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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1928
Page
8
Juanita Rosenberger reports two weeks away visiting her sister in Chicago. She is back at her Westphal jewelry shop this morning resuming her work duties.
Ten years ago Mr and Mrs Jack Westphal and their two sons John and Victor returned from a visit with relatives in Davenport. The item notes a reminiscence style update from a local paper.
Dodge 12-volt battery priced at 9.75 and Ford battery at 7.95 appear in an exchange chains list offering all sizes including heavy truck repair cross bars. Dr H JF Masson has gone to Rochester Minnesota to take a patient to Mayo Clinic and will return midweek.
To the Editor the author jokes about modern fishing lore claiming new species and methods since the last column. He riffs on the gel fel and prone fish plus the month fish with calendar bait and comic supplements for appetite while mixing in colorful anecdotes and local sightings.
A boy carries a dead mouse by the tail toward home to show his mother who will pay a dime to dispose of it. The neighbor asks what he plans to do and the boy explains the dime means payment for taking it out.
Mr and Mrs G A Meyer and daughter Vera Frohi visit from Chapin Iowa. Wallpaper shipment arrives at Phillips and Hebner Drug store. Mrs H R Brinning returns from Sigourney to Washington. James Turkington travels to Columbus Junction after visiting in Washington. Mrs Robert Scott and children visit J B Randall home in Washington. E W Hummer goes to Fairfield on business. Virgil accompanies him. Dance at Berdo's Barn August 23. Mrs J E B Kunath travels to New London for Wilbur Anderson funeral. Nell Ryan heads to Des Moines for a wedding. Mrs J R Palmer and Stella Palmer visit E G Butterbaugh in Stuart for two weeks. Redeckorating walls urged. new papers at Phillips and Hebner Drug.
A long list of visitors and travelers passes through Washington with entries for William Bragg visiting at the Herman Otto home in Olds, Geraldine Hamilton returning to Portland, and many other friends and relatives visiting or traveling to Chicago, Keokuk, Ottumwa, Cedar Rapids, and nearby towns.
Alberta Wolfe reports arrival in New York City with friend Marie Kapelka of Colorado Springs. They plan ten days touring Europe and visiting Lucile Reiner in Washington D C and Bergenfield New Jersey before Alberta returns to Detroit where she teaches at the high school of commerce. Kapelya returns home as a substitute teacher.
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