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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1929

Page

6

Seventeenth House Leads Lillie to Unexpected Help

Lillie tries selling Floff's Faultless Flowers door to door on a tough street ending at the grand eighteenth house of Mrs. Lawrence. After harsh words at the Derry residence she meets the elegant benefactor who hosts tea and conversation. The encounter lifts her spirits and brings daily flowers to her sick husband.

Lillie Moffat Derry D. J. Derry David Daniel Lillie John Henry Floff Mrs. Lawrence Lille

Spain Debates Columbus Lineage and Origin Claims

A Madrid contest and Seville Berlin studies spark a debate over Columbus heritage. Spanish scholars push that Columbus hailed from Galicia or from Spain itself and even suggest Jewish ancestry, citing Inquisition records and translations as proof.

Spain Columbus Seville Berlin America Madrid Isabella Ferdinand Genoa Altamira Humboldt Galicia John Andreas Colon Annals of the Inquisition Christopher Columbus Ferdinand and Cristobal Colon Porto Santo Colon Ano

Bitterfield Plans Reforestation After Coal Depletion

The Bitterfield municipal forest sits above vast lignite veins to be mined by surface methods. To keep a city forest, authorities decide large areas will be replanted after coal exhaustion, noting German pines and firs grow rapidly and a forest will reemerge in about 25 years.

Bitterfield Germany

Community social notes cover clubs and birthdays

The society column details gatherings at the Lin ger longer and Fern Cliff clubs with guests, leader changes, and plans for achievement day. It notes July birthdays Sara Nickarsorm Irma Waggoner Myrtle Waggoner and park picnic arrangements, plus various hostess duties and future meetings across Kensington, Prosperity, Snowball Social, Give and Take, Epworth League, Friendship, U and I, and other groups with members and guests listed.

Fern Cliff 44 Club Velma Stafford Frappe Sara Nickarsorm Irma Waggoner Myrtle Waggoner Irmas Fred Jones Sara Wm. Patmian Earl Zook Wm. Putman I*red Jos and Everette Dorothy Boetty Virgil Earls Maxine Seth Waggoner

Ward Family Plans Two Week Eastward Vacation

Mr and Mrs Halie Ward and son James along with Mrs Ida Wood plan a morning departure for a vacation trip to the east They will visit Halies sisters Mrs Ray Ahrenfelt in Waukesha Wisconsin and Mrs Orville Phern in Chicago before touring relatives in New York and Niagara Falls and expect to be away two weeks.

Halie Ward James Ida Wood Ray Ahrenfelt Waukesha Wis Orville Phern Chicago New York Niagara Falls

Future Corrumption On praetiertivy one day yields record meat stock

A note in the archival fragment mentions a vast quantity of smeat in cold storage forecasting a future event. The text suggests one day could see a million pounds stored, highlighting concerns about supply and preservation.

Pythian Sisters Hold Regular Meeting and Local Notices

Regular meeting of Pythian Sisters set for Tuesday July 16 all interested invited. Miss Huppert gift to Shanghani China due at Nicola Harmo store by Saturday July 13. Miss Moninger sails July 22. Booster club to meet with Mrs Sem Neil Tuesday evening July 16. Jackson town meeting at Salem House Lakight aang agreed Wednesday July 17. Home talent minstrel welcomes all. Sunshine Community club hosts Mrs John Krause July 17 with roll call on acts of kindness received.

Epworth League Hadith Elear 625 Nove Mienic Wilbur Quinn Pansy Hill Epworth League Room Ruth Wilson Helen Helwick Josphine Catherine Janetril Pythian Sisters Miss Huppert Shanghani China Nicola & Harmon Miss Moninger Sem Neil Jackson Townef Up Parm Bureau Salem House Sunshine ‘Community ‘Club John Krause

Royal Neighbors Meet in M W A Hall Tuesday

The Royal Neighbors will hold their regular meeting in M W A hall Tuesday at 7 39. The FE O W club will meet with Mrs Jos Maxwell Tuesday afternoon with roll call at two.

M. W. A. Hall FE. O W Jos Maxwell

Polish and French Planes Leave Paris for New York Today

The Polish and French crew of Question Mark prepare to fly to New York with a route via the Azores and Halifax. Rene Rancover, manager of the flight, says the plane will land at Roosevelt Field on Long Island after a 45 hour hoped-for crossing.

Paris New York United Press Kubela Lindbergh United States Idvikowsky U.P Costes-Bellonte Roosevelt Field L. I Rene Rancover Rancover Azores Halifax

Columbus Lodges Install Officers

Columbus Junction July 13 joint meeting installed officers for the I O O F and Rebekah lodges. Milo Arthur and Mrs M Reed served as installing officers for the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs respectively.

Columbus Junction Rebekah Fred Curtis Noble Grand Ernest Wagner Harold Sehabilion William Gabriel J. E. Lukins S. A. Dwinell A. A. Jean George Bonnichsen Edward Tisor John Sharp Chester Lavery A. M. Sheridan Merle Shabilion Ada Lewis Futh George Ora Simors Rechael Sink Lydia Shellabarger Florence Walker Ethel Gabriel Minnie Henson Jessie Lee Myrtle Jennings Nora Davis Pearl Leonhart Maud Dwinell Milo Arthur Odd Fellows M. Reed Rebekahs

Lexington L A Ss Meet With Timmins and Tipton

The Lexington L A Ss will meet July 18 with Mabel Timmins and tertrude Tipton serving. Lizzie Youne Mabel Patterson and Lela Freel will have charge of the entertainment.

Lexington L. A. Ss Mabel Timmins Tertrude Tipton Lizzie Youne Mabel Patterson Lela Freel

Billie Dove Stars in Careers First National Vitaphone

Billie Dove is praised as a rising screen star for her singing and talking sequences in Careers at the Fox Theatre. The First National Vitaphone feature directed by John Dillon features an exceptional supporting cast including Antonio Moreno Noah Beery Carmel Myers Thelma Todd Robert Frazer and others.

Billie Dove Fox Theatre John Dillon Miss Dove Antonio Moreno Noah Beery Carmel Myers Thelma Todd Robert Frazer Robert Schable Sojin Holmes Herbert Robert T. Haines Andre de Segurola Kithney Craufurd Kent Vitaphone

Unusual Mystery Film With Clive Brook Irene Rich Opens Monday

The Graham Theatre presents The Perfect Crime an FBO production directed by Bert Glennon starring Clive Brook and Irene Rich. A renowned criminologist bored with easy solvability plots a perfect crime to prove it possible. The tale by William LeBaron based on Israel Zangwill’s The Big Bow Mystery features a cast including Tully Marshall Gladys McConnell Carroll Nye and Edmund Breese.

Graham Theatre FBO Clive Brook Irene Rich Bert Glennon Man Ynan William LeBaron Israel Zangwill Tully Marshall Gladys McConnell Carroll Nye Edmund Breese Ethel Wales James Farley Phil Gastrock

Man on Horseback Killed by Lightning

Fort Dodge reports lightning killed Hugh Chesling aged 26 on a farm near town. He rode a horse when the bolt struck, killing both him and the horse instantly.

Fort Dodge Hugh Chesling Here

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Lawrence Ame Wowan Iowa Lowe Ter Sederelterstate Marion Laughlin C. D. Booth West Chester Farm Bureau Niffenegeer Lemsey Francis Esther Booth Winifred Carris Kensington Club George Carson Ainsworth George Marr Odd Fellows Wall Glen Me Walter Kyle Walter Smith Marjorie Warlan O'Loughlin Howard Metal W. A. Philips Harold Clegg Everett Stewart Bills Frame Dale Frame Wayne Norman Friendship Club Ben Fitzgerald Warren Donaldson Nellie Juzeler Holmes Kleinberg Miss Peterson Lydia Gideon Fred Bey U and I Club Amos Weaver Jugenheimer Boileau Herman Clare Shulty Columbus Lodges Critics Hall
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