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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1929

Page

7

Ainsworth Social and Visiting News Highlights

Mrs. Gibson and sister of New York City, visiting with Mrs. Anna Tedford, were in Washington Saturday. The United Presbyterian ladies aid society hosts a social on Main Street Saturday evening with ice cream and cake. Pauline McConnell and children Marvin and Mary of Muscatine visit the Chihak home Sunday. The M E church Ladies Foreign Missionary society to hold an all day picnic Thursday at Nellie Lins home. Mr and Mrs Stanley Thompson attend Joe Graves funeral in South English. Geo Carson visits Mary Marr in Keota. Harry Rabenold family visits J E Adams in Muscatine. Margaret Mahin of Mt Vernon visits her parents Dr and Mrs Mahin. Lyle Robertson and children visit Ernest Baker in Muscatine.

Ainsworth Gibson New York City Anna Tedford New York Daily Times Tedford Washington United Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society Main Street Pauline McConnell Marvin and Mary of Ladies Foreign Missionary Society M. E. Church Nellie Lins Stanley Thompson Joe Graves South English Geo. Carson Mary Marr Keota Harry Rabenold Fairfield J. E. Adams Margaret Mahin Mt. Vernon Mahin Lyle Robertson Aid Society M. F Harold Nicols Harold Roy Moran West Liberty Paul Mahin C. M. Spessard Glen Miller C. Pearson Glen Clayton Eden Baby Dora Bean M. Spassard J. H. Turner G. W Bean Merle Simpkins Mankato Minn Mildred Simpkins Mason City Everette Simpkins Tipton W. D. Simpkins

Summer Months Hard on Stomach Sufferers

Mrs. William A. Wells of Denver Colorado reports sour stomach heartburn and headaches from summer heat and notes Tanlac relieved her symptoms after two bottles restoring appetite and strength.

William A. Wells West Gill Place Denver Colo Tanlac

Aid Society Social and Community Events Noted

The M F church Aid Society held a social in the church parlors with a brief business meeting deciding on an ice cream social in two weeks. Other items mention Harold Nichols vacation, local store moves, a bake sale, numerous visitors, and a county parade with a barbecue lunch and a planned speech by Dan Turner.

Louisa County to Dedicate New Court House in September

Louisa county plans dedication of the new $100000 court house with a home coming on September 26 to 28. A Thursday street carnival and dance is set with Fred Shew of Grandview in charge of concessions and a Friday parade at eleven o clock with prizes of 50 and 25 dollars for contestants.

Louisa County Columbus Junction Court House Fred Shew Grandview

Summer visits and community notes from Crawfordsville

Nellie Manners reports local visitors and homecomings in Crawfordsville on July 29. Residents including Miss Myrtle Orris, Miss Evelyn Gilkey, Miss Veda Twinam, the Harolds Ross and Russell, Will Anwyl, Charles Strothman, Lillian Holmes and Irene Holmes gather for visits and illness updates while church activities and sermons are mentioned at the Methodist and United Presbyterian churches.

Crawfordsville Myrtle Orris Cedar Falls Evelyn Corvin Gilkey Lisle Maxwell West Middlesex Veda Twinam Chicago Will Twinam Harold Ross Russell Gary Indiana Will Anwyl Burlington Charles Strothman New London C. M. Maxwell Lillian Holmes Waterloo Irene Aletha Holmes Ralph Mille Everette Huston Stoneburner Des Moines James McFadden Washington N. J .Lease Thomas Osborne Mt. Pleasant John McCoy Davenport Mary McCoy Robert Nooman Muscatine Iva Moore Haskins Methodis United Presbyterian Church Marjorie Hanna

Prairie Center Social Notes Highlight Harvest and Visits

Prairie Center notes record Mrs C A Ruebs at the center, Walter Scranton and family visiting Frank Scranton for harvest, Ellen Wolfe returning from Town City summer school, plus visits to the Zeiglowsky and Koehler households. A few remarks critique printing delays and ask neighbors where they will spend Thanksgiving for possible Journal mention.

Prairie Center Walter Scranton Baby of Hillsborough Frank Scranton

Davis family and Iva Moore attend Methodist services

Mr and Mrs Charlie Davis and Iva Moore of Haskins attended services at the Methodist church last night.

Charlie Davis Iva Moore of Haskins Methodist Church

Wednesday's Five Best Radio Features

United Press overview lists WOR Hank Simmons show boat WEAF 6 est Mobil Oil orchestra WEAF 7 30 est Palmolive hour WJZ 8 est The Voyagers WEAF 8 30 est Gilbert and Sullivan Iolanthe.

United Press WOR Hank Simmons WEAF Mobil Oil Orchhestra WJZ

Man May Be Captain of His Soul Yet General Urges Action

An unseenEditorial note from the Boston Transcript notes a tension between individual spirit and command hierarchy. The piece implies leaders should balance personal resolve with disciplined duty in uncertain times.

Boston Transcript

Belated and Russia verge on war over Manchuria crisis

Across the Machurian border both Moscow and Nanking mobilize troops amid a Sino Soviet clash over the Chinese Eastern railway. Russia demands release of imprisoned nationals and a peaceful settlement while China vows resistance, with Chiang Kai-shek signaling further actions as a wider imperialist confrontation looms.

Belate Russia Gulf Whellogg Manchuria China Nanking Sovet Republics Moscow Soviet Union Ambayep Machurian- Siberian Loepatches Central Executive Ana Chiang Waishek Pary Turkey

King George Yet Recovering After Operation

His Majesty George the King underwent another operation and faced a brief anxious period before recovering. Surgeons removed parts of two ribs to drain an abscess on the lung. The Rainbow division’s annual meeting included a parade reviewed by President Hoover and General Gouraud with French and other dignitaries present.

Senate Congress Gouraud France Rainbow Division Arlington National Cemetery David Hunter Miller New York Timsen George England Hoover Claudel

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