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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1924
Page
7
Unemployment in the occupied Ruhr persists despite accords with French authorities and German industrialists. Rich Germans, previously seen as indifferent to suffering, now help feed the hungry by providing at least one substantial meal daily as municipal relief struggles to cope.
Radio Digest lists tomorrow’s schedule by station from KDKA to WWJ. Times cover dinner concerts children's shows talks orchestras and recitals across major markets including KDKA KHJ KPO WEAF WGN WLW WJAZ WIZ and WWJ with late-night dance music and Millrose results.
West Chester reports a mix of visits and travels from residents including Dal Shaffer visiting sisters, Relendes Wood returning from Wayland, and J P Dayton visiting Rev W H Dillon in Washington. Local Mr Wood to attend Mt Pleasant College. Miss King of Bloomfield will replace Wood. Community events include a Sunday school social, Stock for Chicago shipment, and remodel plans for the old opera house now a produce house.
Mrs John Koch traveled to Keota to care for a sick mother. Sadie Miller has been ill for two weeks. Ballards of Pleasant Plain visited Wil Miller. Ode Ferguson spent the weekend with Rob Ferguson in West Chester. Golla Miller and baby visited Ben Miller. John Orris shipped two carloads of cattle to Chicago. A large crowd attended Henry Witting sale. Clem Edgar visited Will McBride. John McCall and Jim Long were passengers for Washington.
Iowa tax official Lars Bladine warns that a federal excess profits tax could hurt small grain elevator and livestock companies more than large corporations. He notes tiny towns with similar plants would bear heavier burdens, risking farm-related enterprises while big firms offset costs through capital. Bladine cites GOP and administration doubts about restoring the 1917 1918 law.
Weekley home hosts H S club and families for a Friday evening gathering. George Brown visits Asa Harters. Harters to move to Graham farm near No 21 school. Hopsing families visit Hesseltines. Cox and McGatlin ship hogs for Farmers Union. Myall farewell social planned as they move to town.
The Misses Hazel Smith of Washington and Pauline Smith of Mt Pleasant visited here Saturday evening and attended the basketball game. The American Legion entertained business men at Legion Hall in honor of Edwin Chris singer who plans to leave seeking a new location.
The Iowa Draft Horse Breeders association will hold its annual meeting in Ames on Jan 30 during the Iowa State college farmers short course. Wayne Dinsmore of Chicago, former Iowan and secretary of the Horse Association of America, will speak and report on dynamometer experiments by Iowa State professors measuring a draft horse pulling power. A small for sale ad will follow.
Clayte Allen family loads household goods in Brighton and departs for Des Moines to start a new life. Friends host a Thursday farewell party with homemade treats as the Home Community Club plans activities and a nutrition lesson in Ames. Relatives visit from Belknap and Washington while Mrs Gowey is buried in Pleasant Plain.
Saturday evening Ainsworth girls defeated Olds with a score of 16 to 11 in a basketball game. The readout notes the Ainsworth team led and secured the win on the road.
Even as his father may seek the presidency, John Coolidge keeps daily life normal by hanging wash at the Coolidge home near Plymouth Vermont. Neighbors observe routine tasks amid national attention on the presidential speculation.
Legal notices warn F. H. Smith and August Thomann defendants in two cases. One seeks a $709.33 claim plus interest for goods sold and attached lands and credits. outcome pending March 2 1924 term. The other details joint owners of multiple tracts in sections 19 30 14 and Riverside with partition, sale, and lien provisions. default leads to decree at the February to March 1924 term starting March 17 1924.
In Montevideo on January 28, Dr Balrasca Brum former Uruguayan president dueled with Minister of War Revera. No injuries were reported as the confrontation stemmed from Brum’s newspaper attacks.
Miss Christabel Pankhurst daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst famed for British suffrage will address the Waterloo Bible conference on February 17. She has assisted her mother in suffrage work and now promotes world peace through her activism.
An aggressive early 20th century ad touts Kellogg's All Bran as the cure for chronic constipation. It boasts guaranteed relief or money back, endorsments by doctors, and versatility in meals while urging every family member to eat two tablespoonfuls daily. Manufactured in Battle Creek and sold by grocers, hotels, and clubs.
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