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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1929
Page
3
Thirteen dead after a 17 hour riot at the state penitentiary in Canon City Colorado. Five died brings death list to five including James Roberts who died from injuries. Also notes MacDonald arrival in Washington and various political and international items.
Long list of offerings fills the week from Eve Grant in The Fall of Eve to She Goes to War with Eleanor Boardman and Joan as the theme song. Barnum Was Right and The Harvest of Hate feature Rex King, plus Norma Shearer in The Last of Mrs Cheyney. Multiple all talkers and performances showcase wartime and racing plots.
Socials in Washington include a Keck party for about thirty girls with games music and a two course luncheon served by Mrs. Helen Keck and others. The Washington Baptist association met with officers elected for the year and delegates from out of town. Local birthdays marriages horse-drawn and auto travel and football results from Kalona are reported along with visits to Mt. Pleasant Davenport and Des Moines and notes on reunions conventions and real estate sales.
Mrs Elmer Keek hosts a thimble bee this afternoon. Miss Katherine Hopengardner leaves for Pittsburgh for a month visit. Miss Edna Purvis and Miss Alta Eckles spent last evening at Ainsworth. Miss Esther Calderwood arrives from Philadelphia to visit the Samson home. Ralph Gibson sells his interest in Shenefelt and Gibson to Ira Shenefelt who takes full charge. Gibson joins Harry McCulley barber shop. Ted Eggers installs a 12 HP electric blower for his forge. Elizabeth Sampson and family move to a newly purchased east Second street home. Several residents attend the J M Wilson stock sale in Ainsworth.
William James, a former mining engineer born in Wales, lost use of his leg in a mining accident caused by a careless operator. After rehabilitation, he started a shoemaker shop in Washington and reflects on his journey from British mines to American work, including struggles with unemployment and a shift to new labor. He recalls studying mining in his youth and migrating to the United States seeking opportunity, facing early barriers before pioneering in ventilation methods and rebuilding his career.
Charles M. Denison is chosen to lead the Leon Beatty post for the coming year at the annual American Legion meeting in Washington. J J Minick wins bid to add a hospital wing at the Washington county home. work to start October 7 and finish by early December.
Warm last week improved corn growth as frost danger eased at week start. Lola Harmon of Iowa City donated a bronze memorial in Keokuk for civil war hospitals and history groups. Over 160 Iowa editors attended the sixth annual Iowa Press Association conference in Iowa City. The Drake Oklahoma Aggies football game loomed as the marquee drizzle, a Missouri Valley clash. A Cedar Rapids shooting left Robert Schubert dead after a bank pursuit and a hospital morphine find. Sioux Center bank robbery fled with cash, Barnes City bank closed for examination, and a large National Dairy Cattle congress drew Belgian interest in Waterloo. Tax receipts in Polk County surpassed 2 million, signaling better times ahead.
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