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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1924
Page
6
Observers note humans live amid trees and many remain high up. People on second floors avoid faulting cliff dwellers for extinction. Rubber heels on dad's shoes serve as quirky chaperones. Some women fear heaven where wings are uniform.
Local ad highlights hair work and switch repairs offered by Milady's Beauty Shoppe with special attention to switch work. Customer contact via phone 475 Green.
The Journal presents advertising options to local readers and businesses promising effective reach and reliable service.
Mr and Mrs Carl Keck host a six o'clock dinner for Dr I B Schreckengast. The annual Sheetz reunion gathered about 150 relatives at Legion Park Sigourney for a bounteous noon meal. Men played horse shoes and women visited before a 2:30 business meeting that elected officers for the coming year. Officers named: President Jake Mertz, Vice President Alfred Sheetz, Secretary and Treasurer Mrs Henderson Andrews. Committee heads Will and John Sheetz. Refreshment Ross and Otto Sheetz. Next year's picnic will be in Washington at Sunset Park on the third Sunday in August. Relatives came from Wayland Dublin Washington Keota Ollie Richland Pleasant Plain Marsw town Harper Delta What Cheer Havgesville Sigourney.
Notice from the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church announces a bake sale with location to be announced later. Ladies Aid Society of Pleasant Hill church holds an all day meeting Wednesday August 20 at the church. Regular meeting of the Order of De Molay on Monday August 18 at 7 o'clock. Wade Crone M C Robert Thompson Scribe.
Harold Baxter arrives from Columbus for a visit at the H A Baxter home as Mrs Baxter and daughter stay two weeks. Various friends and relatives including the Minicks, Cocklin, Hofmeester, Groendycke and more travel or visit in Des Moines, Chicago, Anita and nearby towns over the weekend.
Miss Cayenne asks why the proposal is repeated after an earlier refusal. The young man admits error, claiming he did not recognize her after she bobbed her hair and adopted knickerbockers, suggesting a mistaken identity.
Short advertisement states a woman with a small child seeks a housekeeping post. Inquire at Journal 5813eod.
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