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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1929
Page
4
Indiana presents statistics on youth crime, claiming 20 000 offenders aged 18 to early twenties admitted to reformatories over twenty years. It asserts 99 percent literacy, notes only one percent of the population illiterate, and argues for stronger compulsory education laws and church involvement to curb crime.
President and Mrs. Hoover endure common presidential hassles as they host the wives of congressmen in the White House. The scene reflects ongoing tensions and routine ceremonial duties amid the South visit.
A fragment discusses misused words with accent guidance dessert versus desert and notes on pronunciation. It lists examples and hints toward mastering vocabulary while mentioning impressive magnitude and daily lessons.
The remarks describe reactions to Mrs. De Priest being hosted by the Hoovers at a White House luncheon and the South's prejudice against race equality. It notes expectations that the incident will blow over and that Mr. and Mrs. Hoover hope the matter will pass.
Sam H. Thompson, president of the Farm Bureau Association, hails Congress and President Hoover for signing the agricultural marketing act. He says it marks a national farm policy start, promising stability and rising prosperity after seven years of organized farming pressure for federal protection equal to other sectors. The act completes a long struggle and reflects justice for agriculture.
A garbled OCR excerpt presents fragmented dialogue mentioning a donkey, a mule, farm relief bill, and a birthday line. No clear event or identifiable entities establish a coherent news item or story.
A scatter of humorous lines, anecdotes, and poetry notes reference marriage morals, weather jokes, wordplay, and editorials. The piece cites magazine poetry origins, newspaper columns, and notable miscellany about poets and publication. Names and places are sparse, but various cultural snippets are presented in quick, era-style tones.
The Fox Movietone production Speakeasy comes to Graham tonight with sound and action. Lola Tane and Paul Page headline with Helen Ware Henry B. Walthall and others supporting in a drama filled with comedy and thrilling visuals including a New York business district chase and two Madison Square Garden boxing bouts.
All star ensemble led by Alice Joyce and Richard Tucker headlines The Squall a sensational stage to screen feature at Fox Theater. Loretta Young Carroll Nye Niet Soussanin Knute Erickson Harry Cording Zaz Pitts and Marcia Harris join in a dramatic Gypsy camp Hungarian harvest spectacle directed by Alder Korda.
Con stable Plum says the Brit ish Ambassador Esme Howard has been the subject of chatter about his drinking or abstaining. He mentions a figure around 573 last Saturday, with a Sunday party reducing it, tied to Bloom Cen ter.
Crawfordsville Iowa June 1. Verl Maxwell left yesterday for Cloud Minnesota to work in a canning factory. Mr and Mrs Ernest Clark and daughters Talma and Marie and Mr Nim Clark returned Thursday from Pierson relatives visit. Frank McCoy back Thursday after Los Angeles Shrine convention. Henry MeCoy visiting with his mother Mrs Mary McCoy. GF Pulsifer of Washington visited here yesterday. Miss Frances McCoy of Washington visited town yesterday afternoon on way home from visit with uncle Claude McCoy. Rev and Mrs A N Porter and Miss Mina McCleary visited the daily vacation Bible school in Washington yesterday. Friends here have received an ton was.
The item notes the wedding of Ruth Corinne Bennett to Lester Gale Mathews of Hedrick, Iowa, with guest details and familial connections. The remainder recounts Iowa State Health Department guidance on hot weather adjustments including clothing, airflow, shade, hydration, and diet, urging calm acceptance of heat and practical changes.
Miss Frank Helms, described as a retired vaudeville performer, shot her husband to prevent him from selling their pony for funds, then turned the gun on herself. She surrendered to police in Kansas City on a murder charge following the double tragedy.
In Topeka Kansas on June 17 Richard Warne and Sheldon Hoge were killed when their car struck a block and tackle rig under a house being moved. The vehicle’s body tore from the chassis as a wheel struck the car, killing both men. Harold Brouzhton of Washburn College sustained critical injuries.
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