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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1927

Page

7

Lindbergh Early Flight Tales From The Flying Circus

Captain Charles A. Lindbergh saves two passengers during a night landing in a wind storm at Fowler Colorado. The stunt tour manager recounts Lindberghs calm skill and later notes the pilots fear for their safety. The story follows Lindberghs journey from a unknown recruit to a flown cadet at Brooks and Kelly Fields, including a dramatic parachute jump during an aerial collision and a probate notice for W A Stephen in Iowa.

Morris de Haven Trary United Press Charles A. Lindbergh Fowler Colorado J. Wray Vaughn Lindbergh Denver Colo Captain Vaughn St. Louis Flying Army Brooks Field Texas Sergeant D. Wood Kelly Field San Antonio Lieut. McAllister

Radio Programs for Tomorrow From Many Cities

A detailed listing of radio programs for Thursday night across stations such as KDKA KFNF KMA KPO KYW WJZ WCCO WEAF WLS and more including times orchestras dances and named performers. Local notices mention visitors to Brighton and a query about the Journal picnic.

KDKA Pittsburgh Yates Yawley WIZ KFNF Shenandoah KMA Farnham KPO San Francisco Orchestra Orange Chain KYW Chicago WJZ Hearst Square Husk O'Hare and His Orchestra Wcco Minneapolis-St. Paul WDAF Kansas City Star

Railway timetable steeped in history with mixed routes

Information lists multiple passenger freight and local trains with numbers and times for westbound and eastbound routes. It includes station notes for Knoxville branch and agents H. W. Russel J. McKay and W. Bell, all daily except Sundays with several local freight and express services.

H. W. Russel J. ©. McKay Southwest Limited W. ©. Bell

Local Social Roundup Logs Weekend Visits

Perd Brier and his wife shared Saturday forenoon and Saturday afternoon with Bert Smith for Sunday dinner. Mr and Mrs Terry Gowey visited Kenney’s on Friday for the day.

Alice Wallace Savage Brighton Fraizer Wanda Lucille Smith Earl Mullekin Harry Mullekin Harry Brain Karlens Ollie Mart Stone Bert Smiths Albert Karlens Perd Brier Odd Parcell John Palmer Wilfred Karlen Bert Smith’s Terry Gowey Kenney’s

Highland Community News Highlights and Social Gathers

Ida Meeks correspondent reports travel by Albert Tansey and his Pawnee wife to Riverside with 700 miles on fine roads until a mudhole near Washington. Local visits include Mrs Murphy and family at George Canett’s, June Steele’s Muscatine arrival, and school notes praising eighth graders and honor rolls. Death news touches William Murphy’s mother in law, prompting family travel to Little York Illinois.

Highland Albert Tansey Pawnee Oklahoma Riverside Washington William Murphy Blanche Karl Steele William Irene Minear George Canett June Steele Muscatine Meeks Allen Rice Jamese Mahon William Weber Clarence Lukavosky Lilla Stoley Amelia Schmidt Little York Ernest Rath Everette James Weber Mitchell Spreaker J Thelma Velma Jesse Meeks George Grecian Ernest Meeks W. Motley Earl Marshall Riley Grecian Kilmer Steele W. N. Meeks Alice Meeks

Waterloo defeat marks the end of Napoleon’s career

The passage explains the origin of the term Waterloo from Napoleon’s decisive defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. It notes this pivotal loss as the turning point signaling the end of his career and the enduring use of Waterloo to denote total defeat.

Waterloo

Unreasonable of Them Lady to Collector

A line shows a debtor bargaining with a collector about money and rugs. The speaker complains about repeated visits and questions the claim of running away. The fragment reveals tension over payment and possessions.

True savings from the Pulitzer prize play Craigs Wife

Fragmentary OCR notes reference a line about people who live to themselves. The garbled text mentions Poston Treneeript and a storyteller style, but no clear event, date, or entities.

Craigs Conte Poston Treneeript

Greek Revival Marvel Rises in Philadelphia Museum

The Philadelphia Museum of Art builds a vast edifice costing about 10 million dollars aiming to surpass all similar structures. It features ancient Greek refinement with curved leaning walls, color polychromy, and a turquoise blue terra cotta roof. A 600 foot tunnel with an arched ceiling will be included as a key element.

W. A. Stephen Court House Washington Iowa District Court D. C. Kilgore Philadelphia America Europe Greece

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