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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1924
Page
10
Mrs Harley Cherwinker and her baby Jessie Mae returned to their Conesville home after visiting the Sylvester Chance family.
A Washington youth opened savings account 3385 on December 12 1923 and has saved ten dollars weekly since then. He transfers surplus from his checking to savings and now his passbook shows a balance of 1011 dollars. Systematic small savings can grow surprisingly fast.
Elizabeth Fry and Grace Oliver arrived from Fairfield for a brief visit with Miss Isabelle Lemmon who plans to depart tonight for her school in Waverly. Dr Latchem and Mrs Latchem and son Charles from Sioux City join the Wells family for Mr Wells seventy birthday celebration. Dr Latchem now maintains a thriving Sioux City practice.
Mrs. L F fresseltine visited the James Thompson home yesterday on her way from Havre to Conesville. Mrs. W R Crawford returned to her Ainsworth home after spending the day in town with her mother Mrs. Charles Morrow.
Mrs L M McFarland returned home from a funeral in Washington and a mattress shipment arrived for local beds. Washington youths Ned Haney and Hazel Hunter were listed for Iowa University and Bethany nursing training. Mrs Everette Ewing moves to Hamburg Iowa. The Cress property near Button Factory is set to be sold August 30 to settle an estate. Judge John G Park and family visit from Michigan en route to Kansas City. Hazel Hunter leaves for Kansas City for school. George Buckley visits from Chicago after Europe trip. Ada Hays visits Mrs W M Keeley. Buckleys of Evanston visit. Ice cream flavors offered at Candy Kitchen. Evelyn Stephenson and Lulu Copeland travel to Burlington after visiting locals. Mrs E E Norris at Graham’s for hats and frames. August Grothe and daughters visit Ottumwa. Dale Holland to arrive from St Louis then Coe College. W E Long of Crawfordsville shops in Washington. Mrs Oscar Boetz visits from Washington to Winfield. Labor Day bank holiday observed. local banks closed. Washington Natl Bank Commercial Bank Loan & Trust Co. Gots
Community items list arrivals and visits from Monmouth Des Moines and Colorado. Mrs J M Finney and daughters Grace Ruth Mary came from Monmouth for a visit. Mrs C H Gather returned from Des Moines for her mother’s illness. Lorena Young leaves for Huxley to teach. Ward’s offers fall wool and silk dresses and new skirts.
Fresh apple pie at the Ideal. Ward's offers dresses at 2.98 and 5.98 while Mrs. J D Martin learns her daughter Marie underwent appendicitis surgery in Minneapolis. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M E church holds a bake sale August 30 at Washington Cleaners. Marguerite Morrett returns from Iowa City visit.
Martha Davidson of Hammond Indiana arrived yesterday evening. The Cress property block west of Button Factory is to be sold Saturday August 30 at 2 pm to settle the estate.
Mrs S Darris junior and children from West Chester were in Washington yesterday. Misses Marjorie and Elizabeth Fleming of Keokuk arrived to visit at the W G Stewart home with Miss Helen Stewart Josephine Norman and Margaret Murphy from Waterloo and Margaret Fullerton of Cedar Falls and Dorothy McFarland of Marshalltown visiting Cedar Falls friends. Frederick Wenzel returned to Brookfield Illinois after visiting his sister Clarice. Rev and Mrs F W Eastwood and children Walter and Douglas returned from a trip to Wisconsin. Walter remained in town the summer and the rest drove up to fetch him. Mr and Mrs Clay Humston of Brighton were Washington visitors yesterday. Mr and Mrs Joe Kabaker and Harris McGugin of Wellman attended the ad club convention. Misses Ella and Sylvia Warren and Eugene Warren motor to Iowa City to visit I Rothschild home.
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