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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1928

Page

3

Journal's Weekly News Review highlights Iowa and national events

A Saturday page summarizes the week in Washington County, Town, and abroad. Highlights include Boy Scouts fellowship funds, central Iowa musical contests on radio, farm and agriculture discussions, journalist conferences, Linn County rallies, local crime and politics, university homecoming plans, eastern star registration, notable deaths, and anti Hoover Smith prospects. The page compiles material from state, national, and county papers for a compact check-up of the week.

Washington County

Theatres Preview at Vox and Week’s Film Lineup

The Vox Theatre showcases Half a Bride featuring Esther Rolston and Gary Cooper as a daring finale with a desert island twist. Also on view are The Show by McEvoy and Dixie Dugan with Alice White, plus Buck Jones in The Big Hop. The week lists John Gilbert in The Cossacks and Emil Jennings in Street of Sin, with Happy Joe’s Tennessee Singers performing.

VOX Theatre Ther Rolston Gary Cooper J.P. McEvoy Alice White Dixie Dugan Dixie Jimmy Buck Jones Wasver Sin Emil Jenni Fay Wray Salvation London Happy Joe's Tennessee Sunnier Singers The John Gilbert Ben Adore Sappy Joe's Tennessee Dubilew Singers Emil Jennings Frida the Cop

Smith Campaign Swing and Hoover Confidence in Mount Home City

General News notes Hoover twice voiced belief of victory in Alfred E. Smith’s Mount home city Mou nt. Over 600 people were arrested early Sunday as state troopers raided a roadblock between Gloucester and Mount Ethrain. The drive to mobilize voters in the north Atlantic states was planned for the final ten days before the election. James M. Dyer of Rumford, Maine, naval air pilot with 1251 hours this political year, was awarded the Herbert Scliff memorial trophy for safe flying. Back home from a 2804 mile campaign swing, Governor Smith.

Iorbert Hoover Alfred B. Smith Gloucester Mass Mount Ethrain North Atlantic Seaboard James &. Dyer Rumford Maine Herbert Scliff Governor Smith

Washington Ten Years Ago in a Washington newspaper

A collage of late 1910s items reports church moves by Dr. Frank A. Gageby, local weddings, and civic notes. Moves include Gageby leaving First Presbyterian for St. Pauls Evangelical Beverly Hills. Community efforts feature Red Cross knitting and phonograph record drives for soldiers. Election officials listed, real estate sales noted, and casualty reports from France accompany profiles of local families and business transfers.

Frank A. Gageby Waltington St. Pauls Evangelical Beverly Hills Chicago M.D. Yard Orty Char PG. Hanley Kyle Franz Landau Joffrey Duluth Minnesota Namara Emu

Noted Washington Person of Charles J. Wilson

Charles J. Wilson known as C.J. to many Washington residents is profiled as a lawyer and long time public figure. The sketch highlights his curiosity collection of guns and arrowheads, garden tuberoses, and his deep roots in state and county politics including service as city solicitor and county attorney.

Charles J. Wilson Washington Washington County James Cunningham C.J MeJuikin Towa University Towa Law School Stone Wilso Wilson & Kelloge Richland Wilson Wilson and Wilson Known Kellogg Carlton C. Wilson Col. Wilson Find Tblican State Central Committee Ste Iowa J. Wilson

Washington county notes on events and obituaries

Washington county reports a banquet at the Y with the dean of the medical school, local marriages and births, accidents and deaths, school and civic notices, and plans for future community events including Armistice day and a theater project. The record lists names such as Frank J. Elder, Ed Hamme, W. W. Howers, Wilson, Winnie Palmer, Mary Hunter, Clara Faulkner, Mary Welch, George D. Wilson, Edna Morrow, and many others along with locations like Ottumwa and Decatur. The week includes elections, business updates, and social gatherings across the county.

Winnie Palmer Mary Hunter Clara Faulkner Mary Welch Ottumwa

Presbyterian youth group pot luck and social event

The Young People's Bible class of the Presbyterian Church invites members to a pot luck dinner and social at the home of Mr. and Mrs J B Schmooler on Monday October 29 at 6 30 Bring sandwiches silverware and serving dishes There will be a program and a candy and pie social at the Ore you No school Tuesday night October 40 with Edna Mae Foss the teacher

Tirka Ainsworth Everett Raymond Cox Washington Thomas H. Knotts West Chester Ames Lala Cecil Arthur North Bourthvenue C. BE. Richardson J.C Mathers Haskingl B.S R. E. Thornton Young People’s Bible Etss Presbterian Church J. B. Schmooler Kcis Edna Mae Foss

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