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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1912
Page
4
Miss Ruth Young of Winfield, recently a guest at the G. A. Young home, returned to Winfield yesterday after a sojourn away.
A collage of household ads and society notes. The item lists visits, guests at homes in Muscatine Cedar Rapids and Galesburg, travel to Newton Burlington and Des Moines, church services in Wa pello, and social calls by Miss Marie Chilcote Miss Ethel Sage and others. Also mentions insurance, draying services, and gas ovens.
The Star Theatre shows two reel features including A Tragedy of the Desert filmed in Luxor Egypt and Sahara Desert plus a Vita film with Florence Turner in Her Diary and The Mystified Pierrot. Also special notices and local visits announced.
In a winter fable, Mr. Bear boasts of a fine bushy tail as Mr. Fox compliments it. The sly fox lures Bear to a frozen lake hole, Bear plunges in his tail, it freezes, and Bear must cut it off to escape. Fox forfeits friendship as tails fade.
Local notes recount visits and departures as Misses Besse Jones Dora Miller Maude McCulley Fannie Winter Dorothy Brownhousen and Leo Brownhousen travel to Denver Minneapolis Keota and Chicago. The Washington County Chautauqua opens August 13 with Forbes juvenile pipe band performances and daily events including lectures and concerts.
EXTRA! Ladunta Colo August 5 Special reports George Ballow opened fire injuring five people and set fire to a local hotel before fleeing the scene. Police pursue suspect as emergency crews treat victims and contain the blaze.
J A Y Ashby announces a Knights of Pythias gathering at 8 o clock p m on August 5 for business. Mr and Mrs M B Jones were seen in the city traveling from Coneville to their home in Wyman.
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