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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1924
Page
7
Des Moines reports a Get Out The Vote bulletin urges all qualified voters who will be absent or ill on election day November 4 to apply now for absent voter's ballots through their county auditor. No prior registration is required for absentee voting and instructions will be provided with the ballot.
Keota October 22 Mr and Mrs George Baumert celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last Friday with a family gathering at their home. Twenty six relatives and friends attended as grandchildren decorated the rooms and a wedding dinner was served. The couple were married October 17 1874 at the brick Lutheran church near Sigourney. They began farm life near Harper and later lived near Sigourney before moving to Keota in 1910. They expect to celebrate a diamond jubilee with the same family circle.
URGA Mongolia Sept 10 Representatives of the German Junker Company have completed an air survey for a Moscow to Peking regular service with a possible extension to South China. The route would follow the Trans Siberian to Verkne Udinsk then south to Urga and Kalgan, with Moscow backing from American capital. The line would connect with the Moscow Vladivostok service for passenger transfers. Mongolia’s status as an independent republic is noted, with Moscow maintaining influence over Mongolian affairs. the piece also outlines Mongolia’s geography and population context.
Mrs Kenneth Carris and her newborn have returned after several weeks at the home of her parents Dr and Mrs Ben Walker in Corydon.
J A Walker of West Chester returned from his annual trip to Wellsburg West Virginia noting he visited Arlington Cemetery Memorial Amphitheater the unknown soldier grave and Grant's tomb in Washington DC New York Wall Street Trinity Church site of Washingtons first inaugural crossed Brooklyn Bridge and toured Philadelphia awaiting publication of his tale by the Journal He called the trip most enviable and long enjoyed time with his brother J M and old friends.
Durham villagers at Newbrancepeth open a club house funded by fines from blasphemers. The non-swearing club began after a dance offended miners who vowed to quit swearing and fine themselves. rapid enrollment and a growing fund financed the clubhouse.
Belfast reports a new radio station has increased Irish amateurs by offering nightly Irish flavored programming. Previously listeners had to tune to London. Bel fast now provides Irish music and related programs, with receiving sets in strong demand.
A Chicago office teller visits Starved Rock State Park in October to seek renewal. Amid the autumn color on French Canyon he contemplates humanity and lands on a humane resolve, ending with a vow to avoid condemnation and embrace the good in life.
Governor Kendall calls on Iowans to observe Sunday November 9 1924 as a day of petition to Almighty God that the scourge of brutal war may pass away. The act follows the Armistice centennial urging national prayer and international cooperation for universal peace.
The White House had no formal comment on reports that Agriculture Secretary Wallace plans to retire from the cabinet. Wallace is in a hospital recovering from surgery and has faced poor health for some time. If he resigns, he may step down before the next congressional session in December.
Walter Prichard Eaton, New York playwright and critic, favors Iowa farms over football. He will guest at the University of Iowa theater Oct 28 29 for Martin Flavin's Children of the Moon and deliver a lecture Does the Theater End With Broadway. John Philip Sousa and band opened the season with a concert as the university outlines a year of major performances by Elly Neay the Minneapolis Symphony Efrem Zimbalist and Lambert Murphy.
A letter addressed to the University mentions Miss Anette Anderson of the English department as the Miss Professor who spent the summer in Europe and met the writer in Denmark. The note places her affiliation at the University and recounts the Denmark meeting.
Prof. B. F. Ultman head of the Latin department at the University of Iowa has received a four double-faced phonograph record set from last spring. The set includes Caesar and Cicero quotations, an English pronunciation talk, and selections from Ovid and Horace.
Hundreds of letters from George Eliot to Miss Fenny Sulvannah Clarke of Thanet were burned per the will of Clarke who died recently. A relative burned them saying the letters might have offered a remarkable literary contribution and an intimate autobiography of the author.
Budapest October 22 The successful use of thin sheet metal in toy houses has been developed into the manufacture of dwellings. Fireproof material covered with a veneer of metaloid is used to run up four room bungalows which, complete with ball, can be erected in 24 hours. The price for such a dwelling is about F850.
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