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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1930
Page
7
The piece discusses obesity tied to a weak gland controlling nutrition, claiming people stay fat despite starvation. It touts a long-standing remedy sold for 22 years, promoting a $1 box of a manual and urging readers to ask their superintendent for the formula and reasons.
Bethel community reports several school absences due to illness, plus social events and visits. Ralph Palmer bought hay. George Norman sick. families attend cooking school. new directors named for club. Betty Phillips and Philips family hosting and visiting. Snowball social club held with officers elected. trips include Kalona and West Chester. local households report ou tings and farm work as spring progresses.
Washington Chapter No 98 announces regular meetings on the second Thursday night and a second regular meeting on the third Tuesday at the Masonic Temple rooms with officers Rose M Reid and Edith Pulver listed. Rail timetable details for the St Paul and Pacific Railway Co freight and passenger services list various eastbound trains and locals with times and agent W Bell noted.
In Columbus Junction and vicinity, locals recount spring cleaning, dinners and visits. Misa Helen Bricker of Miami and Melvin Cosgro of Columbus Junction wed March 15 in Miami at the Baptist Church. they will reside in Miami. The Philathea class supports a Hind Kirls helper in India. Rev William Hainsworth performed a monologue at the Methodist church.
The Crawfordsville column lists candidates for mayor and council including J R Graham and E Lease, with several others noted as nominees or attendees. It also reports the withdrawal of the citizens’ mayoral nominee Henry McCoy of Kansas City, plus local social news and a death notice for Mrs Griswold, mother of Mrs J R Wekey, with visitors from Cedar Falls and Burlington.
In Knoxville Tennessee two men named George L Burnett qualified as candidates for the county highway commission seats, both running under the Republican banner in the upcoming primary.
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