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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1928

Page

5

Hoover and Johnson lunch end long feud, seek party ticket

Herbert Hoover and Hiram Johnson buried their ancient feud by eating lunch together and planning a Hoover for president and Johnson for senator in California. The week features political shifts, Prohibition themes, international diplomacy, and rising settlement of 1920s tensions.

Herbert Hoover Hiram Johnson Hoover Johnson California

We Americans and Sharp Shooters at the cinema

The review highlights George O’Brien in Sharp Shooters with romance and adventure as he and companions pursue love and rescue. Ken Maynard stars in Code of Scarlet set in the Canadian northwest as Tarzan stunts and daring horseback riding thrill audiences. We Americans adds a patriotic emigrant tale about citizenship and war. The week’s lineup runs Monday through Saturday with screenings of these three features.

George O'Brien Tom Terry George Lorette Morocco New York Villian Ken Maynard South South West Canadian Northwest Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ken Tarzan Wonder House George Sidney George O’brien

Beekeepers from Four States Attend Dubuque Sessions

Beekeepers from Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin gathered this week at Eagle Point park Dubuque for sessions as part of preparations around the Iowa State Fair and Exposition. The fair program was announced in final form Thursday in Des Moines by the State Fair board. Democrats met in convention Friday adopting a platform and plotting to win farm votes for Governor Alfred E Smith.

Iowa Illinois Minnesota Wiscon Dubuque Eagle Point Park Des Moines State Fair Board Alfred E. Smith Insurance Commissioners Central Life Insurance Society

Washington News Highlights From 1918 War Years

In Washington today Mrs George Limerman leads West Chester Red Cross efforts delivering 500 drains and 200 compresses for first aid packets. Wrapping of front line packets continues with a list of volunteers and a reduced August sugar allotment per household.

Hieorge Limerman West Chester The Red Cross Jenkins Lou Stewart Eather Gibson

Ishmael G White dies as Iowa second in fantry veteran

The article recounts Ishmael G White of Company H, Second Iowa Infantry, the first Washington County soldier to die in the Civil War at Corinth on August 31, 1861. It details his service, the regiment’s pride from Fort Donelson onward, and the later honoring of White by the Ishmael G White Post of the G A R in 1882.

T. L. Hosmer Alex Lytle Boyd Berto Charles Lloyd Lytle Jack H. M. Bicher Bertha Hollingsworth Cedar Rapids J. T. Anderson Ruth W. Pp. Miller Arch McCulley Chicago McCulley Anderson Truth Charles Anderson Miller Max Tom Miller George Burham Everette Burham Camp Cody 133Rd Infantry Milt Denison Dale C. A. Boice Elizabeth Findley Washington County Iowa Graves W. R. Jeffrey Myrta Jessie R. Vincent J. C. Wright Alpheus Keota G. @. Vincent Hayes Crayton James Page American Railway Express Company Fort Sumter Lincoln United States Union Kirkwood Washington Second Iowa Infantry Ishmael G. White White Pennsylvania Henry R. Cowles Allan Thompson Norton P. Chipman Keokuk Washington Square Ishmael Corinth T. G. White Leon Beatty Albert M. Huff Beatty Huff Fort Donelson Louisville Kentucky I. G. White Ishmeal White Vic Tim J. G. White G. A. R. Post J. CC. Boice

Iowa Geologists Reported Missing Near Saskatchewan Region

John D. Fuller of Keokuk and three other Iowa geologists were thought lost in the reindeer lake area of Saskatchewan due to inadequate food and clothing. Letters from the north arrived Monday and Tuesday. Dr. M. D. Stine and Tom Patten of Des Moines were killed in a plane crash Sunday afternoon. A paving record from Cerro Gordo county line to Hampton was noted with long working hours from 34 a.m. to 10 p.m.

John D. Fuller Keokuk Iowa Reindeer Lake Saskatchewan M. D. Stine Tom Patten Des Moines Cerro, Gordo County Hampton

Washington county roads complete paving project first in area

The county completed paving on a fifteen mile route along road No across Washington county. Blaine Holmes suffers torn ligaments from a fall while boarding a fire truck after an alarm from Gillespie Garage. Local events feature a prize for a rooster weight guess and high school girls heading to a Girl Reserve camp at Lake Okoboji.

Washington County Blaine Holmes Gillespie Margaret Livingston Barbara Gudd Josephine Hull Ruth Cunningham Mary Essley Lake Okoboi Washington High School

Disappearance and local events across Iowa notes

Pauline Beverley, aged 10, vanished from Batavia Monday evening and was later picked up in Pairfield Tuesday afternoon. The piece also outlines Iowa events from community celebrations in Lohrville to prohibition positions, state conventions, crop damage from high water, mail policy changes, and a Norman Thomas visit in Dex Moines.

Pauline Beverley Batavia Pairfield

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