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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1927

Page

3

Community Gatherings Highlight West Havre Area Socializes

The Gardners hosted a near Havre wedding reception for Mrs. Lawerence Bush of near Fairfield with a guest list including L F Sigafoose and family, Susie Hopping and daughter, and the Bush, Simmons, and Donaldson households. Separate society notes cover the Ladies Social Union meeting at Mrs. Alvin Strum’s, church painting fund-raising, Bible study programs at the Y, and garden club programs led by Mrs. Maxwell Tyvarrs and others.

Walter J. Gardner Havre Lawerence Bush Near Fairfield L. F. Sigafoose Howard Sigafoose Frances Jean Susie Hopping Mary Forrest Donaldson S. C. Simmon Lawrence Bush Russel Simmons Betty Yeo

Community group announcements for Fall Festival week

The Methodist ladies plan a food sale at Washington Cleaners during the Fall Festival on Thursday and Friday. The Just Us club meeting is rescheduled to two weeks later on the regular date. A Presbyterian cafeteria supper starts at 5 p m Thursday with hot hamburgers pie coffee and confections. The American Lesson auxiliary will run a festival stand on the square. The Young People's Bible class hosts a potluck at the Mason home on Monday at 6 30 with one dish to pass. The W O T regular meeting is set for Saturday October 1 at 2 20 in the G A R hall with seven initiates expected.

Washington Cleaners Just Us Club Young People’s Bible The Presbyterian Church F. W. Eastwood Elmer Mason W. O G. A. R. Hall

Cyclone Description and Wind Behavior

A cyclone is defined as a circular storm with wind speeds between 50 and 50 miles per hour. It revolves at up to 40 miles an hour as the wind moves toward the center.

Damon and Pythias Fall Out

Two college friends Damon and Job Jeatherwood and Harry Drayton feud after encounters with Jessica Winship at a lakeside vacation house. Jessica reveals she will marry either Job or Harry, then Malcolm Blaine declares he will marry Jessica, prompting a confrontation that ends with reconciliation and a shared fishing trip.

Arry Drayton Job Gatherwood Job Harry Jessica Jessica Winship Malcolm Blaine Malcolm Venus

Insects Classified by Human Type Theories

Entomologists compare insect groups to human types such as asthenic athletic and pyknic. The lean and hungry asthenic form appears in beetles bugs moths while grasshoppers mosquitoes walking sticks and dragonflies show athletic builds. Hygela Magazine.

Hygela Magazine

Degrees of Latitude Meridians Spread at Equator

The text shows meridians run along longitude and meet at the poles, so degrees of longitude widen at the equator while contracting toward the poles. It notes globe observation and measurements proving latitude degrees are longest at the equator and shrink toward the poles.

Fall Festival Clinic List of Babies Entered

Long list of newborns and infants entered for the Fall Festival Clinic with names and ages ranging from a few weeks to several years. Locations include Ainsworth Washington West Chester Kalona Wellman Riverside and others, with multiple households and street routes represented.

W. R. Schantz Noble Mary Louise John Henderson Keota Mary Martha H. N. Porter West Chester Clifford Dale O. T. Furst Wellston

First Purchase of Money in Genesis Story

The text notes Genesis 23 records Abraham buying Machpelah tomb from Ephron in year 2139 by weight using 400 shekels of silver, marking one of the earliest coinless monetary transactions.

Abraham Ephron Sarah

Needs to Be Watched The Tongue as Great Good and Evil

A quoted maxim attributes the tongue as a dual force, capable of profound good or deep harm. It urges caution and mindful speech, reflecting on rhetoric, influence, and moral consequence.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Ladies Social Union of New Haven Alvin Strum Cuddeback Dessie Cuddeback Bible Department Eiumone Club J. C. Boice Garden Club J. G. Maxwell G Richardson Delphian Society Ernestine Lemmon Eva Denny Kathryn Latta England Pinero George Weston Mr. Weston Martin Weston H. C. Baligra Pleasant Plain Woody Dawson Arthur Eden Will Miller Damon Pythias Job Catherwood Harry Drayton Old Loan and Trust Building Schmoeller Bros Weinies Sauer Kraut Hlome H. W. Gasaway Rubio Patricia May Jake Schwab Haskins Gene My. Prewks Gs Schwab Ainsworth Gene Mae George Sands Ainsworth Howard Jay Hugh Morris Catherine Jean Lloyd Hayes Washington Richard Lee Harold Gray Doris Correne A. EF. Strum Brighton Martha Jean Ira Amlong Francis Elnora Floyd H. Edmonson Corenne Faith Clare Kron Ainsworth R Edwin Joseph Geo. Westen Florence Florine Jos. D Francis Wright Francis Marie Clyde Johnson Lyall Moore Wilbur Lee Walter FE. Duvall Mary Alice Louis Harland Richard Dwight W. F. Flynn Capitola Annette George Baker Rosa Genevieve Pr. M Henry Berdo Wash Mary Ruth Geo. A. Chalupa Lois Jean Fred Kephart Bernard Russell Ed Simmering Howard John Paul Harvey William Preston Arthur Duensing Lloyd Arthur Raymond Lambert Marvin Ray Orville Caldwell William Landau Emil Finke Harold Clyde Lloyd Humston Lois Katherine Pearl Phillips Arsnold Scott Walter Darnell Dorothy Lorene Lloyd Lovelett Ivan LeRoy Mary Putnam Audrey Jean Joe Falk Frances Leona Carlton Haven Robert Fred E. S. Tufts Robert T. RR. Pratt Dorothy Maxine Lloyd Morrison S. Ard Ave Jane Rosemary James Lowery W. D. Booth S. Towa Willis D Roy Rf. Crossett W. Jefferson Barbara Joan R. Thoma Viola Mabel Allison Maas John Little Calvin John B. G. Whitlock W. Monroe Merle Vinson Ralph Martin Miranda Marie C. R. Munns S. Ave B Mel Boileau Robert Eugene Marcella Marie C. C. Clark S. Ind Robert Lloyd Fred Downing Iowa Robert Federick W. H. Hotle Dorothy Anne Eugene Russell Bamford van Dyke Ord Virginia Ruth B. K. Fenton Louise Honoria George McChurch W. Madison Benjamin Pranklin M. A. Hunter Jeffer Econ William Hector Leland Pringice Clifford Leland Virginia Arlene Don Huber Gladys Kathryn Dell Walker Kenneth Edward Henry TeBockhurst Lyle J. J. Davison Geneva Marie Gertrude June Joe B. Sneider Joseph Eli H. W. Ramseyer E. Main Gwendolyn Jeanne Carl EF. Jarrard Mary Ardith B. F. Bostwick, Jr Robert Roy R. J. Tanner Tommy Earl Zook Betty Jean H Lord Carma Jean Earl Chance Gerald Earl D. W. Dayton Darrel Webster John Beenblossom 9Th Max Allen Ed Squires S. 4Th Ave Evert William J. O. Vincent John Robert Franklin Waggoner N. 2Nd Ave Mary Elizabeth Sir Walter Raleigh Enna Jettick Corbin & Barrett Bootery East Side Square
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