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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1928
Page
1
Latvia and Haiti informed the state department they will adhere to the pact bringing the total to 32 nations. Several in the group include Russia Greece and Argentina which have sent communications though not yet received by the department.
Weather outlook for Sept 8 period across upper Mississippi lower Missouri valleys and northern central plains. Mostly fair early week with a shower period later. temperatures near normal.
In Cleveland Ohio on September 1 the prediction said 35000 trainmen employed by west of Chicago railroads will not strike. The forecast came ahead of a general session of district chairmen of the brotherhood of railroad trainmen in Chicago scheduled for tomorrow.
In Chicago on September 1 the United Mine Workers of Illinois and the Illinois coal operators association reached a pact. It provides a 20 percent wage cut from the old Jacksonville scale of 7.50 dollars per day, with aim to reopen Illinois mines.
Arrangements announced for a baseball game between the Wyman team and the Washington Indies on Labor Day afternoon at 2 30. The match will be at Lide field two miles west of town. Wyman fields one of its strongest teams in history and an interesting exhibition is expected.
Mrs Lloyd Humston reports a busy week with family calls and dinners at the J Wolfe and Humston households. Visits include Mr and Mrs Sherlock Mr and Mrs Grant Humston and children and Welcomed guests Rev Davidson Mrs Burnside Miss Mary Burnside and others at the Vincent home.
Gene Tunney met the Prince of Wales at St James Palace, expressing delight at the royal with knowledge of current events and Tunney's battles. He spoke with friends about his fiancée, Miss Lauder, and left impressed by the prince’s interest.
Ames Iowa Sept 1 farmers are warned against cutting alfalfa after September 1 to reduce winter killing. H D Hughes head of Farm Crops at Iowa State College says late cutting last year led to many fields suffering winter kill, with risk highest for new seedings and crops cut late.
A Chesterton quotation on two kinds of books: those we wish had never begun and those we wish would continue forever. It frames reading as a choice between regret and endless engagement.
A letter allegedly by George Washington circulated noting imperfect grammar. It quotes him saying I have not wrote so often I should and invites reader reflection on writing errors in historical texts from the era.
Columbus Steng, 67, vice president of the North English Savings Bank which closed last spring, hanged himself. His body was found in a haymow on a farm owned by Steng by Rath Wetherell, a tenant. Friends say the bank closing weighed on him. no inquest will be held.
Franklin community news reports visitations by Mrs Ida Meeks and families from Washington and Clay Walton and Miss Ella Bore at Ralph Oldfields near Lexington. Omar Meeks ill with summer flu, Dr Masson called. Starr-Carr reunion in Iowa City attended by Ernest Meeks family. West Chester Methodist Sunday school picnic August 25 observes a noon dinner and games.
Kalona couple greet an eight pound girl born yesterday at home. William and Martha Lemley of Kalona share news with relatives. Various residents travel to Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for visits, vacations, and business. Senator Brookhart plans a Labor Day speech in Chicago as others attend funerals and family gatherings.
A joint committee from the United Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Crawfordsville outlines a union services plan for the year. Voting by each congregation will decide adoption, with a budget around 3000 dollars and separate church funds kept intact.
Mrs Thomas Gerdes reports locals visiting the Iowa state fair in Des Moines with relatives from the community. Families including Crone Miller Givens Gerdes Jackson Hopping and Simmering travel to fairs and attend events. Harry Hopping wins first in a ten car seed corn contest. Clara Simmering hospitalized with appendicitis. Merle Gallagher drives Roger Jones on mail route after car breakdown.
Radio listings from 1928 detail national network features across WEAF WIZ WABC and other stations. Programs include Graham McNameoe baritone Capitol Theatre act The Continentals Mean and Mack Symphonic hour Roxy's gang General Motors hour Real Folks United Opera company and Gypsies.
A brief clan of households and visitors listed. Mr and Mrs Charles Chabal of Missouri visited Ameai Chabal’s home while Mrs Milton Maas and her mother attended Sunday school. Des Moines fair volunteers, Michigan guests, and trips to the T C Reeves and John Kurty homes appear among scattered mentions of kinfolk and piecemeal gatherings.
Richard McCleery and Russell Jennings of Washington Iowa returned from the International Y's Men’s clubs convention in Grand Rapids Michigan. McCleery spoke on Boys' Work and Jennings discussed cooperation with the Y M C A program. The Washington stunt placed third. delegates came from all states and countries with about four hundred in attendance.
Senator and other members of congress launched a row over stamped envelope costs. An investigation he helped initiate led to a government saving of $5,000,000 in envelope manufacturing costs, announced today in a message received by the Iowa senator.
A garbled local notice references a broken pontoon found in the sea linked to Amundsen's plane and notes a repair attempt on a wrecked ship. The rest of the text lists visits and social notices from Crawfordsville on August 30 including residents from Washington Clearfield Sumner and Des Moines with various family connections.
Mrs Minnie Sprague hosted a noon dinner in honor of her aunt Mrs Kate Davidson of Pawnee Oklahoma. The Long reunion drew 70 relatives at Sunset Park Washington Wednesday. Bentley Thompson family moved into Mrs Scott Rodgers home. Genevieve Mincks McDermott of Ottumwa visited Miss Hazel Anwyl and Miss Anwyl returned her home Wednesday morning. R V Davis shipped hogs to Chicago market via Crawfordsville Shipping Association with top price of 13 dollars for 221 pound animals. Robert Holmes Rex Beauchamp returned from Minnesota wheat harvest noted Rex resumes school Monday. Aletha Holmes returned from Waterloo after two weeks with Lillian and Florence.
A memorial coliseum for Civil War Spanish American War and World War veterans will be built in Marshalltown. The cornerstone will be laid September 9 with speeches from notable state figures invited by the coliseum committee.
Port Jervis officials confirm the bodies of Merrill, manager of Curtiss Flying Service, and Edwin Ronne, Buffalo flying field manager, were found near Col Lindbergh’s airplane ruins. The mangled remains suggest the Falcon biplane exploded in flight while en route to New York from Buffalo.
Harold F. Davidson of Wahington and Wilma B. Conklin of Keota obtained a marriage license here today.
The piece contrasts two paths to achievement. One group battles inner faults and wastes effort, while others with calmer discipline and simple patience progress steadily toward success. It emphasizes self-control as a decisive factor.
Oslo reports Roald Amundsen and companions likely died when their Latham plane broke apart in the Barents Sea after attempting to aid Italia survivors. A broken pontoon found at Tromsoe tied to Amundsen’s craft and relief ship notes suggest forced down and a struggle to survive.
Mrs Daisy Simmering reports social visits across Rural Route Four. Families including Cald wells Linders and Simmerings greet neighbors. Rev Jesse Caldwell of Drake University will speak at Pleasant Hill on Sept 9 with Bible school at 10 and service at 11.
Funeral services for James H. Beatty were held Thursday morning at the L. A. Jones funeral home, with Dr. W. W. Bowers in charge. Pallbearers included Hal Williams, Rodney Arnold, Paul Lytle, Delbert Badham, George Birney and Carl Phillips. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery.
Brockhart orchard managers W. Brockhart and A. L. Young learned from County Agent H. C. Montgomery that their apples took top places at the state fair. Winter Bananas and Greenings were first, Staymans third, Delicious fourth, and the twenty five plate exhibit placed second.
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