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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1924
Page
8
Wilsons wue Stella Willits and Irene Palmer traveled to Chicago for a vacation. Sam W Kepper of Winfield was in town yesterday visiting with a county hospital patient.
Washington Motor Co offers a free battery inspection as Ford 13-plate, $16.50. Social visits span Aleworth to Sioux City with Edna Laura and Ruth Bridges, Jane Knupp and Valerie Evelyn Moore. The third annual Crawfordsville Legion festival slated Sept 4–5 with games, tennis, horse shoes and talks. Weide Camp Fire girls hiked to Annaworth with Mrs Dowell and Mrs Reister. Various residents travel to Davenport Milwaukee Parsons for exams and school activities.
Frances Jones of Richland and Florence Weaver of Mt. Pleasant return home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Glover Ferret. Willis Peterson returns from a western trip. Wahnetah Clark Ingols visits J. S. Shearer in Winfield. Dale Ebner visits Myrtle Boice in town. A. F. Whaley and William R. Norton go to Brighton. Whaley will visit Norton. Various locals are noted visiting or traveling, with brief mentions of attendance at Y. W. C. A. conference and other courtesy calls.
Indianapolis July report shows rising interest in civic service among American Legion members. Garland W. Powell notes hundreds of requests to the Community and Civic Betterment bureau, with posts planning neighborly improvements and seeking guidance under the National Americanism commission. The aim is to support existing agencies, not replace them, as ex-service men organize constructive campaigns.
The Democratic platform draft released by the resolutions committee omits the Ku Klux Klan and League of Nations. It lists fifty planks urging tax cuts tariff revision farmer relief naval disarmament and broad civil service and anti corruption measures while praising Woodrow Wilson.
Manila reports Dr A Alfage eme acting superior of the Dominican Corporation of the Philippines and ex president of the University of Sato Tomas has been elected rector of the Dominican College at Rosarquilie Louisiana. Born in Spain he spent 30 years in the Philippines and speaks English fluently though he has never visited the United States.
Advice from the bureau will guide every phase of community development and civic betterment, as stated by Mr. Powell. The agency seeks to coordinate actions across multiple sectors to strengthen local initiatives and public welfare.
Montrose Iowa June 26 Farmers and residents along the Mississippi from Mc Gregor to Keokuk visualize the 1673 voyage of Marquette and Joliet the first white discoverers of Iowa. A commemorative duplicate voyage was staged with histories noting the landing near Muff Park and the loss of diaries in a canoe accident. The report also covers a weekly crop bulletin noting strawberry and cherry yields and corn and oats progress across several counties.
Des Moines dispatch notes weather and crop conditions with the potato harvest singled out as favorable and most other crops lagging in health. Full details describe widespread dryness and strain on corn and soybeans, impacting yields and farm outlooks across the state.
Iowa branch of the National League of District Postmasters closes with resolutions backing higher salaries for postal employees and civil service eligibility for third class postmasters. J. Perdue of Altoona is re elected president and Carl Walkau of Williams becomes secretary treasurer.
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