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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1929

Page

6

Society Notes Highlight Local Club Gatherings

The Cedar Circle 4H met at the Patterson home with twelve members and two visitors. Helen joined as a new member. Christian church women held a business meeting at the church planning a fall festival dinner and a bazaar on November 27. The Washington order hosted a quilting party with eleven attendees ahead of a ceremonial visit by Mrs. Bartlett of Nelsonville. The Washington country club social season featured a large party with twocourse dinner, local and outoftown guests, and dancing to a public performance.

Cedar Circle Martha Esther Patterson Helen Ladies and Society of the Christian Church Mert King Clare Nicholson Fehhurch Claud Tucker P. E. P Roll Kolah Club Charles Jackson Helen Jackson John Jackson Ruth Speide Ed Jackson 7. W. Hunter Washington White Shrine Clark Pulver Keota Order Margartlett Nelsonsville Ohio C. G. Schmoeller Fred Reid Earl Bickford Addie Shannon Kansas City Amos Durst D. W. Dayton A. Dickerson Lawrence’ Wilson Bfcw Lorte Roy Means Burlington Walterstone Mike Robinson Harvey Shultz Leonard Swartz Mr. McHugh L. P. Lupto Stone LeRoy Pratt Carl Edith Roileau Earl Limerman Minneapolis John Springer Marth Palo Alto Cal Faye Frown Raymond Condit Pueblo Colorado Fred Hardy Winter Set Joe Shaver Corpus Christi A E. Rankin Jerry Voorhis J. W. Fitzpatrick Chicago

Palmer Foley Wedding in New York

Miss Eva Ruth Palmer daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Palmer of Washington and James Foley of New York City wed this morning in New York. Miss Palmer has worked in Washington for seven years with the government while attending a business college at night. She graduated in 1922 from Washington High School and later from Ft Madison Business College, also completing a further business college course in Washington DC.

Eva Ruth Palmer Everett Palmer Washington James Foley New York City New York

Rooster Club Meeting Notified With Mrs Sam Neil

Announcements say the Rooster club will meet with Mrs Sam Neil on Tuesday afternoon in July. The note lists a date string July s 126 and provides no further details.

Rooster Club Sam Neil

Coastal floods drown 100 near Trebizond

An unconfirmed dispatch reported 100 people drowned at Trebizond due to coastal floods after forty hours of cloudbursts. Many villages were demolished.

Berlin Constantinople Vorwaerts Trebizond

Tribune plane to resume its flight

Chicago reports the Amphibian Antin, damaged by ice in Ungava bay, expected to resume its Berlin flight today. Dispatches from Wood, with pilots Rob and Parker Cramer, said an ice jam punctured a hole in the hull. Weather favorable for the leg from Port Urwell to Mount Evans, Greenland.

Chicago Ungava Bay Chiease Tribune Berlin Tribune Robert Gast Wood Rob Parker Cramer Bowler Ford Port Urwell Mount Evans Greenland

Building Removed to Clear Lincoln Highway Bridge Site

Logan July 12 A building used as a city editorium blocked the Lincoln highway site for a new overhead bridge. The building will be moved to a location in the business district.

Logan Lincoln Highway

Des Moines Officials Warn of No General Speed Law

City solicitor says Des Moines lacks a general speed limit law while urging caution against dangerous driving. Police and city departments prepare to enforce an old ordinance if needed amid traffic concerns.

Des Moines U.R

Monkey escape at Des Moines park sparks monkey hunt

Des Moines park reports a local escape by a monkey named Jocko from a cage near the ramp, sending keepers and visitors into a crowd search. The animal reportedly moved through trees around the park as authorities attempted to recapture it.

Des Moines Park Des Moines Jocko Rampus

Quarantine In Arizona Camp Over Spinal Meningitis

In Safford Graham mountains a lumber camp remains under strict quarantine after six deaths from a mysterious brain fever. Initial diagnoses cited brain fever for Heber Connelly, with spinal meningitis later identified as the cause. No new cases reported in days as officials seek to halt spread.

Safford Ariz Graham Mountains Heber Connelly Connelly

Local Notices and Family Travel Highlights

Names and movements of local residents appear with visits to Davenport and Fairmont Minnesota. Mrs Cloyee Pringle's funeral in Davenport is noted with family attendance. The piece lists school teachers, visits to Lake city, and trips by Cor related households including Wing Lang families and planned travel to Buffalo Center and Land Falls Baptists.

Frank Pringle Leland Burl Tro Washington J Carris Jenniend William Fitzgerald Keota Davenport Cloyee Pringle Matt Juda St. Louis Juda Spies W. ‘T. Carson Dill Boileau Nhere Rey

Farmer Dies After Runaway Cultivator Accident Near Greenfield

Greenfield Indiana July 12 1949 farmer T T Jones aged 66 fled northeast of Greenfield when a cultivator was hitched to a tractor and driven by his son ran away it fell on him he died almost instantly in the field Authorities reported the incident as a fatal runaway cultivate accident on the farm near Greenfield.

Greenfield T. T. Jones Deam

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