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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1927
Page
3
Eva runs a Battery Park coffee stall for down and outs to fund her movie style writing career. A pursuing Owen James studies her while refining his acting and language, as Eva imagines his past opportune life and waits for his Broadway return.
The Washington Country Club announces a two team dinner golf tournament running July 27 to August 8. Captains George Morrison and Ralph Thompson lead teams drawn by lot, nine holes per match under medal play rules, with the lower total winning the dinner at stake.
Riverside announces the four night programs and three afternoon sessions for the Chautauqua to run August 9 to 12. Featured acts include Pama hasika Society Circus, Music and Mirth by the Broadcasters, Loseff Russian Quartet, a lecture by Dr Ira P Berry, a Russian Orchestral Quartet, and a concert by Hubert Small Entertainers with talks by C E Booth.
Attorneys for Charlie Birger prepare arguments for a motion for a new trial to be heard by Judge Charles H. Miller. Birger was convicted and sentenced to hang for the murder of Joe Adams of West City. Co defendants Art Newman and Ray Hyland received life terms.
A brief notice states a trial will prove the value of journal want ads and payment. It presents a persuasive claim aimed at advertisers to test a paid insertion.
In Iowa City a mastodon skeleton was recovered from a creek bed near High Amana under University of Iowa geology professor Abram C. Thomas with Dr. Charles F. Noe and Fredrick W. Miller. The find includes ribs vertebrae leg bones skull parts and teeth and is described as one of the state's most complete mastodon fossils. The bones are in care of Noe and Miller in Amana and may later be exhibited at the university.
Richard Bryant of Burlington claims his seven year old son with a nervous disease was neglected at the Glenwood state institution for the feeble minded. His father reports severe injuries and poor care after a June transfer, with affidavits to be presented to the state attorney general and the state board of control as a special session convenes at Glenwood tomorrow.
Miss Neilie Mannera reports visitors and losses in Crawfordsville including Charles McCreedy of Sigourney visiting Sabbath at local homes. Mrs. Minnie Sprague and Mrs. W. P. Davidson attended Mrs. Russell Davis funeral in Washington. George Cunningham and son Cortland of Chicago visiting the J. C. Cunningham home.
Gov. John Martineau of Arkansas urged immediate federal flood relief for the lower Mississippi valley at the annual conference of governors. He called the situation a national responsibility and said surplus revenue could cover costs, with Hoover endorsing bold engineering plans to control the Mississippi. Missouri Gov. Sam A. Baker to speak on ballot purity. 24 state officials attend Mackinac Island meeting.
General Motors announced net earnings of 129 million 250 thousand dollars for the first six months of 1927, up 27 million 550 thousand from the prior year. Car sales and overall earnings topped any six month period in the company's history.
Walter Little advertises White Wyandotte bullets for sale at 138tleod. The note is brief and lacks full details.
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