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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 09, 1931

Page

8

Mrs R B Cook Returns From Michigan Visit

Mrs R B Cook has returned from a three months visit at her brother's home in Michigan, Indiana.

Cook Michiganchy Ind

Smoke Damage and Remodeling Sale Sellout Message

In the bustle of our sale a clerk tells a customer this is the last one. The item is unnamed but described as another astounding bargain sold out.

Visitors from out of town listed at local event

Local lists show Dirs. F M Peck of Pleasant Plain Mrs David Johns Mrs Rosina White and daughter Anna May of Crawfordsville Glen Huston Crawfordsville B Bull Weilman Arthur Loomis Richland Mrs S A England Keota Marie Tener Iowa City Mrs John Buxbaum Crawfordsville Charles Stearns Ainsworth F McCaffery and B Terrill Des Moines among attendees from away.

F M. Peck Pleasant Plain David Johns Rosina White Anna May Crawfordsville Glen Huston B. Bull Weilman Arthur Loomis Richland S.A. England Keota Marie Tener Iowa City John Buxbaum Crawordsville Charles Stearns Ainswert

Ford Employees To Work Again Monday

Detroit January 9 approximately fifty thousand Ford Motor Company workers will return to the River Rouge plant as the company verifies a survey to determine how many former employees will be called back Only former workers will be rehired and reported details suggest a restart of production after a pause

Detroit Ford Motor Company River Rouge

Ten Years Ago Today Birthday Celebrations Amid Avalor Cold Capsules

Betty Startsiman and her mother visiting the Dead H Hull home celebrated her fourth birthday on January 5th while relatives gathered. AVAL COLD CAPSUL US touted by Dr Hess Pan-a-min for feeding chicks to maintain flock health as weather forecasts promise fair tonight and Saturday with increasing cloudiness.

Betty Jane Startsiman H. Hull

Local ad notes last day to save on gas and electric bills

Sehmoester Bros. tailors advertise coats with discounts ending Saturday. Office hours extend to Saturday evening. Iowa items mention families moving to 1005 East Washington and a local insurance agent. Minot connections and Lions Club deputy leader Pete Blonde highlighted. Local shoppers and a health class update conclude the brief.

Southern Utilities Co Towa Hi Nine U Utilities Co Onelock Iowa

Drum Corps Elects Leaders Under New Plan

Le Ion Group Ed Squ New Fa Squire elected commander of the Leon Beatty post drum corps with Maynard Brown as vice commander Ives McKay adjutant and finance officer at a YMCA community room meeting after a dinner by Mrs John Dodd Russell Frink Victor Crone Everette Burham and Earl Gallow H elected members of the fin These elections mark a new corps organization plan Officers and committee to draft by laws for Legion drum corps nationwide Rehearsals to begin soon for an active season Four of five members were absent due to fines.

Fa Squire Leon Beatty Maynard Brown Ives McKay YMCA John Dodd Russell Frink Victor Crone Everette Burham Earl Gallow H Fin Legion Drum Corps

Iowa State Highway Office Relocation Noted in Bailey Building

Omission offices have moved to the Bailey building fifth floor. The report mentions yesterday’s attendees including Mrs and Mr and Mr Sebiatter of Noble, reflecting a local civic update with small social notes.

Iowa State Highway Bailey Esterday

Meeting of Veterans Panel Tuesday January Installation of Officers

A meeting of the Veterans panel is planned for Tuesday January to install officers. AIL members should attend. Kil Kos, command ewig Sheffield Plate articles of Sheffield plate are copper coated with silver by fusion. Thomas Bonlsover discovered the alloying of beat and metals. Joseph Hancock, related to the inventor, applied it to vandien sticks and domestic items. The first factory for wide scale production was founded in 3700 by The Leader.

AIL Kil Kos Ewig Sheffield Plate Thomas Bonlsover Joseph Hancock

Eastwood Heard at Williamsburg Church Installation

Dr James B Hodgson named pastor of the Presbyterian church at Williamsburg Iowa in a notable service attended by state church leaders Dr F W Eastwood of Washington preached on Made and Marred likening God to a Great Potter. The installation featured Moderator Rev A H Ziemer and professors from the School of Religion with remarks by Dr W T Martin and Dr Charles Owen.

James B. Hodgson Williamsburg Iowa F. W. Eastwood Washington A. H. Ziemer Davenport W. M. Lampe School of Religion C. A. Hawley J.C. Manty Perry Bond W. T. Martin Marengo Charles Owen Colorado California Eastwood Hawley

Long Delayed Glacier Speed Experiment by Swiss Commission

The Swiss glacier commission begins an experiment to measure glacier speeds using steel cylinders placed at glacier heads. Each cylinder holds an explanation of the experiment written with special ink. Results are not expected for eight generations, about two centuries.

Swiss Glacier Commission

Fighting Bob's Son Sworn In as Governor

The son of Fighting Bob is pictured taking the oath of office as governor of Wisconsin. The inauguration ceremonies were attended by notables from across the state and marked a historic moment in the state’s political history.

Bob Inpig Folic Ighing Bob Wiscarin

Indiana postmaster dismissed in 4 case purge

Mrs Helen Roetzel former postmistress of Boonville Indiana was dismissed as one of four Indiana postmasters ousted by the Post Office Department on charges of having purchased their appointments from a member of Congress. Flies seek light preferences in rooms with clear blue or green glass but avoid red or yellow lighting across the county home.

Helen Roetzel

Real estate optimism in Iowa shown by license applications

Iowa brokers filed 2,100 applications for 1931 real estate licenses, up from 2,095 at the same date in 1930, per Donald Wood head of the state real estate commission. He links the rise to general business optimism among operators despite not assured land sales, as licenses are required to conduct business. Moose Hall hosts a dance on Saturday January 10 with 6 Aces Orchestra. ladies 25 cents, gents 75 cents.

Moines Jan Iowa State Real Estate Commission Thcen Donald Wood Secretary of State United Press Wood Optong Nism Real Estate Commission Towa Moose Hall

Hudson Bay Navigation Perils Near Arctic Entrance

The Hudson Bay is not an important waterway due to its Arctic entrance proximity. A vast Arctic ice stream past the strait mouth exceeds 160 miles in width, impeding navigation in winter. Magnetic interference near the entrance makes compasses unreliable, with the only workable harbor at Fort Churchill.

Hudson Bay Menit Fost Churchill

Realism Presentationalism in Philosophical Debate

Realism Presentationalism is the doctrine that man has an immediate perception of all the elemental forms of envity as space time substance and power. It is natural realism in an extended sense, distinguished from Inferentialism and opposed to idealism according to the Washington Star.

Washington_ Star

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