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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1922
Page
8
Clifford Thorne and Wilson’sGlU al Mr a Wilson’s glu al Mra Thorne head to Des Moines this morning for a several day visit with Mr Thorne joining them shortly.
Fragments note a new minister visiting the M B church Friday evening. Several local residents including Mr and Mrs Frank Leffler and families are seen in Ottumwa and Excelsior Springs travel and visits. Expressions advertise 40 cent meals at Deans and express packages accepted after supper at McElhinney drug store sub station.
A new minister joins the M B K Church, with Friday evening services marking the start of their tenure. Details on the speaker and program remain sparse in the readable fragments.
Local column lists visitors and residents in Washington and nearby towns. Mentions Mrs A H Rteols Cedar Rapids visit to mother Mrs H L Kendall. Mrs Roy Fisher of Keota shops. new M B church minister Gore Hl. F. Gladfelder of Fairfield visits Washington. various trips to Davenport Brighton Keota and Chicago. Includes shop hours at McElhinney drug store and dean’s specials, plus social calls and a funeral in Crawfordsville and local announcements.
Funeral services were held in Brighton for J. D. Kisor a respected citizen and father of Gene Kisor of Washington. Burial occurred at Oskaloosa. He leaves his widow an adopted daughter Miss Gladys Lewis another son Fay of Riverside California and a daughter Mrs Grace Brinton of Brighton.
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