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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1911

Page

5

Local and Personal Notices From The Fair

Local social notes report Miss Lillian Bronner and Miss Lolia Paul visiting in Muscatine over the weekend. Mentions include Miss Marie Mottet of Wapello, Miss Edna Dempee, Flora Kelly visiting Davenport, and various errands, purchases, and travels around Des Moines and Cedar Rapids with brief family and community updates.

Lillian Bronner Muscatine Lolia Paul Marie Mottet Wapello Edna Dempee

Knee Pants Suit Sale At The Fair Draws Mothers

The Fair features a knee pants suit sale with prices reduced by one third as mothers flock to buy. C M F Clothing Co, successors to Sol Rich & Co, advertises the discount while shoppers discuss tableware and soaps and plan visits to Des Moines Fairfield and Ottumwa for related outings.

C. M. & F. Clothing CO Sol Rich & Co C.M. & F. Clothing CO

Knee Pants Sale Promises High Quality at Low Price

C M and F Clothing Co touts the knee pants suit sale with emphasis on low price. James Miller reports receiving a booster edition of the Cheyenne Leader featuring a sketch of Judge Cyrus Beard, Wyoming Supreme Court chief justice. The notice mentions a large postcard collection and local social visits including Elizabeth Klein departing for Everett Washington to teach, with Belle Denison accompanying.

James Miller Cheyenne Leader Cheyenne Wyoming Cyrus Beard Wyoming Supreme Court Beard A. R. Dewey

Bully Billy loses paddle and toe to a crab tale at shore

Daddy tells children a coastal tale of a bully named Billy who fights over a boat, fouls a pond, and provokes a crab that nips his toe. Big Tom the boatman intervenes, scolding the bully as the shore community learns a moral about proper behavior. The episode ends with children drifting to sleep before the moral could be reached.

Daddy Evelyn Jack Billy Bills Big Tom

Local Residents Arrive and Depart for Visits

Mrs L J Derby visits relatives in Letts while Miss Dot Keister heads to Des Moines for several days. Mrs James Parkinson returns to Oskaloosa after weeks with the Parkinsons, and Miss Marguerite Parker from Cincinnati continues her visit with the Pattersons. Meta Lachmund of Fa 4 visits The Park and Mrs J T Anderson hosts guests from Muscatine. Hoy McElhinney returns from near Seatonity U to his home and Charles Jones plans a visit to Constantine Michigan with the Jones family.

J. A. Young Colfax A. W. Hall Des Moines Dot Keister James Parkinson Oskaloosa Henry Parkinson Marguerite Parker Cinecinnati Ohio J.S. Patterson Meta Lachmund Fa 4 J. T. Anderson Hoy McElhinney Seatonatity U Nate Jones Constantine. Mich Charles Jones

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