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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1926

Page

3

Social unions and club gatherings fill New Haven week

The New Haven scene features numerous social events. Mrs. Harry Davidson hosts a ten cent social with seventeen members, thirteen guests, and fifteen children. Highland Sewing circle and Thrift club attend gatherings. a stag party honors Mr. Boone. several church and ladies societies hold meetings, teas, and planned get togethers with varied refreshments. An August wedding announcement and a Keokuk–Rutherford ceremony close the week.

New Haven Social Union Harry Davidson Nora McKinstry A. J. Cuddeback Cecil Robertson Mrs. Davidson Dessie Cuddeback

Community notices announce meetings and bake sale

The Booster Club meets with Mrs McArtor on Tuesday afternoon. The Women s Missionary Society of Bethel Presbyterian meets with the Davis sisters Wednesday at 2. Pilotsburg Ladies Aid meets Thursday July 1 at the church. Baptist ladies bake sale at Washington Cleaners Friday July 2. Mrs Corbin Pields hosts Ek O W club Tuesday at 7.

The Baptist Church Arthur Yard Women's Home Missionary Society RR. G. Cherry East Washington Street Frank Kurtz Harry Warren Carl Hedges J. O. Sexton Henry Shaver J. P. Thomas George Foster C. D C. A. Blees Women's Missionary — Society of the Bethel Presbyterian Church Davis — Sisters Pilotsburg Ladies Aid Society Lexington Ladies Aid Society Baptist Ladies Washington Cleaners Corbin Pields Ek. O. W. Club

Three Killed in Eastern Wreck

Three railroad workers died today when a freight locomotive exploded near Marsland. The wreckage toppled onto a passenger express from New York to Cape Cod, injuring several passengers lightly as flags and textiles were scattered along the tracks. The engineer William Moulton, fireman George Hathaway, and spare man James J. Mulvaney perished. express crew remained unharmed. The cause of the blast was not yet determined.

Treen Kings C&f Marsland Here New York New Haven Hartford Cape Cod William Moulton George Hathaway James J. Mulvaney

Mae Murray Plans To Wed Fourth Time

Hollywood gossip reports Mae Murray plans to marry David Bivaini an artist who once claimed royalty in Georgia They obtained a license after a fall incident and may marry soon Murray 33 and Bivaini 27 met three weeks earlier at a Pola Negri party Murray has been married three times while Bivaini faces his first marriage Leonard the last Murray husband divorced in Paris last December Leonard has since wed Gertrude Olmstead in Santa Barbara

Hollywood Calif Filmdom Mae Murray David Bivaini Republic of Georgia Bivaini Miss Murray Pola Negri Rivanni Robert Z. Leonard Paris Leonard Gertrude Olmstead Santa Barbara

Correspondents Picnic At Sunset Park Draws Large Crowd

Journal correspondents and By the Way column contributors hold a picnic today at Sunset Park with a large turnout noted in the event.

Journal By the Waye Sunset Park

Zeigfield Pushes for More Clothes on American Stage

Florenz Zeigfield vows a campaign to clean Broadway by promoting shows free of naked women and urging audiences to support artistry over vulgar displays. He cites past nudity, defends it as artistic, and appeals to producers to restore merit and decency for the American girl on stage. John S. Sumner of the vice suppression society backs the stance.

New York Florenz Zelefield Tam Zeigfield John S. Sumner The New York Society For the Suppression of Vice Sumner Paris

IOWA NEWS BRIBES

A pledge of 10 600 to Valparaiso University endowment was made by the National Lutheran Education Association at its closing session in Webster City. In Des Moines Governor Hammill authorized a 200 reward for the arrest and conviction of R A Hoskin a bank official accused of stealing 50 000 from Farmers Trust and Savings Bank Rodman Iowa.

T. W. Harwood Bridge East Main Street Fred Jardon Omaha Nebraska Caughey Southwell Des Moines Clarence Hollingsworth Cedar Rapids Donnie Virginia Droz Keota Ralph Shannon Mars Louise Harwood Betty Hollingsworths Second National Bank of New Hampton Herbert Bullis Herbert Webster City Valparaiso University Valparaiso Ind National Lutheran Education Association Hammil R. A. Hoskin Farmers Trust and Savings Bank Rodman

Whales Said to Approach Chilean Shores Closest Globally

A historical report notes that whales come nearer the shores of Chile than any other region in the world, emphasizing the extraordinary proximity of these marine giants to coastal areas.

Chile World

The Bare Knee Effect On Marriages In Abe Martin Style

Abe Martin muses on why marriages happen with focus on bare knees as a trigger for affairs. He contrasts old mate-making customs with modern romances and notes money and personality as enduring factors beyond knee level, while predicting rising wedding trends and concerns over costs.

Forecast Showers Midweek Across Mississippi Valley

Weather outlook from Washington D C June 26 calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms toward the middle of the week in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Otherwise mostly fair with temperatures near normal in early period and above normal later.

Associated Preead Washington, D. C Mississippi Missouri

Mail Carrier Claims Tallest Corn in Vicinity

Laurens reporter notes John Miller, town mail carrier, grows corn claiming the tallest in the area with stalks reaching 5 feet 6 inches.

Associated Press Laurens John Miller

McNider to visit Pacific coast and Midwest stops

Assistant Secretary MacNider of the War Department leaves Washington for a Pacific coast tour with layovers at his Iowa home and major western cities including Seattle Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles. En route he will visit Denver Pierre and Dickinson. Veterans official Fred Stover calls for peace via armament program.

Washington, D. C MacNider War Department Pacific Coast Iowa Seattle Portland San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Pierre S. D Dickinson N. D Des Moines Fred Stover Veterans of Foreign Wars

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