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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1929

Page

4

Autogiro arrival heralds new model in aviation

Town City Tuesday displayed thirty to forty airplanes, showing a growing variety of designs and capacities. The piece notes an upcoming autogiro, a vertical rising craft by a Spaniard, and quotes its inventor as aiming to land on small spaces. It predicts rapid development and public anticipation for this new flying machine.

Town City Frank Miller Frank Muscatine Pheatrne-Clerva Autogiro Co Amer Sears Heaven Earth

Travelling Down Past No 10 June 28 192

The narrative follows Leona Allen Mrs Manton Hebner and Mrs Orville Elder touring east in a letter style account. Brattleboro appears as a high point where Mrs Black hospitality and her daughter Alice a nurse provided home comforts and a generous capid home for fourteen guests.

Xote Mustes Roma Leona Allen Manton Hebner Orville Elder Brattleboro

Vermont Visit Foretells Rustic Brattleboro Hospitality

The writer recalls a Beattieboro Vermont stay at 60 Green Street with HL Black and daughter, enjoying land strawberry short cake, homemade biscuits, and hearty meals. They contrast Brattleboro as Rudyard Kipling’s long-time home, visit a random beauty shop, observe locals, and note maple sugar, corn on the cob, and Canadian conversations. The journey details rain, a shrinking hat, mislaid toothpaste, and soaking travel gear amid lively chatter about Canada and Geneva.

Green Street Beattleboro Vermont Liles HL. P. Black Brattleboro Rudyard Kipling Engels Mrs. Black Quebec A J Canada Tome

Weather Forecaster Gets Grin as Rain Bypasses County

In a lighthearted note, the writer praises Dr. A. W. Clow for using track experience to beat the shower at Grinnell while farmers lament the unseasonable rain. Mrs. Ellen Krause, front office head at the Journal, correctly predicted the rain would miss their area around five thirty yesterday, prompting playful ribbing of the weatherman.

Colhlotig A. W. Clow Grinnell Ellen Krause Journal

The Lady in the front office storm note

The editor stood in the front office last evening before the storm in a distressed mood as her father neared departure. To comfort her, the piece recalls a hopeful line about rains and roads ahead while noting the day roads will be paved and she will be alive.

Livingston Speaks at Harvard Law Class Graduation

The Harvard Law School graduation speech, delivered by Livingston, argues that urbanization and national economic ties require cautious judicial reform. He cites the American Law Institute and President Hoover’s Commission on Law Enforcement to support a national, rather than local, perspective on legal problems.

Livingston Harvard American Law Institute Hoovier Commission On Law Enforcement

Hitch Hiking From The Far West Adventure

A travel narrative recounts hitchhiking from the Grand Canyon area toward Flagstaff. The author describes surreal canyon views and a bucket hoax that yields a kind road wisdom from a rough, work-hunting father and son trio, illustrating grit, motion, and pursuit of jobs across a wide Western landscape.

Unanswered Question on Workers’ Paths and Fateful Endings

A reflective piece ponders the toll of relentless labor and the uncertain outcomes for those who toil wherever opportunity arises. It contemplates the lives spent in strenuous work and the ultimate endings that may follow such striving.

Missionary society program and Presbyterian gathering summarized

The Baptist church Young Woman's Missionary society hosted a Burma themed program with songs, skits, and reports by Doris Field Faulkner, Ross Jones, Carol Fury, and Wilma Walker, followed by a nominating report and plans for a picnic. Congregants also attended a Presbyterian social with devotions on Esther led by Mrs. Harry Dye, a talk by Dr. F W Eastwood on Egypt, and entertainment by Mrs. Briley, ending with refreshments.

Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church Burma Harpe Dorisos Alice Betty Virginia Payne Wilma Walker Doris Field Faulkner Ross Jones Carol Fury India Sunset Trail Ruth Lemley Lake Anderson Doris Fields Lenora Minick Bess Jones Nelle Wylia Inez Sharpe Grace Lyon John Little Will Louise Little Ine Sharpe Presbyterian Social Lydia Juzeler Re TL. McGugin Harry, Dye F. W. Eastwood A. Owen United Presbyterian Field Egypt

Woman Relief and Pythian Sisters Hold Meetings

Announcements show regular meetings for the Woman Relief group and Pythian Sisters next Saturday at 2 30 pm. West Chester groups including Harmony club and Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church plan Wednesday gatherings with hosts Mrs James Swift and Mrs J D Dayton. refreshments arranged by Mrs ater Mrs Dan Rohrer. Knights of Pythias set install and welcome offices by order of local officials.

Woman Relief Cony Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church West Chester J.D. Dayton Ater Dan

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