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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1926

Page

6

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.

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.

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.

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.

A. B. Davidson 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.

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.

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.

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.

St. Louis 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.

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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