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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1927
Page
8
Local notice reports a new electric sign being installed at Westpaal's jewelry store enhancing the storefront. The day includes various visits and travel by residents such as Mr and Mrs Jake Hertig to Wayland and Mr and Mrs Sherman Gingerich to Iowa City.
The article notes rapid growth of a relief fund for destitute and homeless in flood areas as Calumet Baking Powder Co of Chicago and Chicago Daily News join with $1000 checks to the Red Cross. A call urges local support in Washington and praises local wallpaper and paint promotions from Phillips and Tebner Drugelets.
Mrs. C. S. Anderson and daughter Ruth Anderson of Muscatine spent a brief visit en route from Fort Madison. Mr. Anderson, manager of the local Graham store, will soon open a Graham outlet in Fort Madison as Mrs. Anderson and Ruth prepare to relocate there. Cornelia Walton and James McMullen traveled from West Chester to visit grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Scharder. The Chocolate shop nears completion with interior paint and wall touchups. Case Steele and wife visited their Riverside farm for several days.
Memorial Day observances in Alabama Florida Georgia and Mississippi contrast with sorrow caused by high floods that have damaged communities. A fashion note promotes a black kid leather ladies pump with a silver buckle, priced at 7.50 per pair, touting comfort and value from A. E. ATCHISON Florsheims Arch-Preservers.
The coast of Cornwall features wind and weather carved rock faces resembling figures from Queen Victoria to Doctor Johnson. Land's End and Redruth show famed likenesses including the Queen Elizabeth rock and the Lions near Grasmere, with a second rock forming The Lady at the Organ as one approaches from another path.
An 1882 Siberian expedition report notes an officer dressed only in a nightshirt endured an outdoor promenade at 72 degrees below freezing with no ill effects when air was still. The finding rests on the absence of wind which would have intensified danger from ice needles and blizzard conditions.
An appeal pushes readers to buy advertising space with a free trial, claiming it will prove the value of ADS and boost business through visible results.
Mrs Frea Jones of Fairfield visited last evening with friends and relatives. Her daughter Mrs Richard Gaines and baby plan a Thursday visit. Mr and Mrs Frank Carson of Ainsworth shopped in town. H D McDarmott and family of Omaha plan to move here late this week to live on South Third street. He is a district salesman for Russell Miller Mill in Minneapolis.
A Brooklyn Eagle summary notes the Louvre’s crown jewels and famous stones such as the Regent diamond and Mazarin diamond are kept in glass cases by day. At night the rooms are vaulted beneath the floor, with cases rising for daytime viewing. The article warns would be robbers would find the security formidable and concealed mechanisms hidden under the galleries.
The late Charles R. Erwin argued at a New York banquet that scientific management failed because it ignores human nature. A hod carrier prefers his old way of packing bricks, even if a younger adviser claims each hod could hold more bricks with the new method.
Willa Wentworth, a New York interior decorator, returns to her Midwestern home and reconnects with Lawrence Dickinson, childhood friend Lanky, now an architect. She envisions expanding the old play house into a studio and rekindles memories as their past romance reawakens amid family excitement and plans for a new project.
Miss Verna Wortman returns home to Brighton after visiting Mrs. Stevenson. Mrs. Griffith of Crawfordsville shops in town. Miss Doris Stebbins of Winfield and Mrs. Rickey of Wyman visit. Mrs. Nicholson and son Tommy travel to Crawfordsville to see her mother Mrs. Patterson. Ed Davis returns to Verdi farm after weekend visit, planning to stay weeks. Bays hauled by John Little, 266 road to West Chester. Hazel Duvall’s cast changed at Iowa City hospital. Grace Stebbins teaches in western Iowa. Victoria Freding visits with her father. Freding family in Des Moines. Mary Rhinehart visits Sigourney. Eureka Telephone stockholders meet April 27 at Red Bricks schoolhouse. Mrs. Dowell returns from Des Moines. Lewis Warren from Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Dawson visits Brighton. Auctioneer D. F. Macon of Washington, Iowa. Velma Gallagher to return from Davenport after operation.
Dale Murdock attended the funeral of a Cedar Rapids relative yesterday at Columbus Junction. Mrs L Patterson and Mrs George Maxwell joined from Kalona for the county federated clubs convention. The Women’s Exchange run by Miss Eva Smeltzer reported strong sales from home sewing and baked goods. Mrs O M Swisher of Haskins came to attend her son-in-law John Nelson’s funeral.
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