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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1928
Page
3
Homestead Farm dispatches from Alvin C. Hasty cover local farming life in Iowa. Notes include crop prospects near Wellman and Muscatine counties, livestock markets, and community happenings with sketches of farms, the Hanley home, and neighbors.
Mrs. J. M. Beal, 66, from Pomeroy Ohio, crafted a quilt of 14 572 pieces. The project recalls Josephs Coat of Many Colors and follows an old county fair challenge begun when she was 15. The quilt used 20 spools of thread.
Spy Henry Crawford displays four alligators about five inches long in Kinston. He says the gators hatched from eggs laid under a hen on a Pamlico County farm after finding a nest weeks ago.
At Connersville Indiana a circus buffalo broke an inch-thick rope and roamed the farming area causing damaged flower beds gardens and fences. cowboy Won tana Red captured the animal with a lariat after it escaped.
At Iowa City the sixth annual Commonwealth conference of the University of Iowa closed amid debate on prohibition farm relief and the Hoover Smith matchup. Political scientists from 31 colleges predicted parties are waning as opinion makers and favored Hoover or Smith as the likeliest candidates.
The Third Baptist Church, among the city’s largest, was gutted by a blaze last night near the theater district just before prayer meeting. The fire threatened nearby theaters and hotels as crews fought the flames.
Des Moines July 12 promotions in the Iowa National Guard were announced by Adjutant General William J. Bailey. The list includes Major Wilbur F. Casey Clarinda. Second Lieutenants W. V. Clausen Mason City and Max 10 Griffiths Des Moines. First Lieutenant Sergt. Wart A. Jinkinson Sheldon. Second Lieut Ed Fackler Jr. Corning. Captains Ed Davis Waterloo and others.
Morris M. Titterington, Brooklyn inventor of aviation devices used to improve flight safety, died when his plane crashed into a mountain near Snyders Pa. Passenger Lucretia Percy Andrews also was killed. Poor visibility contributed to the accident.
Frederick Maryland cleared debris after a three hour storm that dumped hail as large as eggs, flooded streets two feet deep, damaged the Masonic temple and civy mills, shattered windows, toppled trees crushed cars and killed poultry.
A Battle Creek physician says constipation causes great misery and introduces Rexall Orderlie tablets. The remedy draws water into the colon to soften waste for a gentle natural movement, selling 24 tablets for 25 cents at the Reaves Zexali Drug Store.
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