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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1928

Page

5

The Bride's Gown

Lou Andrus helps a starving girl named Helen Jones prepare a wedding dress in a wintry New England room. The elderly companion sews with revived skill, arranging a wedding with Will Trent while imagining a past romance. The act of kindness deepens Lou's happiness and seals a lasting memory.

OU Andrus Lou Mrs. Clark Eben Gray Bessie Burns Lou Andrus Helen Jones Jones Helen Mrs. Howard Will Trent Will

Country Doctor Passing Down Road to Oblivion

The piece notes rural doctors are vanishing as one-third of small towns lost physicians in a decade. Dr. William Alen Pusey argues high medical education costs deter rural students and rural districts cannot pay current service prices. Improved highways may lessen rural medical access concerns.

Shay William Alen Pusey American Medical Association American Mercury Doctor Pusey Pusey Terre Haute

Treat Coal Not as Fuel but as a Raw Material

Basil Miles notes Europe shifts coal from fuel to raw material in scientific circles. Germany advances to liquid fuel from coal with Bergius process. dye trusts and big mines form Rheno Westphalian group supported by Tar Improvement to fund Merseburg factory and a 4 million mark capital venture.

Europe Basil Miles International Chamber of Commerce Germany German Dye Trust Merseburg Tar Improvement Company

The Cat Sees Dilemma Over Love and Wealth

A highbrow woman frets to a friend about living with a man she deems intellectually inferior. The friend offers a blunt plan: keep quiet so he never learns the truth, avoiding hurtful knowledge.

Starry

Ainsworth community notices and visits update

Mrs. Fannie Buchwalter of Riverside visits Washington with relatives. The Will family and friends in Ainsworth host and travel to events in Washington. Local residents like Doyle Schachner and Jasin Grinstead visit, while hospital updates and mail routes change noting Clyde Kieper’s return to service.

Ainsworth Iowa R. KR Fannie Buchwalter Riverside Starkwood Washington Lou Woodhotse Donald Stakenold Freda Dana T. H. Will Floyd Schachner Doyle West Chester Banor Mr. Schachner Jasin Grinstead Will Brown Pearson Brown County Cylde Kieper Toward Stewart Pifer Clarkwood Wood T. H. Willard Raymond

Thames River Names Through History

The Thames has borne many names across eras. In invasion-era Britain it was Tamesis, later Tamesa in some texts, Thamis in Saxon times, and above Oxford the river is often called the Isis.

Caesar Britain Thames England Tamesis Tamesa Thamis Oxford Isis

Local Social Roundup in Dublin Iowa January

Dublin Iowa residents share a busy week with visits to Washington and Wellman. Families such as Engre Wright Entice Seethout Robertson Little and Mayer attend gatherings at neighbors homes and farms while moving arrangements shift at the Glenn Little and John Wehr properties.

Dublin Iowa Doc Engre Pearl Robertson Haze Little Dutch Creek Crater C. L. Page Jessie Roy Near Wellian Howard Iron Home Jake Seethout Sikke Hhrewer Washington Witt Taylor Paul Harvey Joner Brown Jim Brown Montane Howard Glenn Little John Wehr Willie Robetson Littles Ward McCutcheon Ray Wells Nick Tinnes Nick Tines Mt Keotu Helen Wolfe Cleo Earl Robertson Roscoe

Wolfe Bros and Geo Reigzhard Summer Butchering Event

A fragment notes Wolfe Bros and Geo Reigzhard conducting their summer butchering toil on a burning evening, indicating a local meat processing activity. The text is incomplete but points to a regional farm or community operation.

Wolfe Bros Geo. Reigzhard

Directors Meeting Attendance Noted In Wellston

Howard Manfold and Nick Tina attended a director's meeting in Wellston yesterday, with Roscoe Robertson and his daughter present.

Howard Manfold Nick Tina Wellston Roscoe Robertson

Temples Observe Saturday Washington Era Outing

Merle reports Washington events as Ernie Temples and Mrs Temples attended Jake Southout's outing yesterday evening at Jake Southout's.

Merle Washington Mrs Ernie Temples Jake ‘Soethout’s

Boasting Workers Often Overstate Their Efforts

A New Orleans States critique notes many men in town boast of hard and efficient work while about 97 percent of it is merely conversation, suggesting much claimed effort is overstated.

New Orleans

Danger in High Place

The quote from William Pern reflects on how ambition draws the strongest winds of fortune, warning that the tallest trees and most ambitious men face the greatest peril from sudden changes and powerful forces.

William Pern

Relief from Gas Stomach Pains and Dizziness

Advert says 90 percent of sickness from stomach troubles and promotes Tanlac as relief for gas bloating dizziness and digestive woes. It claims Mirvena Bowers of Topeka Kansas improved with Tanlac, and offers money back if no help.

Tanlac Mirvena Bowers Dack St Topeka Kans Vaniae

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