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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1912

Page

4

Local and Personal Notes From The Fox And Dewey

Local residents and visitors populate social pages with arrivals departures and visits. Ella Proudfit Howard McCleery and others are noted traveling to Muscatine Chicago and Sigourney while Charles Louck Kate Nayadley and Miss Joel Mathews are among those mentioned in marriage and guests sections.

Charles Louck Kate A. Nayadley Kalona

Bradley's Jewelry Store rings sale announcement

RINGS 20 per cent discount on all stone set rings for the next ten days. All solid gold mountings offered. Bradley's Jewelry Store.

Bradley’s Jewelry

Local church banquet announced and social notes

The Presbyterian Board of Deacons invites members to a church banquet Friday at 7 30. News items cover近期 picnics at Crooked Creek, a thimble bee for Miss Helen Richer, Nellie Combs engagement to William Helm, and two Aero plane flights at the Winfield fair. A May wedding at 621 East Washington followed by a reception and trip frames a busy social week with out of town guests and gifts.

Board of Deacons and Trustees of The Presbyterian Church Lydia Bicher East Main Street Helen Richer Peoria Nellie Combs William Helm John Combs J. A. McCall South Marion Ave McCall Smith Yorkville Ohio Walker Ottumwa West Omaha Nebr Robt, McCall R. T. McCall St. Paul Texas Anne Houdek Robert A. Bell East Washington Street Jennie L Joseph S. Dillon Oquawka Lll Eva Crone Rena Long Mendelssohn D. J. Coon Miss Crone Ethel Long

Weathercock Stirs Yard Feud In Buff Coat Tale

In a rustic bedtime tale ACK Evelyn and daddy discuss a brass weathercock on a barn. Buff Coat the buff rooster clashes with the weathercock, issuing cocky challenges while hens watch. The birds squabble over pride and work as the elderly farmer contemplates Sunday dinner with a forecast of cool weather.

Ack Evelyn Daddy Buff Cent Weathercock Coat Sundey

Wreck on New Haven Railroad at South Boston Claims Two Killed

Special report describes a collision at South Boston on the New Haven line with a coach catching fire. Two persons are dead and about one hundred injured as passengers are feared burned and hurled into a mud bank.

New Haven Railroad

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