompanied them home.
Iowa briefs report Marvin Retton of Port Dodge returning from Toronto after winning a $10,000 marathon swim with a $7,500 purse share. Nelson hitchhiked to receive city keys at his welcome, while a Mason City man died in a wagon collision and a horse was killed. A fire incident caused burns to Capron after spraying with chlorate of soda for crops. Two men held up a Waterloo Sinclair station for $20. In sports, Lamont’s Mickson won the state fair horseshoe tournament.
The clipping reports an August Des Moines dispatch on motor carrier regulation with a suspension for a Sioux City operator for three violations, plus an Aug 29 item about Arthur A. Wells seeking the Farmer-Labor U S Senate nomination and a local picnic supper notice. text is garbled and partially unreadable.
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