28 Sep 1926
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1926
Page
1
Annual Washington fair promotes a large event October 7 and 7 with contests including a beauty pageant. Exhibits feature vegetables corn canned goods and bakery from Crail store rooms. Livestock poultry and other farm products to be shown in cavalry barns and city feed yard with ample space for displays. Attend and support this notable agricultural exhibition.
The Boy's Conference will be held in Washington on November 26 27 and 28. An estimated four to five hundred boys will attend three days of meetings with Dr W A Ganfield president of Carroll College as principal speaker. Plans for entertainment and a profitable event are in development.
Prof Heberlin of the Netherlands government medical service reports a complete skull of the missing link pithecanthropus erectus found at Trinal in central Java. The specimen, kept in Dutch East Indies, follows earlier Dubois finds and fuels debate over human-ape evolution.
The text notes skiing began in Norway around 1860 in Telemark and quickly spread across Scandinavia. It traces its later adoption in regions with harsh winters, highlighting popularity in Switzerland, Canada, and the United States.
Washington County Agricultural Agent W C Mollison announces a Fall Festival livestock and farm products exhibition with a 631.60 prize list. The event runs Thursday and Friday next week with judging starting October 7 at 10 am. exhibitors must place exhibits by 9 am and keep them until 5 pm. Participants must handle their own livestock. divisions include dairy cattle and mules with prize details and rules outlined by the committee.
Democratic senatorial candidate Claude R Borter accused Republican rival Colonel Smith Brookhart of reckless figures used in the Des Moines campaign. Porter challenged Brookhart's Labor Day figures on farm broker borrowings and farmer losses, citing a newspaper letter as proof. The feud spans weeks as each side defends or disputes reported sums.
Corks of bottles containing gum and other sticky substances should be rubbed with grease to prevent them from sticking. The instruction notes grease helps prevent tinning and eases removal.
Rollin B Organ, an 83 year old Chicago schools lecturer, visits Washington on a brief trip. He recalls old time Washington history, visits the city cemetery, and notes family ties to Clemons and Mark Twain. He attributes long residence in one Chicago ward to his steady life and throat ailment.
Six Hamilton Beach hair driers donated through Iowa Southern Utilities Co. are now installed in the women’s Y W C A room for use by women and girls using the pool. The units are safe light and easy to handle, with one designed to serve two users. Funds still needed for the dryer fund, and donations are welcome. A gymnasium class for women and girls began last Tuesday with low attendance, guidance by Mr Detrick, and a call for at least ten members to continue sessions on women’s nights.
A fresh breach in the Skunk River levee at Green Bay bottoms floods thousands of acres and forces residents to seek higher ground. The rise follows rain and higher water in nearby tributaries, affecting roads between Fort Madison and Burlington and signaling continued flood danger in surrounding towns.
The Washington Baptist Association opens tomorrow at 7:30 led by Dr. Hugh F. Moore of Des Moines. Moore, back from the Northern Capital Convention in Washington last May, will report on the event. Miss Mamie Passolt will speak at both sessions followed by Rev. W. F. Huxford’s closing address Thursday evening. If weather clears the New Haven church hosts. otherwise sessions move to the Washington Baptist church.
Playground equipment has been installed at four ward schools with large swings and more items planned as finances allow. Heights pupils funded a slide with proceeds from an operetta, and Lincoln pupils plan a similar project. Junior High lacks a playground and needs space for physical activity.
New York Stock Exchange director Cameron Beck plans a late October and early November Iowa tour. He will speak in Centerville on Sunday October 21 addressing men and boys as part of YMCA efforts. Beck’s emphasis is on morals, industry, and successful careers for youth.
Washington prepares for the religious drama The Glow Unseen with a citywide ticket sale led by a committee including Mrs. Sage Keely Greenfield and Schmoeller. Verne Jay, a noted playwright, arrives to direct a local cast and community choir for the four act production.
Judge Wagner allowed four of fifteen preference claims against Farmers and Merchants State Bank in district court yesterday. The approved claimants were H. A. Dougal, G. W. Grecian, Ruth Bridges, and Coulter Wallace Ace, who will recover deposits in full. Several other claims were settled with the bank’s receiver or disallowed. cases included church treasurers and school district officials. A Grecian vs Steele lawsuit was also set for trial, with neighbors and attorneys listed, while Orville Estes remained jailed on $3,000 bail pending next term.
A concise maxim from Benjamin Franklin on diligence as the mother of good luck and divine aid to industry, noting wealth not from treasure or inheritance but effort and virtue. The saying frames perseverance as the path to opportunity and fortune.
The article notes towns expanding to twice their size and stresses that every individual member bears a responsibility toward the organization, highlighting collective accountability and expanded roles within growing communities.
A Newcastle Indiana Courter letter argues against youth sport being called sport unless it provides a spectacular risk or show, highlighting tension between athletic merit and entertainment value.
Clyde Coble of Dutch Creek township was fined 200 dollars in justice court for shooting two deer from the Skunk River bottoms west of Washington. He admitted the killings and the two carcasses were seized. the meat went to the County Hospital for use by charity institutions. A third deer was found shot nearby by deputy warden Breitenbach, who investigated the killings.
The black specks on silver result from the chemical action of salt on the metal. They may be removed by any cream silver polish if not etched too deeply.
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