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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1930
Page
7
Dubuque town residents were told that after questioning more than 150 people investigators sought new evidence to locate the killer of 12 year old Earl Fuller. Officials urged anyone with information to come forward as the investigation continued.
A body was found in brush near the Mississippi on Saturday. Rewards totaling $500 were posted by local business leaders for information leading to the arrest of the slayer. Contributing officials include Hoth chief of police John W. Geillis and Sheff Frank J. Kennedy, offering $100 each, with others such as the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and Edward A. Beiler also contributing rewards. A man called "BIL", said to have enticed the Fuller boy, was still being sought. The item also mentions various community notes from Latimer Davis, Washington, Crawfordville, and surrounding areas, including social visits and demonstrations on kitchen utensils.
More than 200 nurses attend Burlington’s 27th annual convention of the Town association for registered nurses. Speakers include E R Coffey from Des Moines the state public health director Dr James S Cooper Burlington Edith Countryman and Mrs Pirle Teyea plus Prof Sudhindrah Hose from the State University. Noted registrants include Ruth Ballard Beth Ralston Mrs M P Squire Lovella K Patton Margaret Rose and Luella B Swift of Wash.
Mr and Mrs Hoyd Twinam hosted a Tuesday evening event honoring Mr and Mrs Will Ferguson of Memphis Tennessee. Attendees included Mr Mary mn of Crawfordsville and Ralph Reese, along with Mrs Latiner Davis.
Mrs. Sam Wittrig and Mrs. Ode Grenson of Washington hosted Mist Nanda Ferguson from Ft Madison, visiting locals. Many neighbors attended dinners at Carl Phillips and Fred Palmer homes, with extended family drop ins from Des Moines, Wellman, Riverview, and Washington.
A Lafayette Journal Courter dispatch critiques a surge of moral rhetoric fused with hysteria and self serving aims in the Indigenous nation discourse, urging calmer, fact based discussion.
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