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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
3
Eight room two story house, fine barns and outbuildings on 100 nerves land three miles from town. Tiled land and black loam soil described as among county's best. Priced 300 per acre, 29500 total, terms five percent yearly. Offers to show and sell, space to watch for details tomorrow.
The Fortnightly duty will hold its general meeting Friday evening at the home of Mrs. W. A. Gibson. Election of officers and other important business. Members may join the new Civics department by handing in names and suggestions at the meeting.
A large audience is urged to attend tonight’s 8 o’clock concert at the First United Presbyterian Church. The program, performed by the city’s colored community, aims to raise funds for the local A M E church and support church expenses as part of a broader national uplift effort.
Mandery Friday evening April 16 lists regular business and Red Cross work for six candidates. J D Glasgow EB C 5013 Theth Century club to meet at Mrs A Dewey home in the afternoon. 2013 Presbyterian club meeting Friday night at 7 15 note change of evening.
The Teamsters Union will hold a meeting Friday evening at 7:30 PM at the Trades Assembly Hall. The Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will meet Friday at 2:30 PM at Mrs. Fred Neiswanger's home.
An advertisement notes that Parisian Sage hair product is recommended for thick and beautiful hair. It advises usage two or three times weekly and is attributed to Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Mr and Mrs Horning celebrated their thirty second anniversary on a Monday with a large family gathering at their spacious home. Guests brought gifts including two rocking chairs, and a long dinner featured roast chicken, beef, ham, noodles, pies, cakes, and coffee. rain interrupted the afternoon festivities.
A pitch asserts that businessmen desire a powerful slogan to attract distant trade. It proposes Washington Butter as the byword and the name to own for selling products, promising broad recognition and appeal.
Mrs Neal Anwyl and her daughter Ruth travel from their home of Mr and Mrs Cephas Dodd in Columbus Junction to attend the Washington Ottumwa debate at the local high school at eight o clock tonight.
Col J Palmer returns from three day visit as chair of a five member G A R committee inspecting the Marshalltown Soldiers Home. They examined the institution and its residents amid strong annual pleas from mayors. The report notes over 600 residents.
A Mrs. Frank Crocker of Pana Illinois recalls her five-year-old son’s severe winter cold that settled on his lungs and caused persistent coughing. After trying ineffective medicines, she used Chamberlains Cough Remedy per a neighbor's praise and reports quick improvement and eventual cure. Lemmon's Drug Store advertises the product.
Waterloo student Marguerite Sexton, a West High sophomore, won first place in the dramatic class at the Iowa state declamatory contest in Denison. Her parents, Mr and Mrs William Sexton, longtime Washington residents, and her sister Mrs John Wehr live nearby.
A Decatur Illinois resident Mrs Benjamin P F Blake vey writes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best for colds and coughs. She used it for children with croup and has taken it herself. Lemmon's Drug Store advertises the product.
Sioux City labor leaders report the arbitration committee has granted hoisting engineers a raise to 1 per hour from 86 cents and carpenters to 1125 per hour from 90 cents. The workers had demanded 125.
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