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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1928
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Frank Leffler and family spent the weekend in Waterloo visiting their daughter Averil Leffler who will be remembered here. The note mentions good music and a dance after the circus at Berdo's with D F Maon as auctioneer in Washington Iowa and a Wash ington phone line.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Hayes, and Misses Mable and Eva Godwin with Charles Godwin, traveled to Camp Dodge to visit their brother Harold.
Rev H G C Hallock relates a Chinese creation myth taught to Shanghai schoolchildren. Pan Ku, born of yin and yang, grows six feet a day for 18,000 years, then dies to form mountains seas and all living things. He makes sun and moon appear by invoking them and secures 51 levels of heaven and hell before Nu Ku seals the final seal.
Business wind down notice asks all debtors to settle at Washington National Bank. White Yard Co. liquidation address referenced.
Richard Barthelmess stars in The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come at the Fox, a film adaptation of John Fox Jr.’s Civil War tale. Molly O’Day returns as the leading lady with a strong supporting cast including Doris Dawson Claude Gillingwater Martha Mattox Nelson McDowell Victor Patel and others in a period drama praised as a notable screen achievement.
A lively review suggests this film is Marion Davies' best and delivers nonstop humor. Emmett Pap Lynn leads a touring musical troupe of 20 after a 10 week River View Park Des Moines run and returns to stage with a strong crowd.
Gilmer Texas William Connor denied use of his car for a few weeks after finding a blue birds nest under the hood of his idle vehicle Two eggs were in the nest and the mother bird hovered nearby Connor allowed the bird exclusive use of the car until the eggs hatched and the offspring could leave the nest.
Reno Nevada continues to draw couples seeking divorce as a long recognized center, with many disputes ending in the divorce process amid the postwar period. Local courts and facilities handle rising numbers of filings and settlements, highlighting Reno's enduring role in dissolving marriages.
United States Department of Commerce reports Nevada registered 1,953 divorces in 1927, up 932 or 91.3 percent from 1926. Reno figures not listed. Bashoe county where Reno sits granted 1,603 divorces, up over 100 percent with a $47 gain.
A woman calls salesmen by their first names when their wives want them on the line. Mary lifts the receiver to hear a sweet voice asking for Henry and she announces it, summoning the big boss to the phone.
Ellen, a diligent four year old, persuades her parents to visit the Copley Plaza for tea on a Sunday afternoon. A polite waiter presents a large menu as she requests an ice cream cone, breaking the hotel’s record.
A student Grover grows discontent with Latin English and drill while a columnist argues that college should build mental discipline and breadth of view rather than specific plans. The piece contrasts expectations with chance and notes engineering student Brown as an example who diverged from early plans to become a bank president.
A fragment recalls Mary’s early days as a stenographer and her awkward moment during imitation of senior colleagues. The passage hints at workplace dynamics and humor from a bygone era.
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