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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1920
Page
6
Mrs Wm Weidner and daughter Janieta visit relatives in Brighton. A full line of Chevrolet parts advertised at the Mart End Garage. A church food sale set for Saturday April 16 at Orr’s Grocery South Side with day and night hours. Clothing sale for spring suits at Gus Bramer’s near the opera house.
A collage of locals shoppers travelers and advertisements. Citizens visit relatives travel to Crawfordsville Burlington and Davenport while motor firms boat in deals motor inn waxes cars and sells tires. A Jubilee concert at the A M E church is announced and several residents make visits to friends and kin.
Seventeen members and two visitors attended with Mrs. Frank Dittmar joining the club. Officers for the year were elected including Mrs. J. N. Phillips as president, Mrs. R. G. Vincent as vice president, and Mrs. Sam McKee as secretary treasurer.
Mrs W Hi Stull and daughter Louise and Mrs W W Hook attended the funeral of Mrs Mary Walker. Mr and Mrs A I Griffith traveled to Crawfordsville for the same funeral. Lloyd Maxwell welcomed a seven pound boy born Friday April 9. John M Brant company delivers a Ramely Oi Pull tractor to Ainsworth for Oregon township roads. Dorothy Warnock returns to Rock Island after visiting relatives. Lizzie Naugla returns to Davenport after a week with relatives. Leatha Greene of Mt Pleasant attended the Iowa Wesleyan glee club play and visited friends.
Smith pages list visits and travel by townsfolk including Misses Warren Belville and Lamine plus Mr Reister and Mrs Hagist. Des Moines trips noted for Rittenhouse Holmes and Moore families. Theatre guests from Richland and Keota attend a high school play. Bridal sewing and tailor ads highlight Plumly’s Singer machines and Gust Bramer tailoring. Fourth Ward Republican caucus set for April 14 at eight in city hall to pick delegates.
Mrs Cap Gray and her sister Mrs Martha Johnson entertained at noon Tuesday in honor of Mrs Esther Herring of Iowa City visiting in Washington. About two hundred members of the First United Presbyterian Church attended a congregational social at the church last evening to contribute one fifth of their weight as an admission fee. Proceeds totaling over fifty dollars will aid church furniture. A lively program by Sabbath school classes featured friendly rivalry and notable musical and dramatic talent. Refreshments of pie and coffee followed.
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