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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
8
A note from White Way Garage raises concerns over a proposed liberal proposition related to the Shaler Head light lens. The item hints at community debate and potential changes to street lighting policy.
Dr. Cloyce Kerr announces his office is now at the usual location. Mrs. Rose Pickens visits her parents in Wellston. Frank Longwell spent the weekend in Chicago. Several locals promote Dean's dining and Parisian Sage hair care. Miss Alice Gibson plans to teach at Fort Dodge this fall. Lytle Bros advertise lenses and a weight gain tonic. Stated trips and visits to Keota Rubio Keosauqua Ainsworth and Brunswick are noted along with taxi service and car shop ads.
Mrs. Timothy Farrier returned from Davenport after visiting Mr. and Mrs. P. Shilling. Dr ReW Greg dentist advertises in Partners & Merchants Bank Building. Miss Clarinet Ridgeway of Winfield visits Miss Avalon Law and will room with her at Parsons College Fairfield this coming school year.
Mr and Mrs FE Wallace and children Pearl and Walter visited the R E Walker home in Fairfield Saturday and spent Sunday with relatives near Ottumwa. Clark and Eastlin advertise 25 inch solid colored chambrays at 12 cents a yard while Mrs H F Wagner visits Miss Marguerite MacGugin. Edna and Hazel McCarty travel to Brighton for a few days with friends.
The first reunion of the Eighty eighth division brings 6000 veterans from seven midwest states to Des Moines for August 26 to 28 events at the State Fair grounds. Gen Pershing, Gen Weigle, Gen Beach and Gen Stewart expected. memorial services and a permanent division organization planned. rail fare offered.
The ad claims Nyal Kidney Pills cure backache strengthen kidneys rebuild weakened tissues and remove excess uric acid causing rheumatism. It emphasizes overall urinary and kidney health benefits with no clinical details.
Miss Margery Glasgow of Topeka Kansas visits Miss Margaret Godfrey before returning home by auto from Chicago where she pursued music studies with Joseph Levinne. They will depart with two Farmington families joining the Fetters household for the trip.
In McCook Nebraska Henry Hofman, age unknown, already claims exemptions for sixteen dependents as tax law changes loom. Under current law at $200 per head he could deduct up to $3,200 yearly. the Fordney revision would raise his potential deduction to $6,400 with $400 per dependent. His sixteenth child recently arrived, all are reported alive and well.
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