This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
8
Mrs Scnnyler Livingston and her family traveled to their cottage on Camels Island near Rock Island for a two week stay, enjoying a seaside retreat and rest away from home.
Mrs Henn Miller and daughter Marjorie from Des Moines visit T A Jones. Mr Jones was up briefly yesterday. Tucker and Bicher advertise earnings for men and women. Hubert Kolesick and Henry Lit fie take a two week automobile trip in Hubert’s car visiting relatives and Chicago. Mr and Mrs Quear Steisloder of Packwood visit aunt Mrs J A Porter. mother Mrs Bile Grimes returns with belongings. Free prizes for geares daily at Washington Miniature Golf Courses. Mrs Raymond Anderton of Crawfordsville and Sam Stites visit Washington. Interior Sale includes John Deere sulky plow. Washington International Co. Judge and Mrs W and daughter in Washing Piper Taxi. Phone 56.
Riverside items report Mr and Mrs Melvin Havel and family at a Framk Hora Lome picnic for Mrs Hora birthday over in Conesville Pa. A new road to Davis creek will be completed this week with work moving to Frank Devorak's orchard. Alva Heck leads ten men laying a bungalow foundation while John Klein of Lone Tree handles the carpentry.
Leigh Foster plans to depart tonight for Chicago on a special Peoria Life Insurance Company train chartered for the company convention at Old Point Comfort Virginia. The trip, expected to last about ten days, recognizes Foster's recent work for the firm. Mrs Mary Fisher and daughter Elizabeth and son John returned from a Yellow Stone Park trip. John will stay briefly here before heading to Washington D C. Mrs Dan Peterson and a Brighton daughter were shoppers in Washington.
Aug 13 updates from Coppoock recount visits by Mr and Mrs Edwin Leeper and family of Mt Pleasant at Fred Dold's home. Edna McKune and Omar Seyle wed in Los Angeles. Edna is a Dold cousin. Community news covers town folk, reunions, school openings in two weeks, and upcoming Des Moines fair plans.
Safe-1 two bottom Oliver tractor plow from Washington International Company appears in a local ad. Various community updates note visits, outings, and family gatherings around Washington with names such as Mr and Mrs Art Rammet, Will Rathmel family, and Mrs J R Bauer. A library notice states hours during Chaunta week, and travel mentions include trips to Denver and Des Moines with relatives visiting in Valley Junction and Washington.
Ladies save on hosiery purchases Saturday with any hosiery at 1 to 1.95 per pair and a second Minnehaha 95 cent pair for only 2 cents more. Sizes are broken and colors incomplete but imagine two pairs for 29 cents more. Tomorrow only.
Mr and Mrs A B Schmoelier and Taveile and James Schmeeler return from an 1800 mile auto trip visiting relatives in Illinois Tennessee Kentucky and Arkansas. They camped in tourist camps, stayed with kin in Marietta Arkansas, noted low stilts and floats for flood seasons. Calves fetched 1 50 per head in Kentucky market area. A baby boy was born to Charlie Davison and wife at the county hospital.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.