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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1924
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Wii Webber of Chicago announce the birth of a 7 12 pound girl named Betty Imogene born Saturday to the couple. Mrs Webber formerly Florence Truax of this city.
Mrs Ida Kallaus returns from Havre after visiting Acrobata shoes at Wilsons. Lillian and Frances Minick report a delightful lake trip from Duluth to Quebec, with a stop in St Paul. Roy Mallory buys the T J Berdo home on North Iowa and plans Sept move. Prof and Mrs Masson welcome a daughter. Utterbacks attend the state fair in Des Moines.
A crop of social notices, travel drops, and small ads mentions Mrs Ralph Garber returning to Davenport after a visit with Floyd Beatty in St Beat and Oskaloosa. Also Mrs Frank Sage returns from Excelsior Springs with Mrs A M Newans visiting. Charles Ott with Mildred Ott en route to Chicago. Ads urge home ownership and rental comparisons and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea promotions. Various locals like Clyde Hillhouse and Lorene, Ruby Skirton, and Wilma Schlenker are noted returning from visits. chautauqua attendance and a county Masonic picnic planning update appear.
Charles G. Dawes, the Republican nominee for vice president, prepares in Evanston for formal notification by party leaders. A parade, speeches, and a large crowd are planned with radio coverage to link sixteen stations from New England to the West. Weather threatens but events proceed on the Dawes lawn with notable officials and delegations from Chicago and beyond.
Nature Magazine notes Japan has produced little novel beyond its long tailed fowls. One specimen’s feathers reach 12 feet, illustrating extraordinary plumage. It takes two years to achieve full growth of such tall plumage.
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