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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1929

Page

5

Anniversary of Parmeter Marriage Noted at Gamble Home

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parmeter of Cedar Rapids celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary with a surprise ceremony at the Gamble home in Columbus Junction on Sept 24 1884. A picnic lunch followed and friends from Cedar Rapids attended.

Columbus Junction Frank Parmeter Cedar Rapids Gamble Ella Overholt Des Mecines S. M Overholt Carl Grandy Davenport Ellen Hum Fiston James Cherwinker Haskins Washington Cherwinker Columbus City Muscatine Louisa Counties Tri County Veterans’ Association Women’s Relief Corps of Nathan Lucinda Bliven

Riverside Community News Notes Incomplete Fall Festival Attendance

Riverside Iowa reports residents attending the fall festival in Washington last Wednesday. Local families include Gerot Heck Lorack and Murdock circles. weekend visits to Cedar Rapids Solon and Iowa City noted. Additional residents from Riverside listed as shoppers and visitors across nearby towns.

Riverside Iowa Ray Gerot Robert Will Gerot John Heck Peter Gerot Alvah Heck Alvah Bell Gail Murdock Carl Craig Chas Lorack Emily Amon Charles Lorack Wilbur Chaulpa Charles Anthony Malicshky

Local notes and farm trades from Horning area

Harry Huber bought a carload of cattle from Kansas City. Edd and Joe Conard bought 600 head of lambs from New Mexico. Washington fall festival drew many locals Tuesday to Thursday. Numerous visits and family gatherings occur around Keota Washington Wellman West Chester Mt. Pleasant and related farms and homes.

Harry Huber Kansas City Edd Joe Conard New Mexico Washington Stanleigh Henderson James Bart Gregory Keota Paul Sparks Perental A Mable C. B. Wering Marguerite James Walker West Chester Andy Pimme Philip Stouffer Wellman

Wellman Notes Include Visits and Local Events

Wellman residents recount visits from P P Beechler of West Union Jr and F C Schroeder family. A George Groff Sr sale lists a self rake reaper. Wellman high school football lost 18 to 0 to West Branch, while promising play hints at future success. An auto train collision injures a man named Bender near Miller mill. he is hospitalized. Gardiner shows improvement after illness. Sheriff Denison and local residents frequent Wellman events and court matters.

Wellman F. C. Schroeder Helen Cedar Rapids P. P. Beechler West Union, Jr Pete CR. I. and P. Railroad Company Davenport F.C. Schroeder Eardley Bell, Jr West Liberty Ata'issa Martickle Atalissa Iowa J. S. Davis George Groff T. A. Michaels Washington W. FE. Maplethorpe Garwin C. J. Althous Wellman High School West Branch Wellman Boys Bender R. R Miller Mill Hensinger Hospital Jews City Gardner James Potsander Clemons Potsander Rudolph Magnuson Town C. M. Livezey Roy Durian Nell A. J. Spears C. M. Denison Charles Liebe North of Kalona

The Iron Mask brings Fairbanks back as D Artagnan

Douglas Fairbanks stars as D Artagnan in The Iron Mask a United Artists film at Graham theatre for Thursday and Friday. Set in late Louis XIII and early Louis XIV France the story follows the birth and rise of the heir with Athos Porthos and Aramis advising the young king. Mammoth sets recreate the Pal ace of Saint Germain the Carmelita Convent and 17th century streets under Maurice Leloir supervision ensuring historical accuracy.

D’artagnan Three Musketeers Douglas Fairbanks D'Artagnan United Artists Graham Theatre Mr. Fairbanks Dumas France Louis XIII Louis XIV D’artagnan Andia Athos Porthos Aramis St. Germain Carmelita M. Maurice Leloir

Joan Crawford in Our Modern Maidens Epic of the Jazz Age

Joan Crawford headlines the Metro-Goldwyn Mayer release Our Modern Maidens at the Foxy Theatre. The fog of reviews hails the film as an epic of the jazz age with Crawford delivering a powerful dramatic performance amid glittering youth and modern urban energy.

Joan Crawford Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Foxy Theatre Miss Crawford

Remarkable health turn after Sargon remedy

Mrs J C Brown of Omaha Neb credits five bottles of Sargon with ending years of misery. She says she suffered gall bladder pain and constipation and could not eat. After treatment her appetite returned and pains disappeared. Her husband also noticed improvement and now takes Sargon. ShermanBroo agents.

Sargon J. C. Brown Francis St Omaha

Modern Jazz Age Drama Test of Pleasure and Ethics

A girl swept by the whirl of the jazz age pursues pleasure and bargains with illusion. She discovers the deep laws that underlie artificial conventions, with dramatic settings and startling surroundings. The story blends eye catching spectacle with gripping drama.

Piers Pure Entertainment

Little girl’s reply to unexpected auntie hug

A four year old girl sits on her aunt’s lap when the sun angle shifts and an aunt hugs her saying she is sweet. The child looks up and responds with a cheeky line implying others think so too.

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