Washington notices and local social notes
Auctioneer D F Macon of Washington Iowa lists contact details in a local notice. Davenport visitor Red 289 1 yr ad shows a transient business contact. Mr and Mrs S T Metzger travel to Letta to visit Mrs Metzger’s brother Will Cranley. Hog hauling advertised at 400 cents per mile by John May & Sons with phone calls. Miss Helen Wylie returns from Winona Lake Indiana and visits Chicago relatives en route home. Dorothy Dowell comes home from a Girl Scout camp near Boone with other Washington camp-fire girls returning home.
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Dorothy Dowell
Boone
Washington
George Dowell
Dorothy
Legion to hold special meeting Tuesday night
Local columns report an American Legion special meeting scheduled for Tuesday night August 24. The page also details a flood of short society items with many residents travelling to fairs, visits to Davenport and Keota, and various posts about relatives and friends visiting or returning from trips around Washington and nearby towns.
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American Legion
Ladies Hosiery Competition Highlights Minnehaha Brand
A salesman praised Minnehaha Arrowhead hosiery as the best in America selling for 1009 per pair, while the store offers Minnehaha hosiery in all shades and sizes for 95 cents, noting rapid changes in ladies ready to wear styles and keen designer competition.
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Paris
America
Washington Press 1878 notes and local updates
The Washington Press reports Father Drake’s illness after Oberlin visit and family travels, academy trustees chosen, and plans for park improvements. It notes the 71st Washington County Medical Society meeting and details community events, marriages, and commencements at Washington Academy.
Washington visits and travels of local residents
Mrs A B Davidson Miss Trene Baker and Miss Mary Hemphill of Starwood visit at Mr and Mrs R J Davidson home. Cedar Rapids couples spend a week in Washington visiting relatives. Swift family return from Tama Iowa after funeral of Jack Duggan. Mrs J F Kurtz visits Des Moines to see ill daughter Mrs Oral Larkin. Mrs Mary Clarian of Harper Kansas visits Tom Dempsey home then returns to Harper. Miss Mary McNamara and friend from London Ohio arrive in Washington to visit J F McNamara. Elizabeth Jane Brown has tonsils removed at county hospital.
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Trene Baker
Mary Hemphill
Starwood
Mrs. C. Hollingsworth
Betty
Cedar Rapids
Washington
James
Francis Swift
John Swift
George
Jennings
Kansas
Tama
Iowa
Jack Duggan
J. F. Kurtz
Des Moines
Oral Larkin
Mary Clara‘ian
Harper, Kansas
Tom Dempsey
Harper
Mary McNarmara
London
Ohio
J. F. McNamara
J. M. Kurtz
Carol
L. Bickneel
Helen and
Eunice
Moline Ir
F. C. Randle
Rural wedding of Pressman and wife at Logan residence
The Pressman and his wife were invited to a pleasant rural wedding at Mr. Logan's five miles southeast of town last Wednesday, June 4. Rev. W C Williamson performed the ceremony. The couple will reside on the Robert McNay farm after a bountiful reception and a visit to relatives and friends.
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W. C. Williamson
Robert McNay
Local Residents Share News and Travel Notices
Mr and Mrs Joe Wright depart for Hart Michigan for a week at the Quail home. Fred Miteiel visits Crawfordsville on business. Loretta Walker and Maryn Vastine return from Cedar Falls summer session. Several guests from Hannibal Missouri Evanston Illinois and Chicago visit area relatives. Mrs Mark Durst of Delthos Kansas is reported killed instantly. Clint Rhea and Floyd Maxwell attend as Crawfordsville visitors. Lester Dike and family visit Grinnell for the Griffiths week end.
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Joe Wright
Hart, Michigan
Frank Quail
Local residents take summer travels and visits
Elmer Goff of Crawfordsville came to Washington on Edith Boileau who has been at Cedar Falls summer school. Mrs A G Pages returned from Iowa City hospital. Mrs I B Coffey of West Chester shopped in Washington. Fred Neiswanger goes to Cambridge Nebraska to meet his brother Frank then to Denver for vacation. J T Moore takes vacation from Johnsons grocery. Mr and Mrs C F Laudan Mt Pleasant in Washington on business. Frank Beach and Joyce of Portland Oregon visit then go to Chicago. Elizabeth Klein Keota shops in Washington. Mildred Bramer drives to Muscatine to bring Mrs Gust Bramer home from summer school. Mrs Ed Sullivan and Mrs Clem Escher of Chicago with Florence Rohrer and Karl Pauls go to Davenport for Mississippi fair.
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Althea Montgomery
Muscatine
T. L. Montgomery
Fred Neiswanger
Cambridge
Nebraska
Frank
Denver
Colorado
Frank Beach
Joyce
Portland
Oregon
Er. D. Morrison
Chicago
Ed, Sullivan
Clem Escher
Florence Rohrer
Karl Pauls
Davenport
Whitmers Visit Inclines Road Trip From Crawfordsville
Aug 20 brief notes show Mr and Mrs Whitmer leaving Crawfordsville after visiting at J T Clark's home then planning calls at Maquoketa Dubuque and Pearson Iowa. Mrs Burris from Chicago arrives to visit aunt Mrs James Kelsey. W G Huston sold his farm to Kevanvate. Mrs J T Buxbaum traveled toward St Louis with Miss Katharine Buxbaum to meet Mr and Mrs John Wooley and drive back via Hannibal Missouri. Mrs Hugh Teeter of Washington spent the day with daughter Mrs Lillis Griffith.
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Burlington
Katharine Buxbaum
Cedar Palls
John Wooley
Wooley
Hannibal
Missouri
Hugh Teeter
Washington
Lillis Griffith
Local residents visit relatives and travel plans noted
Mr and Mrs Mitchel Sproat and son Marvin Burton of Garner Iowa visit her parents in Washington. J M Walker of Chicago visits his son J B Walker and other relatives in Washington. Frank Young of Crawfordsville is in town this morning. Mrs Fred Neiswanger and daughter Wanda return from Chicago. Mrs George McGraw and daughter of Hitchcock South Dakota visit Pressley Higsins and J M Kurtz family in Washington. Several locals plan visits to Cedar Rapids Waterloo Wellman Baxter and town speakings noted.
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Mitchel Sproat
Marvin Burton
Garner
Iowa
Fred Palmer
J. M. Walker
Chicago
J. B. Walker
Washington
George McGraw
Hitchcock, South Dakota
Pressley Higsgins
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