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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1920

Page

8

Miss Arline Spessard Undergoes Tonsil Operation

Miss Arline Spessard of Ainsworth underwent a tonsil removal this morning. Her mother, Mrs. E W Spessard, accompanied her and will spend a day in the city. Mrs. George Lohlein returned to Omaha after visiting her brother Frank Bruty and sister Mrs. Eugene Fritchen.

Arline Spessard Ainsworth E. W. Spessard George Lohlein Omaha Frank Bruty Eugene Fritchen Fannie FE Gilbert George Traverse City, Mich Franklin Smith C. D. Byram of Chariton Delta Rosalie Highby Fairfield Mrs Jay Busby J. H. Grush Columbus Junction W. J. Dayton Flora Parsons Ottumwa H. L. Cecil Hampton Jacob Eicher R. T. McCall, Sr Blue Mound Kans H. M. Brooks Brooks

Mrs Gelski Bins Daughter Arrives For Riverside Visit

Mrs Josephine Gelski Bins arrives with her daughter Miss Janie from Chicago for a two week stay at the Paul Gelski home near Riverside. Mrs Paul Gelski and son Charles drive to greet them.

Josephine Gelski Bins Janie Chicago Paul Gelski Riverside Charles

Washington notes mix with auctions and travel chatter

Local notes report unpaid grave maintenance fees at Elm Grove Cemetery and visits by residents to family, friends, and chautauqua camps. Updates mention auctions, tractor ads, new woolen mill shipments, funeral arrangements, and a large sixty six foot awning at J S McElhinney’s three Washington buildings.

J. S. McElhinney Washington McElhinney

Local notices mix taxi ads and visits across towns

Community ads list taxi service numbers and calls for rides to Albia Rubio and Mt. Pleasant. Several residents visit relatives and friends in Fairfield Ottumwa Davenport and Kansas City with notes of trips to chautauqua and the Henry county fair.

Kessell Russell Conner Rosalie Highby Blanche Busby Mt. Pleasant Henry County

Six Oclock Chicken Dinner At St Josephs Church

A 6 o clock chicken dinner will be served this evening at St Josephs Church East Pleasant Plain. Everybody invited.

St. Joseph’s East Pleasant Plain

Lost 60 head hogs with ear notch in left ear

Notice lists Estrayed Lost or Stolen sixty hogs with a hole in the left ear. Reward offered two hundred dollars by Whittaker and Son.

Whittaker & Son

Tree Furnished Timber for Church in Santa Rosa

A Santa Rosa church features timber from a single giant redwood. The tree grew on a high mountain range near Greenville, about 15 miles from the Pacific. it yielded 78,000 feet of wood and was around eight hundred years old when felled. Only the floor was not from this tree.

Santa Rosa Cal Greenville Pacific Ocean

Tunis Agricultural State and Regency Overview

The regency of Tunis, with a northern Mediterranean boundary similar to North Carolina, supports about 2,000,000 people over roughly 50,000 square miles. It is essentially an agricultural country, deriving wealth from farming and mining.

Tunis North Carolina

Horse Hero Saves Children By Stopping Collision

A Massachusetts town witnessed a horse avert disaster when, after veering into a sled carrying four children, it reared and paused with a front hoof extended. The animal's calm restraint allowed the children to scramble to safety. Our Dumb Animals notes the remarkable act.

Jim Massachusetts

Leftover meat packed for guests at Japanese dinners

At formal dinners in Japan guests receive any meat they did not eat. The uneaten portions are carefully wrapped and expected to be taken home by the guest.

Japan Brooklyn Eagle

Volunteer Slum Army Here Seeks Clothing and Aid

Report from the Volunteer Slum Army requests clothing and furniture to assist the needy. The group, led by Major and Mrs. Sneath at 101% N. Marion Ave, engages in jail hospital street and house to house work plus mission and church outreach. Phone 417 Green.

Sneath Marion Ave Green

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