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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1926
Page
8
Plorence Cunningham travels to Lincoln Nebraska for five weeks of summer school at the University of Nebraska. After classes end she will visit her sister Marjorie in Boulder Colorado for a short stay.
California imports offer two large 12 room houses within 3 blocks of the square and two farms six miles northwest of Washington with S A and 200 A terms. Prices start at 3006 dollars to move before values rise. See Washington Loan & Trust Co or 727 E. Washington St. Green. Duncan returns from Albia. Arnold visits Fairfield.
Walter Meek arrived from Detroit Michigan this morning and will spend several weeks vacationing at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs M R Meek.
Pro and Mrs. 0. J. Anderson arrived from Des Moines where they visited their daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Wallace drove from Iowa City to visit friends, and Mrs. Lyle Garey of Houston will stay with brother Carl Keck for several weeks. Numerous locals travel for visits, shopping, and illnesses are mentioned, with operas and trips to Chicago and Iowa City noted.
Coast Guardsmen reported six missing Miami residents on a small motor boat were found at Gun Key in the Bahamas forty three miles east of Miami. A seaplane carrying three people searched Florida keys and nearby Bahamian islands. The party included Ray Eaft man, son of B Kauffman, president of the Banker's Trust Company of Des Moines Iowa.
In Portland Oregon July 15 Mrs Ola Reich swam to a burning army air plane in the Willamette River and pulled Lieutenant Wm J Kraus from the wreckage despite warnings of an imminent explosion. Lieutenant Raymond P Parschall reached shore unaided. Kraus suffered severe burns and a broken leg while Reich aided him until shore.
Two armed men robbed the Pueckard Nash garage in Oskaloosa Iowa last night taking two male customers and a woman to the outskirts and locking them in a church They escaped in a stolen automobile and accessories. At 1 am the Standard Oil office was ransacked with $300 taken and police searched for the thieves.
Captain Girier and Lieutenant Cordilly departed Lebourget and landed at Omsk Siberia at 1 50 P M after traveling 2937 miles establishing a nonstop straight line flight record.
George Juff veteran athletic director of the University of Illinois submitted to a blood transfusion in a London hospital and was reported holding his own. A cablegram to his nephew and niece Mr and Mrs J F McManuz carried the news filed at 145 PM London time.
Mr and Mrs E A Frazey left their in law hosts Mr and Mrs Burham in Iowa City after a two week visit and traveled to Chicago for a brief stay before returning home to Detroit Michigan. Mrs J Rothscitch arrived from Iowa City to attend a country club party this afternoon and evening.
Dorothy Dillinger of Geneseo Illinois is spending a week of vacation at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Roe Dillinger in Washington.
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