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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1940
Page
3
The improvement club gathered Friday evening at Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carris home with seventeen members present for an entertainment program organized by them.
Notices list a dense slate of social activities for the week including C D A social at C hall hosted by Mrs Lea Sueppel, O E S instruction for No 3892, Walnut and Fleur-de-lis events, seed exchanges, potluck dinners, and many circle meetings. Larboard groups like the Masonic Temple unit, Lutheran Ladies Aid, U P groups, and church circles appear with exact times and hosts, plus a Jolly Goog Timers dance with Paul Geyer orchestra and an initiation ceremony at Masonie Temple.
Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting by the host and hostess and James Lem ley. The next meeting will be with Mr and Mrs Harley Hardin on Friday evening May 53.
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler appear for the final time this Thursday in the enduring film Gone with the Wind.
Fifteen persons from eight foreign countries were naturalized as American citizens at a Mason City district court hearing presided over by Judge M. H. Kepler. The naturalization ceremony marked a milestone for new citizens and their families.
By virtue of a Writ of Special Execution the district court clerk directs a public sale of the goods chattels and tenements of Addie Roth and A L Roth. The sale will be at the Washington County Court House in Washington Iowa on Wednesday April 24 1940 between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm. The property described is the Southeast Quarter of the ...
The northwest quarter of section 32 in township 74 north range 7 west Washington County Iowa to satisfy an execution. Sale to start at 2:00 p m. of the day. Property of Addie Roth and A L Roth. At the suit of The National Bank of Washington. Cash terms. Sheriff's Office Washington Iowa March 21 1940 H M Putnam.
The notice lists Sheriff S. G. Kiesey of Washington County Iowa with deputy role and date range April 10 to 17, 4812.
G. L. Sanders was re-elected to a record eighteenth consecutive year as superintendent of the Plover public schools.
I thank the neighbors and friends whose efforts saved other farm buildings when my house burned.
A folk remedy claims lemon juice mixed with Rulx Compound and water can ease rheumatic arthritis or neuritis pain quickly. The ad promises noticeable relief within 48 hours and offers a money back guarantee if no improvement. Phillips & Hebner Drug Store endorses Ru-Ex Compound.
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