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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1918
Page
8
Local items mention Crail's Fox and Dewey shoes, Butter fat price 44c, and grocery ads. Several residents travel to Des Moines for the State Fair, attend fairs, or visit relatives in Corydon Ottumwa and Washington. School and employment notes include J O Sexton dentist and Brown's Business College opening in Muscatine.
A crowded column lists local residents and visitors. Will Steele rides a Des Moines morning train. Jesse Richardson shows slight improvement after illness. Mrs Marshall Gannon travels to Crawfordsville to visit father EB B. Franklin. Mrs John Quinn and daughter Martha Margaret depart for Mt. Sterling Illinois to visit kin. The Quins report relatives and friends in Keota and Aurora. Mrs Fred Werner and others return from La Plata Missouri. Verlee Aldrich travels from Fairfield with aunt Miss Golda Aldrich. J D Martin heads to Des Moines to visit daughter Marie Martin at business college. Mrs I E Bush and daughter Eula head to Keota near Aurora Missouri to see Mrs Hemphill. Miss Gladys Dickey of Council Bluffs leaves for Eldon Des Moines after three weeks with Ralph Lytle. Dr H F Masson and sister Cora Masson go to Chicago and Beaver Falls Grove City for extended stays. Public notice promotes Weekly War Maps at Bank that Accommodates Commercial Savings Bank. 65th Miss Tena Simmering operable after appendicitis and recovering well. Parisian Sage hair treatment advertised by Lemmon’s Pharmacy. Mrs Paul Burgess of Quezalte nango Guatemala visits relatives then heads to Monmouth to join family in Greeley Colorado. Rev and Mrs Burgess to remain until spring before returning to mission field.
Several residents in and around Columbus Junction travel by auto to Des Moines and Dorset Minn for visits and business. Students and relatives arrive and depart, with births and medical updates noted. local shop items include stockings and school wear for boys.
Clyde Hillhouse acquires the West End Grocery from J Olive this week and takes possession tomorrow. The store is in a prosperous location and will receive Hillhouse s careful attention to provide top grocery service meeting local needs.
The Washington County Chautauqua Association stockholders will meet at the Commercial Club on Tuesday September 10 at eight o'clock. Elections of officers will be held and reports on the just finished season will be presented.
Banks in Washington state will stay shut all day on Labor Day September 2. The closure affects all bank branches and operations nationwide observers note the planned holiday shutdown.
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