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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
10
Riverside and Ainsworth residents visit Washington and Winfield while local families host guests. Businesses offer cleaning and pressed overcoats, fruit jams on sale, and a piano ad. Donors plan a rummage sale at the Chamgm opera house and a charity sale at the Graham opera house this weekend.
Local notices include P E O sale advertisement and soda fountain offer at Deans with 25 cent lunch specials. Community movements report Mrs Flora Stevens and Walter the millinery salesman visiting, new baby Robert Leslie born to Mr and Mrs Leslie Gates, nursing case update for Miss Marguerite Whittaker, and travel and family visits across Fayette Fairfield Scranton Boone and George Teas locations.
Local notes report Mrs. G M Knox in Cedar Rapids and Dr D Arthaud ill at home. Mrs I Rothschild returns from Chicago. Mr and Mrs Seymour Martin of Keota visit Washington. Kneeny and artists perform at the Graham with admission one dollar adults, fifty cents children.
Wellman crowds overflow the Methodist church as Hanley and Fisher draw large audiences. The F T Snavely Hardware Co warehouse hosts a 600 seat tabernacle for the rest of meetings with three services planned next Sunday. Rev Hanley preaches on Why Pray from Matthew 17 21 urging earnest faith and unified prayer. A solo by Mr Fisher concludes the service.
Among those who returned to their homes last evening after attending the funeral of Lee Lovelett were Mrs. Lovelett and three children Donald Arnold and Maxine to Cedar Rapids Mrs. Mose De Marce to Muscatine Mrs. R L Mosier to Elkhart Ind these people were guests at the Lovelett and Raymond homes while in Washington.
Banking by telephone or by mail offers a practical alternative during busy days when visiting Washington National is difficult, providing a convenient way to manage accounts without an in person trip.
A well placed mirror adds charm to a room reflecting beauty, such as a cabinet topped by a vase. Mirrors are increasingly used in house furnishing with excellent results.
Josef Koneeny violinist with Miss Marty pianist and Miss Lash soprano arrive for a Graham theater recital tomorrow. They perform at 3 pm in the high school auditorium for pupils, then an 8 pm concert at the Graham under the Fortnightly Music Department and American Legion. Tickets at Lemmon's Pharmacy then box office.
A fragment notes hesitation and a claim of a good reason for inaction tied to age and perceived delay. The text hints at weighing motive and timing but lacks clear events, persons, or organizations to confirm a specific outcome or action.
Fern fronds from nearby woods are shipped in ton quantities for luteheon and table decorations. New York City reportedly uses 15 million fronds annually, with New England woods also depleted to supply the plant.
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