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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1929
Page
6
Mrs Milo De Long hosts a Halloween poverty party inviting a dejected crowd to Mae De Long's home on October 25. Guests received warm meals and garments with contest entertainments while plans for a Willie roast emerge for November 1.
Mrs Homer Birney will teach tray making and basket weaving at Mrs Will Tellin's home located 11142 miles north of Washington on November 6 at 1 o'clock. The session invites all interested attendees to join.
A woman critic in the American Magazine argues that asking a man for information often leads to a lively exchange. She suggests most men enjoy sharing knowledge and viewpoints on any subject, making conversations engaging and enlightening.
Premier Ramsey MacDonald came back to Britain from a visit to the United States and Canada. He greeted by a large crowd in Liverpool and said the trip improved mutual understanding with the United States and would promote world peace and cooperation among powers.
Ford Mexico plant near Mexico City sees 300 workers walk out over union recognition and a labor code dispute. Henry Ford opposes a collective contract, threatening to dismantle the plant rather than concede. Plant manager Adrian Rene Lajous notes it is Ford’s first strike in 27 years of global operation.
Mrs Bray reports visitors and social events around town. Carrie Oswalt arrives to spend time with the Andy Ness family. Hallowe en party planned by the B B club at Earl Balderson s residence. Local families host dinners and program gatherings with neighbors and friends.
The ore freighter Marquette collided with the S. S. Senator off Port Washington, sinking the Senator and killing about ten aboard. Rescue crews recovered several survivors as the stormy Lake Michigan continues to claim vessels and crews along Wisconsin shores. Captain Kinch of the Senator is missing, presumed drowned, while the Marquette towed to harbor.
Sunday gatherings marked by family visits and birthdays as residents hosted relatives and friends. The "B. B. club" met with thirteen members present while Hazel and Donald Bray joined a large family birthday dinner. A smallpox quarantine affected Clarence Roberts and local illnesses limited school attendance.
Des Moines reports John B. Hammond of the Uniformed Prohibition Law Association unveiled a state bill with a mandatory 500 dollar fine and three months jail for liquor violations. The measure aims to curb moonshine and bootlegging by limiting judicial discretion and creating associate prosecutors named by reform groups. The bill targets governors and state officials for presentation to legislatures.
Lorine Lasek reports social visits and family gatherings in South Hipshland October 28. Residents anticipate a harsh week and discuss Halloween plans while corn husking dominates activity at the end of the season.
The piece traces math origins across cultures from ancient arithmetic to algebra and geometry. It cites Arabic influence on algebra and Greek Egyptian roots in geometry, with French, English, and other links mentioned in the development of analytical geometry and calculus.
David Warfel left last night on the Golden State Limited for Los Angeles to accept a position with a brokerage firm. Mrs. Warfel will follow later.
An old classifieds snippet offers insurance on glass and sales of cars with prices five dollars for closing cars and two fifty for open cars. Frances L. McCoy is listed at 407 Bailey Building with a contact phone 678.
Iowa brief notes Thomas King 64 a retired Burlington railroad engineer hanged himself at his home amid ill health. It marks the fourth local death by suicide in four days. Grinnell college survey finds over 52 percent of male students work through college with waiting tables the top job.
Des Moines says rewards of 250 each were posted today by the state for the arrest of Charles J. Fitzgerald age 55 and Harry Morris age 45 who are sought in connection with the August 30 robbery of the Emmet county state bank at Estherville.
Cedar Rapids bar association recommends H. Co. Ring of Cedar Rapids to Governor Hammill for appointment to the district court to replace resigning Judge Fergus L. Anderson, effective tomorrow.
Mrs. Roy Teets of Kalona was an out of town shopper in Washington yesterday.
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