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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1926
Page
4
A brief devotional note from the period cites 1 Kings 8 61 urging readers to have a heart perfectly aligned with the Lord to follow His statutes and commandments as of this day. The message emphasizes steadfast obedience and spiritual integrity.
The article cites Gray Silver of the American Farms Bureau Federation praising the 67th Congress for farm laws. It highlights cooperative marketing authorizations, rural credit expansion, and tariff provisions as benefiting American agriculture. It urges recognition of progress and warns against political distraction during the election.
ABE MARTIN recalls days when friends quickly sought portraits together in photograph galleries. He notes how a watch charm once helped identify a grafter, illustrating small details from a bygone era.
A William K. Howard comedy mystery stars Rod La Rocque as an English peer courting a wealthy American heiress. The father, a Chicago butter and egg man, pursues a Scotland escape to block the union as Duncragg an Towers hosts a stormy night of laughter and suspense. Supporting cast includes Elinor Fair Julia Fave Lucien Littlefield George Nichols Paul Nicholson Eddie Gribbon Foulalie Jensen Sally Rand.
Mrs Stella Logan of Washington spent a day at the Lee Hanna home in Crawfordsville Iowa. Dr and Mrs A M Cowden of Washington visited the Manner home. Rev and Mrs W C Porter and daughter Mildred called on Rev Coleman at Keota Iowa.
Mrs. Alvin Shaw tends an abundant rose garden with blooms appearing three times daily. Jho Appagate rushed into the Journal office yesterday with two roses, showing them to staff but taking them home to his wife.
A row of short vignettes and jokes paragraph the Washington Iowa scene. A torn Democratic Headquarters sign flutters and a rooster emblem remains aloft. The piece blends political theater with humor and reader questions to the Conductor column.
A fragment from Edna St Vincent Millay hints at comic rebellion as a speaker resists gloom and sin in a damp room. The passage includes witty lines about pious plans and a tale of vanity and merriment amid a chaotic literary page.
Mr and Mrs A L Griffith and son Everette of Washington visited Crawfordsville on Monday. Mrs T M Holmes and Aletha Holmes returned from Burlington. Aletha remains ill and cannot return to school soon. Milo Gordon, 7th and 8th grade teacher, is ill in Webster Iowa. Mrs Harold Rosa substitutes for him. Rev W C Porter and Mr and Mrs W P Davidson with Miss Mary Manners traveled to Monmouth for a short visit and meetings with Margaret and Marian Davidson.
In Pilotburg Met on the 20th nine men led by Eli Rickey Ray Bell Allan Fickline Joe Vodicka John Lang Ralph Ashby Albert and Frank Stransky completed a concrete porch platform. John Lang and Frank Stransky hauled land and Carson Wilson handled cement. Ladies aid society funded materials and the men donated labor.
Carson Wilson beat Timothy yesterday and this afternoon. Esther Ashby and Ellis Rickey harvested clover this week. Rains caused loss but residents value any yield. Ralph Unthank visited Marion Stransky last Tuesday and many Prairie Flower neighbors. Babe Turnipseed plans a closing out sale next Tuesday and will move to Washington. Mr and Mrs Henry Shulty of Wellman visit Roy Shulty this week. Mrs Carl Oldfield visits Cedar Rapids tomorrow with Dr Harry Jones. Uncle Charlie Brown remains ill and heads to Oakdale tomorrow. Sunday School at 9 A M next Sunday with evening services led by Rex through the week except Tuesday Social night.
Chicago enforces a curfew for those sixteen and under as 4 000 police try to distinguish youths from adults amid short skirts rolled hose and bobbed hair. Several women over twenty are mistaken for children and warned. The county curfew applies after 10 10 pm and parental fines up to 1000 dollars await violators while parks close at 10 pm and parents are notified.
Frederick Drebrer 85 a Civil War veteran died from burns suffered when kerosene he was using exploded. Funeral plans not listed.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled freight rates on hay moving from South Dakota to Iowa Nebraska Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota unfair and ordered railroads to implement a general rate reduction. Centerville reports 16 year old Thelma Davenport critically wounded by a gunshot believed linked to a personal safety dispute with her parents. Australian railroads face a $3.9 million deficit for the first half of 1926 due to excessive free passes and deadheads.
In Los Angeles on October 21, Aimee Semple McPherson called on her followers to attend her preliminary hearing as defense testimony is presented. The Angelus Temple pastor cautioned against demonstrations while inviting supporters to come. Des Moines reports a long distance wedding conducted by telephone with Rev. Paul Clarke officiating for Jean Pettit and Harvey Webster.
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