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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1925

Page

8

Local notes deck busy social and commercial items

The column lists family travel to Iowa Illinois and Chicago stops. Delicacies at Ideal cafe. sewing machine ads and services. ice cream shop promos. local girls at Lake Okoboji Girl Reserve conference. auctions by D Macon Washington. residents returning from visits in Iowa Utah and Illinois. a newborn welcomed at Shalla home. tire shop specials for Mobil oil and Arctic products.

Marriage License Issued to Harold Young and Bertha Welliver

A marriage license was issued to Harold Young of Washington and Bertha Welliver of Ainsworth. The piece also notes social visits, out-of-town trips, and community notices including editor’s letter urging access to Sunset Park and critiquing late night park usage.

Harold Young Washington Bertha Welliver Ainsworth Ebvening Journal Iowa Sunset Park Lhot

Wide array of visits and travels across states

Local items note John Benn visiting Potterville with Mrs Beenblossom and S W Brookhart traveling to Davis City and Marengo for talks and a farm bureau picnic. Mrs Jessie Bryson arrives from Nebraska for California visits, and C M Buchanan with daughter Bessie head to Burlington. Various ads and notices accompany social rounds and sale promos.

John Benn Potterville California Andy Beenblossom Keotu Sen S. W. Brookhart Davis City Marengo Farm Bureau C. M. Buchanan Bessie Des Moines H. F. Steck Burlington

Red Star Oil Stove Promises Easy Summer Cooking

An advertisement touts a Red Star Oil Stove as a convenient alternative when gas is unavailable, noting no wood chopping and no ashes to manage for easier summer meals.

Nightly Shoppers and Visitors Mentioned from Washington Area

Mrs J W Ingham of Brighton shopped in town this morning John Hanan of Crawfordsville was a business visitor here yesterday William Schlatter of Wayland came up to Washington yesterday on business Mrs Otto Dede of Baltimore arrived last night in her car for a visit at the John Puckley home Rev W C Allen of Wyman is visiting in Washington today S W Livington arrived home this morning from a business trip to Chicago Mrs J M Boshart of Wayland shopped here yesterday Try a chocolate malted milk at the Candy Kitchen

Chas HH. McConnell Tacoma Wash M. Hl. Dowell Oreson Salt Lake City New York City California Utah Manitou Colorado Springs Yellowstone National Park Cheyenne Lincoln Highway Iowa Charles Gilbert William Beal Hubert Pauline Lake Delevan Wisconsin Helen Beal Coe College Vera Wood Oskaloosa J. R. Gulhirie John Hanan Crawfordsville William Schlatter Wayland Washington Otto Dede Baltimore John Puckley W. C. Allen Wyman

To Mend Umbrellas With Simple No Sew Mending

If your umbrella tears catch the edges without needle or thread. Open the umbrella stretch the cloth place mending tissue beneath press with something warm enough to adhere not destroy It. Then add a piece of court plaster. The repair is waterproof.

Bright moments in a schoolmaster’s life remark

A London Post quip recalls a pupil defining a volcano as a mountain with a hole at the top and the creator smoking when looked into the hole, illustrating a humorous general knowledge exam moment.

London Post

Toledo Seed Prices Move in Market Report

Toledo seed market data lists clover seed cash, with prices 17.20, 15.75 asked for October, 14.75 for December, and Timothy seed cash at 8.95, 4.25 for September and October, 4.25 for December.

Toledo Timothy

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