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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1929

Page

3

Journal's Weekly News Review highlights Iowa events and incidents

Regular Saturday feature surveys a week of local and state items from Washington County Iowa to Des Moines. Killed motorists, legal notices, parade of accidents, economic updates, and public works projects reflect a busy midwestern week.

the Journal Washington County Iowa

Notable figures die as Beyl and Gomez Baquero pass away

Dr John Lewis Beyl former president of a Central college at Pella Iowa and education psychology professor at DePauw University dies at his Green Castle Indiana home. Edurado Gomez Baquero Spanish writer dies in Madrid. Captain C H Roland Lincoln friend dies in California. President Hoover signs bill extending federal radio commission life.

John Lewis Beyl A Central College Pella Iowa DePauw University Green Castle Ind Edurado Gomez Baquero Madrid C. H. Roland Abraham Lincoln Gen. A. S.rant Mountain View California Hoover Federal Radio Commission

Young Newbergs Love Story at Fox News Theatres

The film Young Newbergs follows an elevator boy and a chambermaid amid a bustling New York setting. Filmed at Ocean Park California the production used thirty policemen to manage crowds and recorded mob chatter for realism. Based on a story by I A R Wylie the romance stars Richard Barthelmess and Marion Nixon.

FOX News Newbergs New York Ocean Park California Coney Island I. A. R. Wylie Richard Barthelmess First National Vitaphone Marion Nixon Hollywood Boulevard Capitol

Washington News in Review December 1919 Highlights

Washington stores resume regular hours after a six hour week. A Methodist church lecture by four servicemen draws a large crowd. J D Glassgow chairs county Red Cross. Mrs Sadie Gray Root dies in Oak Park. Women’s Missionary Society backs New World Movement at First United Presbyterian. Farm bureau gains 800 members in county drive. Walton sale yields 148 قوله per bushel. Brinton dies after weeks at home. Wilbur Wolary patents rotary opera chair. Local gym class opens with 40+ men. Washington hotel board moves toward new building. Christmas treats at Graham theatre. city education picks interim board member. Maxwell family to Florida. Latta resigns to join Des Moines firm. Baumgart meets Iowa Advertising Club. Royal and Select Masters class to 54. commercial club formed at high school. Good Fellows aid Christmas. Schools recess Dec 19 to Jan 5. Odna Mercer added teacher at high school. Mrs Emma Shields dies. family ties noted. Fox theatre pipe organ soon. Christmas church services planned. White gift service at Baptist. Marriage licenses issued to Statler–Baker, Durian–Huber. Glenn Mace switches to Ford service station. County autos licensed rise to 1,899 of 5,000. Methodist pulpit car finds home at Taylor residence. Mrs Mack Gordon and Dorothy injured in buggy wreck.

Washington Methodist Church J. D. Glassgow Red Cross Sadie Gray Root C. H. Wilson Gallup Oak Park Women's Missionary Society First United Presbyterian Church New World Movement Washington County Farm Bureau Walton Brothers Riverside W. F. Brinton South Iowa Avenue Eointon America Wilbur Wolary Washington, D. C Washington Hotel Corporation Graham Theatre W. A. Harper Washington Board of Education D. J. Ross George Maxwell Palm Beach Florida Roy Tripp Sioux City Major Latta American Type Founders Association Des Moines American Life Insurance Company Odna Mercer Washington High School Emma Shields Muscatine A. C. Shields Robert John Shields Fox Theatre The Baptist Church Merle Statler Etta Baker West Chester Roy Durian Wellman Edna Huber Glenn Mace Lemmon’‘s Ford Services J. F. H. Taylor Mack Gordon Dorothy Ainsworth

Clipper Sails Draw Eric Toward New Sea Life

A ten year old boy joins three sailors after a lighthouse message signals rescue. A clippers ship approaches, then a friendlier schooner offers help and passage to Boston for mackerel work. The boy leaves family briefly to aid in repairs and provisioning aboard a fishing voyage.

Seph Boston Jack Eric

Rescue at Sea Sets Sail in Strong Livelihood Effort

A narrator describes joining rescued fishermen on a schooner as they weigh anchor hoist sails and take the helm. The crew immediately makes themselves useful setting the foresail mainsail and gaff topsails. The sails fill and the vessel moves away. To be continued.

Your Drawing Lesson Ends With a Pig

A playful poem guides a drawing exercise starting with a rope and a curving tine then two ears and an eye. It leads to adding short fat legs and ends with the reader crafting a pig, mentioning Lucille Crites in a whimsical closing line.

Lucille Crites

Local events feature crime losses and community notices

Last Saturday thieves looted a Standard Oil station on North Marion, taking $40. A church and school news update notes 1930 officers at Washington Church of Christ and a royal arch chapter election. Several obituaries, a hospital program, and holiday concerts mark the week in Washington Iowa with sports fixtures and local engagements.

Standard Oil North Marion

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