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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1930
Page
4
Representative C. D. Dayton proposes a state aid bill to equalize school tax levies across Iowa towns. The plan mirrors New York’s system, reducing excessive burdens on poorer districts while funding education to acceptable standards, potentially cutting district taxes 25 to 30 percent where needed.
COPPOCK December 2 A nine weeks old girl Dolores Jean Edwards daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Edwards died today at 12 15 clock of double pneumonia She fell ill a week ago and briefly improved yesterday but a sudden change this morning caused her death Dolores was the only child and her mother before marriage was Miss Bessie McKune.
Mr and Mrs James Quinn and family returned to St Louis after Thanksgiving with aunts Mrs C P Helks and Mrs Theresa Quinn Enna Jettick Health Shoes Walch Moore Shoe Co reported in local business notes confirming Ball Band rubber footwear availability and ongoing holiday shopping.
More than five hundred young people from Louisa Muscatine and Cedar counties attended the Older Boy's and Girls' conference at Muscatine Friday and Saturday. Dr Alvin J. Lee of Des Moines gave three addresses. The Presbyterian Missionary society plans an all day meeting at H L MettoRoberts home. Mrs Chester Lavery and Mrs B H Van Meter will discuss Local Missionary Work. Church night at the Presbyterian Church features a pot luck supper at 6:30 followed by a program. Edith Armbright of Muscatine visits Ollie Shearer on route to Kansas City. Local items note workers in English slums paid a ha penny weekly for morning rounds. An Elbert Hubbard quote closes the piece.
A local notice laments widespread Christmas Seal canvassing in Washington County. It praises donations, shares a poem in praise of seals, and notes a letter from the Christian Home for Orphans. The piece mentions a prize for a driver and urges readers to buy an annual.
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