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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1930
Page
8
Ten years ago Jessie Kerr and Capitola Brindley visited friends in Sigourney. Also mentioned are a new Konjola shipment and favorable results from the medicine. An Oh Boy root beer promotion is cited as a value item. Weather notes predict partly cloudy conditions with possible local showers tonight and Sunday.
The school board rejected all remodeling bids as over the $10 000 limit and let a $1 870 contract to F M Meltz Cedar Rapids for a new asbestos roof to be completed before September. Plans called for converting the second floor assembly into five classrooms and adding another first floor room plus improved toilets and ventilation.
Miss Ida Roberts departed yesterday for Colorado Springs after visiting at the Carl Roberts home in town. Miss Alice Eighme of Shannon City, Iowa, a student at Iowa University, spends the weekend with her cousin Orville Elcher. Jess Neff of Wayland was a shopper and caller today. Henry Pailey of Pittsburgh and his brother-in-law Hiene Escher are due home this afternoon from Sheboygan and Chicago where they spent two days on business, traveling by air.
Burlington Ia July 19UP Seeks relief from heat George Roscum Jr of Burlington was drowned yesterday in a sand pit at Gladstone Il.
Kansas City observers watched Bill Kearnely end a 216 hour 30 minute rooftop protest over environmental policy. He descended from his perch amid cheers, aiming to take a bath as his main goal.
Johnny Lasche, 16, from Waterloo, shot a 72 to lead Dr. Paul Barton of Davenport by one stroke after 18 holes at Sunnyside Country Club Waterloo. Barton posted 73 as both players traded small leads with par-shooting rounds and no player held more than a one-up edge.
Seventeen cars on a Chicago St. Paul and Omaha freight train derailed seven miles south of Sibley Louisiana yesterday. The train crew escaped uninjured.
Valley Junction July 7. C George Viasis, a cobbler, started selling fireworks outside his shop to boost business. A passing motorist threw a lit firecracker onto the display, causing $150 in losses. Viasis plans to read the Classified Ads for repairs and probable replacements.
A coroner's jury found Donald Sabin a student pilot killed in an airplane crash in Fort Dodge last Wednesday died of accidental death. Witnesses testified to the crash before the jury. Funeral services for Sabin were held yesterday.
Local page notes include advertisements for Amos and Andy on page 8 and a stream of small items. C O Dayton recovers from illness enough to sit up, Marion George undergoes appendectomy recovery, and Helen W Levis finishes six weeks of summer study before returning home. Dorothea Thompson visits via Balsam Lake and Corydon weekend travel is noted.
Deputy clerk of court Miss Alta Wyse plans a trip tonight to Chicago for a week or ten days. She will stay with friends Veda Hyde and Mildred Matosh at the Gem City business college in Quincy Illinois where they were all students.
John Shebeck found walnut sized potatoes in old sprout piles in his basement. Mrs. H S Ward and daughter Charlotte plus Mrs. Catherine Null and Frances Louise returned from Clear Lake via Des Moines. Eldora visitors Hugh A Piper family, Helen McCord, Ruth Moore, and Terne Duncan group traveled from Garwin to Port Arthur. Mrs. H J McCreedy returned from Waterloo with Esther staying longer. Mrs. Richard Johnson drove to Moline Sterling with Edrice Vernon Nelson, Vernette returning from Sterling. Dave Letts aids Klein Clothing on last day of sale. Turner and Johnson families enjoyed a Capitol boat trip at Davenport, sponsored by Frigidaire for June buyers. Buchanan family returned from Iola Kansas after visiting friends and relatives.
Sioux City Iowa July 17 A woman claiming to be Del Rosa de Ricimal an Austrian countess was arrested on a charge of issuing worthless checks. She spoke five languages and said she came three years ago teaching languages in Elgin Nebraska. Police said she was seriously ill at arrest and they attributed it to hope she had taken medicine.
Three workmen were buried in a Chicago sewer collapse on the southwest side. Rescue crews extracted one survivor as two others died from smothering after tons of earth collapsed the weakened tunnel section. The men were not immediately identified.
Charges of arson filed against J. Isinger and R. Stein owners of Chicago Dye and Cleaning Works by deputy state fire marshal Frey W. Scharkenberget nes. Firemen and detectives say the building counters were soaked with gasoline after a blaze at the Cleaning works in Sioux City on May 16.
Publication from Sterling recounts George D Weeks 99th birthday and reopens claim for William Hughes as oldest Civil War veteran Hughes, 105 turning 106 December 14, is in good health and served in Company K Seventh Wisconsin infantry with four wounds.
Dr and Mrs H C H and daughters Catherine Jane and Henrietta with Betty Startsman niece of Dr Full traveled to Des Moines. Catherine Jane will visit Lake Okojobi for a week with a sorority sister then stop in Anamosa to see friend Mr and Mrs C W Startsman and Betty of Philadelphia. Mrs Startsman and Betty stay with her mother Mrs J H Hull. Mr Startsman returned by train.
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