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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
10
The community cheers new paving and better roads improving travel to Fairfield and Iowa City. Ainsworth hosted a Tuesday paving dedication with a good crowd. Local residents note vacations, travel plans, and upcoming fall events as rain arrives and crops face a late frost.
Sheffield launches the nations first municipally owned slaughter house and wholesale meat market. The new facility aims to centralize processing and distribution under city control to modernize meat trade and bolster local economy.
Agriculturalists in Washington county show keen interest in the fall festival farm products exhibit. H. J. Montgomery reports many entry blanks filled and expects a larger show as premiums rise. Last year entries came from 30 to 40 miles away with a big rush anticipated on Monday and Tuesday. The women’s exhibit and poultry show are also shaping up to exceed previous years.
Cohasset Mass officials ban amateur golfers from using the village green as a practical course. The edict notes past cries of foreball have caused villagers to flee the common while Catherine Jane Hull travels to Iowa City for University of Iowa work and families visit Washington for shopping.
England September 12. Squadron Leader AH Grle bar, captain of the British Schneider Cup team, established a world speed record of 45.8 miles per hour. He powered the Supermarine Rolls Royce 8-6 to beat comrade Flight-Lieut. G H Stainforth who held an average speed of 336.3 miles per hour.
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