Iowa Towns Suffer Floods and Tragedies Across Weekend
The Journal's weekly review details swollen streams receding after killing livestock and drowning several individuals near St Marys. Floods disrupted transport and communications while air tour participants moved on from Marenge. Iowa corn crops suffered heavy rains, libraries benefited from Carnegie funds, and violent incidents included automobile crashes near Mapleton and a suicide in Charles City. The report also notes river rises in Skunk River areas, legal actions involving banks, and a murder-suicide in Charles City.
The Trespasser and Other Films at Graham Theater
Gloria Swanson stars in The Trespasser at Graham Theater with Phillipe de Lacy and Ruth Chaterton in Sarah and Son. Other features include Murder on the Roof and The Divorcee at FOX and The Arizona Kid on tour. Also notes on Rhodes scholarships and Dawes in London. dies on anniversary in Picton.
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Norma Shearer
Ursula Parrott
Miss Shearer
Chester Morris
Dilogue
Bessie Love
Arizona
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Robert Montgomery
Conrad Nagel
van and Scheneck
Kday
Ari Rona Kid
Warner Bax
Mona Maris
Carol Lombard
Mrs. Jiminez
Weekend Washington County Sketches From The Iowa Page
A compact Saturday roundup of the week’s happenings in Washington County and Iowa. The page promises brief summaries drawn from state and national papers and world events, condensed for easy clipping and future reference.
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Iowa
Washington Local News Highlights 1920 Cultural and Civic Events
A roundup of Washington Iowa items from June 1920 notes graduates Ophelia Miller Irene Whittaker and Mae McNamara at Iowa University. It mentions telephone line work near Prairie Flower church, a glee concert by the A M F church at Crawfordsville, and a Dolly Day play event with dozens of children and a walking doll. Socials, club congresses, Epworth League conventions, Moose Lodge initiations, and a Des Moines trip for White Shrine members are described alongside primary election checks by the county board. Also covered are a motorized sale, a fishing party near Oakland Mills, a Mt Pleasant tale of an aquarium fish business, a Woodford deal, license counts, and a host of local civic and church activities through June 21 1920.
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Ophelia Miler
Irene Whittaker
Mae McNamara
Iowa University
Washington Telephone Company
Prairie Flower Church
Glee Club
A.M. F
Crawfordsville
Dolly
Mary Lowise Harwood
Frank. Beatty
David McLaughtin
C. Sn. McLaughtin
Daight Rine
Ade Lewis
Chrice Taird
Fon
Des Moines
County Board of Supervisors
Muscatine District
Epworth League
Washington
James
Moose Lodge
A. J. Droz
J. E. Edgington
Howard McCleery
Harry Montgomery
Oakland Mills
Mt. Pl
Mt Pleasant
Woodford
Louie Jones
Joe McElhinney
Heavy rainstorms flood Washington County causing major damage
Review of weekend events notes the heaviest rainfall in years transforming small streams into torrents. Flooding damaged cellars basements and bridges, with Marion Thompson Grocery reporting about 800 dollars in basement goods ruined. Many roads blocked by swollen creeks, and county officials surveyed bridge damage across the county.
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Marion Thompson
Washington
The House Awakens in a Childlike Morning
The House across the street wakes with windows bright and awnings fluttering as it stretches its front porch mouth. It saunters down the street testing cramped feet, its chimneys tilted jauntily while sparrows flit and straw scatters from the estate.
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Heen
The House and the Market Parade in a Dreamlike Tale
A curious tale follows a policeman signaling for stop as a house crawls along, dodging a cart, cattle, cars, and vendors in a bustling market. A boy tickles the House and it toppled, freeing shoppers and creatures from the chaos before the House retreats to rest.
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Wight
Hoover signs Hawley Smoot tariff into law
Nine liners rush to port to land cargo before tariff duties take effect. Hoover’s supporters move to renominate Alexander Legge as Farm Board chairman. News spans tariff impact, political moves, crime, and notable deaths in a crowded wire service summary.
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Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Senate Agricultural Committee
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