Journal's Weekly News Review Highlights 1928 Iowa Events
A compact Saturday feature rounds up Des Moines and Iowa happenings from 1928. It notes state education plans, Northwestern Bell long distance growth, a Des Moines armed robbery spree, GOP electors meeting, court actions, tax proposals, river flood concerns, county payroll cuts, and local business losses. The review gathers items from state and national papers for a weekly check-up.
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Washington County
Iowa
Washington News Reel Ten Years Past Traces of War Return
In Washington ten years past a reunion of Brown brothers in France noted, while Supervisor Burrel Poster of Lime Creek chaired this year’s board meeting. News spans dances, influenza cases, fire losses, school tests, and local civic notes including theater events and soldiers on leave.
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Jay
Fave
Maynard
France
Burrel Poster
Lime Creek Township
Board of Supervisors
Plaa
C. Randle
Matton Randle
Newport News
Virginia
Raward_ Hrindhey
Seri Wooley
Washington
Lasington
Iskand
Good Fellows Club
Review of Local Events in Washington County
A garbled review of happenings in Washington County includes obituaries for Mrs. Minerva Rodgers and others, funeral notices, assessors meeting at the courthouse, New Year dances, Rotary events, license plate penalties, high school basketball results, weather shifts, marriage licenses issued, divorces granted, and various local incidents. Names such as Mrs. Dayton McNeil Edwards, Fred Raddady, Catherine Hull, Margaret Sexton, and David Turner appear amid scattered dates, places, and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Che Neiewanger
George Williams
Nellie Edwards
EM. McConaughey
Roy Mallory
Shera Wilson
David McCartney
Cmncy Bs of Education
Mies Kacuryn Montgomery Cloyee Horsey
Rock Island
Proclaimed Crime Wave and Political Shifts Across Nations
A scattered summary of 1929 era events includes a man killed his wife before dying by suicide in Des Moines. Major General Tate Wahl dies in Washington after illness. Argentina’s Marcelo De Alvear arrives in Paris for an indefinite stay. Coolidge hunts wild turkeys as Hoover maps policy in Washington. A New York governor declares lasting political ties intact, while labor and arbitration debates unfold nationally. policial and international developments mark a turbulent period.
Noted Washington People Dr A W Chilcote
Old Washington County biographical sketch of Dr A W Chilcote covers birth in Somerset Ohio 1825 career moves from Indiana to Danville Hendricks County and Washington in turn becoming bank president and leading local medical practice. It notes his marriage Miss J A Ballard and his death leaving widow Mrs Jane A Chilcote. Mention also 1916 treasury surplus forecasts and regional unrest.
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Wharsday
Aln. Alberson
GW. Stewart
Chica
Mildred
Graham Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks
Axain
Harold Loyd
Washington County
W. Chilcote
C&s
Ensor Chilcote
Somerset
Ohio
Chilcota
Port
Indianapolis
Hood
Indiana
J. A. Ballard
M.D
Perkinsville
White River
Danville
Hendricks
Washington
Congress
Farmers’ & S Bank
Washington Nation
Chilcote
Warington National
Jane A. Chilcote
A.W. Chilcote
City of Washington
Outcast and The Cameraman Screenings Highlight Week
The program features Corinne Griffin in Outcast as a boarding house exile who encounters a future love, with political power plots in The Head Man. Also touring are Keaton comedy The Cameraman and Norma Shearer in A Lady of Chance. Additional shorts and features include Warn ing and The Young Man, plus coverage of local events and a university aviation record.
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Corin Ghtith
Alove
Corinne
Lt de Fises
Lfe
Murgay
Keaton
New York
Graham Thea
Norma Shearer
Johnny Mack Brown
Alabama
Dolly
Laura la Plante Montaza Love
Roy Carey
Margaret I Vingston
John Boles
Berthsha
Normarer
Lowell Sherman
John Mack Brown
Guen
Les
Money
Edwidge
Ronet
Burr Mel
Thurs
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Ge A Leiter
Sawhill
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Yeon Soka
Frank Krotz
Lem Cherry
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Sherif
Roy McCarty
Minerva Anne Rodgers
Crawfordsville
Dayton McNeil
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Ray Pritess
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