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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1930
Page
3
A H Wray of New York sent his federal pension to the Confederate Soldiers Home in South Atlantic Georgia for 15 years. The annual total is 240 dollars. In recognition a committee has been formed to hang a plaque in the home library.
Semi annual financial summary by Marion S George treasurer of Washington County Iowa covering January 1 to May 31 1930 lists receipts disbursements and balance. The document certifies accuracy of county treasury transactions with figures for state county city and school district obligations and fund transfers.
Miss Nellie Manners reports on July 21 events in Crawfordsville including threshing machine delivery to Frank Chamberlin and Earnest Evans of Pitch neighborhood. United Presbyterian church youth groups held social activities with about fifty attendees, games, and refreshments.
Funeral was held Friday at 2 PM at the Riverside Methodist Church for Evalene Allen born February 4 1857 near Riverside. She died Wednesday at her daughter’s home in Town City. Survivors include children Dudley George and Joyie Snyder, siblings and four grandchildren.
A lamenting verse narrates a young boy struck by an automobile, leaving a broken heart and an empty bed. The speaker pleads for awareness and safety to prevent such tragedies. The poem invokes loss, innocence, and the community’s grief over a child’s untimely death.
Billie Dove and Kay Francis headline A Notorious Affair at the Fox with multiple wardrobe changes. Edward Stevenson, famed for Paris roots, designed the Spring gowns. Basil Rathbone co stars opposite Dove with Montague Love and Kenneth Thompson in support.
Tuesday the Young Woman's Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian church meets this evening at the church Mazie Stewart reports WG M. M Wednesday the American Legion Auxiliary and American Legion hold a pot luck supper at the country club at 6 30 followed by a dance Thursday Mrs P Perdock entertains Independent club at her home east of town this afternoon The Past Noble Grand circle has a picnic supper at the park for members and families If it rains the party moves to the I O O F hall
Mr and Mrs Vernon Tucker hosted a Shannon Heights gathering with a two course dinner at noon and social time. Attendees included B F Tucker and Florence and Vera and Edward Tucker. The Faulkner family travelled to Olds for a picnic dinner and social time with A A Faulkner Raymond Hasty and families from Kalona Clara Faulkner of Washington and H J Meyers and family from north of town.
The Rebekahs are called to meet at the I O O F hall on Wednesday at 2 PM to attend the funeral of Brother E V Simons. The club meeting for this week has been postponed.
Western Sound reports Universal's Hide Out a stirring romantic drama about a college oarsman haunted by prison walls and cynicism. The film features James Murray in the lead and Kathryn Crawford in a standout performance as romance and suspense build to a dramatic college crew race climax.
A Louisville Times quip notes a moth consistently choosing the most conspicuous spot on clothing in an article, highlighting the odd, humorous riddle of fashion and insects.
The article notes the camera obscura concept traces to Giovanni Battista della Porta in the 16th century, though the principle existed earlier. It discusses historical attribution and development of the device.
The Toledo Blade notes Lima Beane suggests the only way to learn the proper term is to ask and he expresses curiosity about a feminine equivalent for the traditional male back slapping.
A quotation from Hawthorne on labor as the world’s curse and the danger of meddling with it. The line suggests moral transformation and brutality as a consequence of intervention, reflecting a pessimistic view of work and human nature.
A humorous note from London remarks that critics once sat on the stage itself in earlier times, while today the role is shifted to sitting on the author, cast, scenery and producer.
Lester Mohr, 14, is held without bond awaiting September district court trial on murder charges after pleading not guilty to beating and shooting his mother. In Mason City, a plan for night football at the high school is considered, with the Junior Chamber backing a survey.
Mrs Alice Allen of Sioux City Iowa extols Konjola a medicine improving digestion and energy after a year of stomach distress and gas. She notes relief within weeks and urges others to buy a treatment at George W McDaniel drug store in Washington Iowa and through local druggists.
Loretta Lemons, 6, died after being struck by an automobile driven by E. R. Roloff as she crossed a street late yesterday in Waterloo. The incident occurred as she was in the roadway, and the plan is practical for Roosevelt stadium lighting with an estimated cost of 3000 dollars.
Uninjured pilot Roy Quick of Sioux City and a passenger escaped a wrecked plane after it plunged about 60 feet following takeoff from Atlantic air field. The craft was badly smashed but Quick and the other occupant walked away.
Des Moines announced yesterday the Wallace Publishing company forms a department dedicated to publishing textbooks reference works and other educational materials. H. L. Hampton will head the new unit.
Roy Darvine aged 23 of Cedar Rapids and Harold Reeves 22 from Ohio were held in Des Moines after officers say they confessed to robbing a motor bus in Muncie Indiana. They were arrested last night.
The Montreal Gazette claims to be Canada’s oldest newspaper with a history spanning over 150 years, highlighting its long tradition and heritage in Montreal.
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