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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1928

Page

3

Washington County Farm Bureau notes Iowa meeting

Washington county will send Fred Palmer as voting delegate to the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in Des Moines. Three delegates from Washington county will attend, with highlights including addresses by national and state leaders and an arm and home exposition. The county reports growing membership and promotes alfalfa and sweet clover seed as soil improvements, plus an upcoming Farm and Home Week at Iowa State College.

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Washington County Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau Fred Palmer Washington American Farm Bureau Federation County Farm Bureau Walter R. Brown C. M. Maxwell Crawfordsville W. FE. Nicola Riverside Carl Anderson Lime Creek Township Chas. Schaffer Lime Creek Win Shrine Temple Farm Bureau Boosters Iowa English River the Creek Cedar Wranklin Jackson Washington Townships Farm Bureau Iowa State coNese Ames Iowa State College Iowa

Social Notes from Everett Coffin and Nearby Families

Among Sunday visitors are multiple local families at Everett Coffin and Claude Watsons. Funeral services for Sanford Swartswelter reported, with several residents visiting, dining, or市 spending time with friends, plus neighbors noting a new Chevrolet truck and various market trips.

W. A. True Everett Coffin Jere Elmore Claude Watson's W. Hi. Roberts Faye Loren Hora Hadley T. A. Spalding O. C. Spaldine’s Flenn Peanchamnyo Christie Leo Earl Bald

Free French Rheumatism Prescription Offered by Paul Case

In a Brockton Massachusetts notice, Paul Case of the American Army division offers a noted French remedy for rheumatism and neuritis seen in soldiers in France. He claims to have shared it with thousands with wonderful results, requests only mailing his address for those seeking it.

France Paul Case Dept Brockton Mass

Dinosaur Triceratops Goes Extinct in North America

The tricera tops dinosaur, native to western North America, has no surviving specimens. It possessed the largest skull of any land animal but the smallest brain cavity relative to skull size.

North America

Marines Describe Nicaragua Air War and Daring Missions

Captain H Denny Campbell recounts Marine aviators fighting Sandino rebels in Nicaragua. He details low altitude reconnaissance, enemy fire that damaged a plane, a high altitude bombing maneuver, and the rebels’ crude bombs and weapons carried by fliers as they attacked from the air.

Nicaragua H. Denny J Campbell Marine Corps’ Flyer San Diego Evening Journal NEA Sandino H. Denny Cantoneil Ross Rowell Marine Air Jove Solorzano Diaz Denny Campbell U. S. Marine Corps NEA Service Matagalpa Ame

Absent minded star Ford Sterling starts business role

Ford Sterling, famed comic actor, enters business in the Paramount film A Figures Don t Lie. He plays Howdy Jones, a successful but absent minded executive, alongside Esther Ralston in a Fox Theatre release. Richard Arlen leads the cast in this B F Zeidman production directed by Edward Sutherland.

Paramount Esther Ralston Fox Theatre Sterling Howdy” Jones Paris Richard Arlen B. F. Zeidman Edward Sutherland

Local Social Notes and Hogs On Chicago Market

Martha G Thrasher reports on residents visiting Spencer Reed and Jay Brewer homes in Mason City. Axel Anderson delivering corn to Ray Lambert. Everett Dennison sold four truckloads of hogs in Chicago last Wednesday. Community events include booster club dinner planning at Will Bealer home and Snowball social club gathering hosted by Mrs Will Phillips.

Washington Axel Anderson Ray Lambert George Reed Walter Edith Spencer Reed Milfred Kenneth Anderson Mason City Jay Brewer Will Bealer Chicago Tie Guy Stumpf Sam Munson Sam = Neill Booster Club Will Phillips Everett Dennison

Community Gatherings and Local Club Elections in Columbus Junction

Martha Butler reports from Columbus Junction about Muscatine county truck crop growers hosting institute meetings funded by the farm bureau. The piece lists officers elected for the Reformed and Presbyterian Sunday schools, a Des Moines farm bureau meeting attendance, and recent local club elections including the volunteer fire company and a newly organized gun club. It also notes visits from Waterloo residents at the Blair home.

Columbus Junction Muscatine County Fruitland Conesville Farm Bureau W. BF. Ruston Presbyterian Sunday School Reformed Sunday School Hilda Owen John Bowlby Frances Hawkins Kelly MekKee Lorena Maxwell Letha Jarrard Gerald Allen Amos Owen Frank Prior Farm Bureau Federation Des Moines Volunteer Fire Company H. M. Smith Max Mize K. M. Arington J. D. Darrow Roe P. Hawkins A E Leonhard H. Lee Huston Fred Shannon Waterloo J. S. Blair

Language Barriers Persist Among Pennsylvania Towns

Fragmentary text notes that residents with limited English speech still gather on town thoroughfares in Pennsylvania. It references descendants of settlers who arrived over two centuries ago.

Pennsylvania

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Washington CO Farm Bureau Notes Weo George Bray Oren Roger Danial Rogers C. ¢. Rogers California H. C. Jones Grandma Jones Alda Watson Merrill Gowey Glenn Beatchamp J. A. Rice J. E. Ree Ida and Fernand M. D. Gowey Herman Bruce Fairfield Santford Swartswelter Russell Friends Church Pleasant Pisin Russell Simmons Harry Hamilton C. Statler Mary Clarence Ruth Walter Bray Clarence Turnbull W. C. Watson Claude Watson Junior Paul of Woolston Luther Elmore Elbert Earl Balderson W. L. Bray Olney Hoskins F. Miller Gladys Gwendolyn Jake Miller Winfield Fred Simmons James Rice Phoebe Jones Effie Allen Richland H C. Jones Verle Beauchamp Sylvia Dana Lucie Edith Mae Glenn Clarence Stella Jones Wi. Te. U Ross Rewell Tack Managua Levy Ford Sterling Washington, R Martha G. Thrasher Kurtz Jarrard Healer Joe Shalla Louis Reller Pittsburgh Ture Prairie Flower Martha Butler Tae Abe Martin Charles A. Eaton Congress New Jersey America Mos Universal Social Service Southern Utilities Company Utility Service Klein Klothing KO
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