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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1929
Page
6
Pelham visits Appleton at the Gray house inquiry asplesa, seeking clues about a curse and a string of deaths connected to the Gray house. Appleton reveals a ledger, lake deaths, and a saner tale of misfortune tied to the Hanby family, while the road trip home widens the cast with Sheriff Kerr, Red Chapin, and Les Barron in a tense pursuit of truth.
Hilton Handy a prosperous New York merchant buys the Greek house on Gray Rowe while an unknown woman warns him of a curse. Adolf Smucker, secretary to Hanby, notes a man claiming to be a former thief associated with Stanford Seymour serves as a puzzling observer. The Hanbys, shaken by threats and blackmail, move to a new home with their two younger children and their eldest daughter.
Local clubs and church groups announce meetings and officer elections. Union Vet, Daughters of Veterans, foster club, Woman's Missionary Society, Bible Department, Royal Neighbors, Rosemary club, and Sunshine Community club set gatherings through Jan 29 to Jan 30 with various hosts and topics including Lincoln's life.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church hosted a gathering at the parsonage at 2:30 PM with President Miss Clara Huber leading hymn singing and prayers. A letter from Veda Stryker praised Christmas gifts and community work at Allen Home in Nashville NC, as the business session featured the study from What Next in Home Missions and enigma games.
An understudy asserts responsibility for only half of duties, citing guidance from Rey 1. Smith. The dispute centers on role expectations and completion of tasks, with no further details provided on outcomes or resolutions.
The column lampoons a pessimist who argues that maternal instinct is dying as Mrs The Lark, a convicted sister in law and mother of eleven, instructs her lawyer not to pursue a new trial. He then pivots to a jab about cruisers and the need for new dress suits to avoid another surprise by Queen Marie.
A noon address by Rev. Jeambey at the Presbyterian church inspires students. A big pep meeting in the gym, prize high light, and mock city renditions precede the Otumwa game Friday night. Students prepare a special train for the team and boosters.
A local message extols unity and cooperation with Three Musketeers spirit to aid public welfare. It argues neighbors helping each other builds stronger communities and requests cooperation for public improvements. The Galveston sea wall is described as seven and a half miles long and seventeen feet high with a base of sixteen feet and a top width of feet.
John Gilbert comments on Theodore Roberts as the standout for a scene in The Masks of the Devil a Moro Goldwyn Mayer production arriving Monday at the Fox Theatre. Directors Seastrom and casting discuss Roberts mastery of expressive cigar acting in the film noted as his return to cinema after two and a half years.
Leatrice Joy stars as a London society daughter in a savage tropic quest to find her kidnapped son. Vignola frames an erupting volcano epic with mass scenes of over a thousand natives at a Pagan Temple. Cast includes Lena Malena George Barraud Henry Sedley and Albert Valentino.
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