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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1929
Page
3
The page summarizes a week of items from state and national news, listing events such as political campaigns, court house moves, road bond approvals, weather deaths, and local incidents. It notes figures like W. Fiske Marshall and Dan Turner and mentions various Iowa locales and institutions.
A flood of brief items covers the Missouri Robins endurance flight in St Louis at 147 hours and 20 minutes, Kellogg antiwar treaty effectiveness proclaimed by Hoover, and Sinclair's 90 day jail term for contempt. Also noted are fatal border clashes on the Rio Grande, debt accords ratification in France, Chicago drowning deaths, a Florida bank closure, a Shan tung shipwreck, and naval aviation plans between Russia and the United States, with Hoover pulling marines from Nicaragua and general budget cuts.
A chaotic collage of small town notices from Washington Iowa. A 95 year old man A H Guzeman shingling a barn on a twelve inch plank and Revolutionary ancestry noted. Local families move, sales of autos and ice cream shipments, barbecues and weddings, visits by Bryan, theater shows at Air Dome, and community milestones across July 1909.
Coroner L A Jones investigated Walter Yoder Ly's drowning near Kalona. Frank Lear died by suicide in Riverside. Road paving on primary road No 2 west of town was completed by McCarthy Improvement Co. Washington Red Cross sent 25 bedside bags to Fort Bayard NM. A. J. Luce was stabbed. J. F. Johnson held in county jail on related charges. Baseball loss to Wilton 12 8. James Casey won first on Y camp. Andrew Hooker Gamble died at 65 from paralysis. Beatty American Legion to sponsor home talent play set for Oct 3 4. Charles Brown shipped horses to Rockford cost 142 50. Frank Lear's death linked to ill health. William Palmer injured from a 75 foot fall. Booster trip to Cedar Rapids planned. Johnson arrested in stabbing case. Mrs Winnie Palmer teachers institute announced for Sept 9 10. Melba McAvoy performed in Burlington. Heat 91 degrees. George Dowell began duty as Rock Island conductor. Mr Mrs Rob erts welcomed a baby boy. Bobby and Dorothy Conner had tonsils removed. Ruth Freshwaters to California after picnic. Mrs Walter Hays died. William Campbell died at Washington county hospital. Brinton farm barn destroyed by fire. L W Soule announced country swimming periods for boys. W C T U convention opened with ~50. three sessions at Methodist church. Sheriff Denison and Deputy Sweet investigated Ed Swank gas station robbery. Washington chautauqua begins Aug 1. Agatha Brewer died at her son Charles Brewer’s home.
The Desert Song and The Pagan headline the week with Vitaphone musical drama and exotic romance. John Boles Charlotte King and Ramon Navarro star in a program featuring Abie’s Irish Rose at New Graham Theatre and a night of psychic demonstrations by Wonarx.
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