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Dr Frey visits Frank McKay home staying through Saturday morning. Baptist ladies bake sale at Sid Square. Mannhard Bros noted. Mrs J B Rabenold of Haskins spent yesterday in Washington and returned home. Two U S non skid tires and two U S gray tubes priced at 25 dollars plus tax at Browns Tire Shop.
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Dr. Frey
Frank McKay
Baptist Ladies Bake Sale
Sid Square
Mannhard Bros
U. S
Brown's
Osco
Brown
Ladies of
West Chester
Local residents travel for shopping and visits around Washington
Arch Best Oxfords. Wilson's g2n ae W. H. Hampton went to Des Moines last evening. Mrs. CO. Harris of Keota shopped in Washington. J. D. Martin of Oskaloosa visited on business. Carl Jungbluth traveled to Muscatine. Miss Clara Wallace and Miss Blanche Mercer with Mrs. Wheeler visited Muscatine. Mrs. W. E. Logan went to Ainsworth to see ill sister Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Howard Benn and son Howard Jr. returned from Oskaloosa and Sigourney. J. M. Finney went to Ainsworth on Brant Co. Mrs. Ed Sullivan to Davenport to visit relatives. Mrs. J. B. Orris and daughters from Crawfordsville shopped in Washington. Mrs. J. Mather of Haskins visited yesterday. Mrs. A. T. Brown and Mrs. A. E. Putman and Miss Sarah Conrad went to Brighton for a week. Mrs. Claude Holmes of Keota visited her mother Mrs. Bauer. Tom Burgess of Keota shopped in Washington. Miss Bertha Rich went to Brighton to visit her brother C. A. Rich. Mrs. J. Riordan returned to Keota after shopping here yesterday. Paul French, a student at the U. S. Iowa City, came home for a brief visit. You’ll find us on south side of square. Mannhardt Bros. for The Misses Alice and Virginia Cunningham of the U.S. 1 are expected this evening from Iowa City for Easter break.
Local Notes From Washington Area Listings
A string of social updates, visits, and small notices from Washington Iowa and nearby towns. People travel between Keota Wayland and Fort Madison while families attend funerals and plan visits. Tire shop ads and dress news appear alongside farmers reporting road conditions and local errands.
Local notices and events fill West Chester area pages
Community items include shop visits from Mrs Birdieburgis and Mrs McKay, church socials, bake sales, and club meetings. Notices list regular meetings of W R C and Fortnightly club, Easter programs, youth plays, and charity sales with dates and locations across West Chester and nearby towns.
Wisconsin Attorney General to challenge Chicago drainage water diversion
Attorney General William J. Morgan will file in May to stop Illinois and the Chicago sanitary drainage district from diverting Lake Michigan water into the Chicago canal. Wisconsin cites 22 years of illegal diversions, now 10,900 cubic feet per second, lowering lake levels and forcing dredging and dock abandonments at Wisconsin ports.
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Chicago
Madson
Wis
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin and Michigan
Chicago Drainage Canal
William J. Morgan
Wisconsin
United States Supreme Court
Congress
R. H. Hoyt
Army
Mount Pleasants City Council Sides With Sunday Baseball
Mount Pleasantity council grants permission for Sunday baseball at the fair ground this summer within city limits. Dr J W Laird to manage with several games already scheduled, while a petition to reverse the decision circulates among residents. May prompt protest as the season nears.
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Mount Pleasant
Mount
Lightning Seen as Divine Favor in East
In parts of the East a lightning strike is interpreted as a sign of divine blessing. The belief frames the event as an auspicious omen rather than a random natural phenomenon.
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Countries
Japan Passes Liquor Ban for Minors in Parliament
The Wctu notes a Japanese bill prohibiting liquor sales or gifts to minors passed the National Diet and awaits effect on April first. The measure, long debated in both houses, marks a temperance victory in Japan. The law aligns with Madam Yajima’s birthday month as she turns ninety on April 24.
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Anna Adams Gordon
National Diet of Japan
House of Peers
Sunrise Kingdom
Madam Yajima
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EXIDE
Leland Bros
Lincoln
H. D. Smith
South Side Square
Mannhardt Bros
Jill
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Ray McConnell
Baby Betty
Davenport
Arlo Jones
J. B. Rabenold
Haskins
Washington
McNamaras
Acme Nursery
AL Dd
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Bert Olson
Arch Best
Oxfords
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W. H. Hampton
Des Moines
J. D. Martin
Oskaloosa
Carl Jungbluth
Muscatine
Clara Wallace
Ainsworth
Blanche Mercer
8. T. Wheeler
W. E. Logan
W. A. Walker
Howard Benn
Howard, Jr
Sigourney
J. M. Finney
John M. Brant Co
Ed Sullivan
J. B. Orris
Crawfordsville
J. ©. Mather
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A. E. Putman
Sarah Conrad
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Claude Holmes
Keola
J. C. Bauer
Tom Burgess
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J. Riordan
Aul French
Iowa City
Alice
Virginia Cunningham
Iowan City
Homme
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Chas, Hebner
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McElhinney Drug Co
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Baby Jilly
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Richland
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Fort Madison
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J. M. Wilson
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Homer Darbyshire
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Methodist Choir
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First Ward
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Mary Timmons
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