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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
8
We express our appreciation to neighbors and friends for kindness during the illness and death of our baby son and brother Donald Eugene. Auk and Mks J MW Clute.
Advertises Rub No More washing powder to soften hard water. Claims best results when dissolved in warm water and that it cleans. Mentions watching for coupons and asking vendors for Rub No More.
A northern frontier drama sees Joan Gray travel to the Klondike to nurse miners and sustain her decency in a man’s world. The plot centers on deceit by Gold Dust Barker and pursuit by Bateese Le Blanc, with John Gray dying on the journey. Dorothy Phillips leads in this Curwood story presented at the Graham Theatre today and Friday.
Local items note taxi services and rug shops, plus multiple residents traveling to Fairfield and Moscow for fairs and visits. People purchase tires, coal motor gear, and dresses at Rothschilds while notes mention tonsil removals, road chains, flour, and travel plans to San Diego and Kalona.
Mr and Mrs Wallace Cherryholmes and their daughters travel by automobile from Moline Illinois to their home after visiting son Frank Cherryholmes and daughters Mrs Virgil Irwin and Mrs Ray Henss. Several local residents and visitors are noted in a busy community roundup with town names and small errands.
Some readers interpret the moon’s figure as Ina, a woman who churns on Sunday while the old man cuts wood. The tale says Ina weaves clouds into cloth and sent her husband back to earth via a rainbow ridge to keep death from defiling her heavenly home.
A note traces the album’s origin to whitened boards used in ancient Rome for posting public notices. It explains how these panels served as early display media, influencing later archival and display practices across eras.
Major and Mrs. Sneath lead a city outreach program offering jail, hospital, street, and house to house visiting, mission and church work, plus visiting the sick. They request clothing and furniture to support the needy. Address 10144 N Marion Ave. phone 417 Groen. os kl 9-28.
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