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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
8
A family plans to join a Christmas Savings Club this year with each member contributing small weekly amounts. The father notes a life insurance policy due January first and the daughter proposes a two cent weekly increase plan, aiming for collective benefit.
C T Keck O T Smith and Rev A S Smith joined J M Wilson on a trip to Oskaloosa.
Local newsroom invites readers to stop by the Journal office for Christmas cards and related stationery. Visitors can browse and purchase designs in a seasonal display during office hours.
The column lists holiday greetings and retail notices from Journal advertisers. Messages note Mrs Everett Fleming and Mrs Bruce Logan traveling, Rosella Zura and Miss Connell shopping, local theater plans, jewelry, hats, diamonds, Christmas cards, and a range of sale items from Mills stores and Bevins Co. It highlights upcoming appearances, portraits, and festive events with multiple names and places.
Announcements of car parts shop promotions dolls cuff links portraits and holiday wear appear alongside travel plans as J M Goodwin and family depart for Rogers Arkansas for the winter and Mrs N F Sartor visits College Mound Missouri relatives. Local residents Clark Enslin Graves Studio Bruns Seed Store Queen Esther bayaar and Williams burg visits feature in this community notices page.
Local brief items include Mrs. John Titterington returning to Pekin after visiting her brother Frank Rouse, mentions of visits by Mrs. A R Conrad to Wellston, and Washington visitors Mrs J F Cook and Irma from Ainsworth. Advertisements push Parisian Sage hair product, Buddy Lee dolls, and a Christmas Savings Club. Aprons display at Bruns Seed Store next Saturday.
A Kansas City testing lab advises cleaning glass spots by soaking in equal parts hydrochloric acid and water, then washing with a hot saturated solution of oxalic acid. Pear stains should wash off afterward without any trouble.
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