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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1930
Page
7
A United Press report notes a wave of contests from tree sitting to bicycle marathons across cities as youths chase endurance records. In West Chester Iowa a town council meeting is set for August 4 to discuss expenditures while the fad continues with many youths taking part and others tiring of the spectacle.
In Chicago on July 18 Jacqueline Sterling, 6, claimed the world’s youngest tree sitter title for her baby brother Clark, 11 months, after repeatedly hoisting him into a limb hammock for a day with refueling bottles sent up. Oak Park youths joined relays and a bicycle scatter challenge, warranting playful attention.
Kansas City reports Bill Kearney, age ten, who says he is the premier tree straddler, now shows less interest in the title. He plans an aviation career, spends days drawing flying machine models as wind rustles his tree and its branches. He estimates 186 hours of simulated flight.
In Sweetwater Texas on July 18 a man known as Buck Swayer began selling advertising space on a tree’s limbs. What started as an ordinary tree two hours earlier has become a grotesque showcase for merchants with billboards sprouting from the branches.
Directory listing of community services and professionals including Dr O F Boller at 21944 West Wash St, Jones Funeral Home near Library, Sherman Funeral Home, W F Jurging & Son roofing and sheet metal, John W Applegate real estate, R C Ferguson insurance, and a note inviting professionals to join the Journal's Daily Who's Who.
Seth Periis led a field of over twenty tree sitters in Des Moines with an endurance flight that kept him in a tree more than 90 hours near the municipal airport. He advertised at a dollar each as part of his protest.
In Monroe on July 18 one dozen boys and two kittens remained in trees supervised by three was seated sitters. The kittens caused nuisance with yowling and occasional falls from the tree. In Elkhart Wisconsin on July 18 Junior Dunham, nine, fell from a tree while attempting a tree sitting record and broke his arm narrowly missing a refueling open.
In Longport Indiana on July 18 a mother cut a switch from the tree Todd Jones had spent 20 hours in and forced him down to illustrate how a limb feels when he sits on it versus when it sits on him.
William Rose aged 45, superintendent of the mechanical department at the Newton Daily News, died here from injuries suffered in a June 30 automobile accident. He is survived by his widow and one son.
Lincoln Neb July 18 Senator George W Norris senior Nebraska senator lost his bid to block a rival George W Norris from the Republican senatorial primary ballot. Secretary of State Frank Marsh dismissed objections saying the filing arrived after the deadline. Norris and supporters warn of voter confusion and may pursue civil action or run as an independent.
Maury Graham will ride the airmail again tonight as mourners scatter his ashes in the mountains where a blizzard claimed his life six months ago. His body was recovered near Cedar City Utah and flown to Los Angeles by Jimmy James and Fred W. Kelly, two of his closest friends.
This afternoon simple funeral services will be held by Masonic and military organizations. Kelly will pilot the regular night airmail plane from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City and will carry the urn. The ashes will be scattered over the mountains where Graham died during his last attempt to deliver mail, now a landscape of green hills.
John G. Lutz of San Antonio credits Herbine with ending years of stomach misery after World War II. The Alamo Post No. 2 service officer says the remedy restored his appetite and stopped back pains. Sold by Lemmons Pharmacy.
Proponents in Tokyo submitted a bill at the Imperial Diet session to prohibit marriages of persons with hereditary diseases. The move reflects ongoing eugenics policy efforts in the era.
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