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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1928
Page
8
Harry Boileau and James Casey leave tonight for Marshall town for a few days before heading to Camp Dodgs. W. Tishhaugh returns home in Shenandoah after visiting the DeLong residence this week.
A column recalls past events with Mrs. Harry Dickerson and Mrs. W. B. Dupuis as Davenport passengers. The piece also mentions cosmetics, Oh Boy root beer, and a druggist GEO L MCDANTEL. Hog prices are noted at $12.00 with fair weather forecast.
Mrs Ed Casper and family visit Mr and Mrs Chas Schnoebelen. Roy Havel and family at Chas Vondrasek home. Kron families and others attend Wm Kron home. Irene Kron assists threshing crew. Various visits noted as threshing season keeps residents busy in this area.
Threshing resumed Monday afternoon in Valley after several days of rainfall disrupted work. Mr. and Mrs Otis Black stay indefinitely at Guy Black's home while Mrs Black picks blackberries. Mr and Mrs JF Deal visited Bert Dickinson’s near Brighton. Francis Feltz and son Gerald and WJ Pfeifer stayed Friday night at Jodie Zear’s home.
Miss Marguerite and Ethel Warren visited Jim Clark’s home while Ethel Zieglowsky called. Mrs. Sam Warren visited her daughter, and the Stor family returned from the Fenton Doane reunion in Columbia Missouri. Nurses plan a bake sale at Cunningham’s store this Saturday. A carload of cattle and hogs shipped to Chicago was owned by a list of local growers. Ready to Wear offers practical luggage before vacations. Arthur Romine and daughter shopped in Washington. Gerald Ashby visits Des Moines. Logan Crawford visited Ottumwa.
Mrs Pfeifer returned home with them after a week at the Zear home helping with her daughter’s treatments for an inward goitre. Harriet Tinnes stayed with her uncle Albert Tinnes at Tallrand. Dr Lehreiner treated Johnnie Nicoli who was ill with summer flu.
A witty Baltimore Sun snip contrasts a real hick with the phrase entente cordiale joking that it refers to blackberry preserves stored in a dark cellar.
Local ads tout homemade ice cream from the Candy Kitchen on North Side and malted milks at the store. Community notes mention visits, railcars packing, family trips, and upcoming baseball games with Burlington D. C. vs Washington Indees at Libe's field.
Lucile Thornton and Mildred Mc Carty visited Columbus Junction for the fair. The ready to wear department offers dresses suits sweaters raincoats and more bargains on the rack. Don’t miss the assortment.
Mildred Lemley came back last evening from Troy where she had been visiting friends.
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