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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1924

Page

8

Local Family Visits and Births Mentioned Across Towns

News brief lists Eloise Mallory and Bundy Mallory visiting relatives in Winfield and grandmother Mrs. Suidey staying with the Timmons family. Other notices include Thanksgiving visits to Stigafoose home near South English, Ida Stump visiting in Barnes City, and a newborn Norma Loraine Kos at Washington County hospital. Also mentions a baby boy William Preston Harvey, a Baptist church bazaar on December 4 with chicken dinner, and a correction note about Frances Hawkins obituary residence Merrit F Hawkins.

Eloise Mallory Bundy Mallory Max Timmons Winfield C. H. Suidey Timmons

Denatured alcohol and local holiday notes in town

Denatured alcohol advertising appears alongside brief local notices. Ruth and Francis Boyd return from Thanksgiving in Conesville while Mrs. Leonard Allen visits Osceola. Prof Case teaches at Wabash College. Mrs. E. L. Koerble and two others return from Milwaukee. Jewelry ads highlight sixteen jewel white gold wrist watches at fifteen dollars and Crall's Christmas gift stock advised. Miss Hattie Pratt visits from Ainsworth.

Journal Cooking School invites for three afternoon demonstrations

Plans underway to attend the Journal Cooking School this week with demonstrations featuring home comforts. The note asks attendees to join tomorrow afternoon and the following two afternoons, and suggests a Sellers Kitchen Cabinet as a fitting Christmas gift.

Journal Cooking School

Senate weighs multiple Muscle Shoals bills in new session

In Washington on November 29 the Senate faces the Muscle Shoals issue as its opening item with nine proposals under review. The Norris government ownership bill and Ford’s former plan lead a crowded list, with options from Associated Power Companies, Union Carbide, Alabama Power, Lloyd project, and others aiming to lease or operate the plants and nitrate facilities.

Washington Senate Congress Henry Ford Ford Coolidge Senate Agriculture Committee House Muscle Shoals Associated Power Companies Tennessee Electric Power Company Memphis Power and Light Company Alabama Power Company Hooker- White-Atterbury United States Muscle Shoals Power and Nitrates Corporation Waco Lloyd Federal Chemical Corporation

Local notes from Yarmouth and surrounding towns

Social items record Miss Bessie Busby returning to teaching in Yarmouth after a home visit. Mrs. L H Orr and Mrs J W Hendrickson travel to Davenport for the day. Miss Nelle Ryan resumes Penn College duties in Oskaloosa after visiting home. Miss Edna Mercer and Elizabeth Irwin return from Des Moines after Thanksgiving. Mr and Mrs Phil Weldin home from Williamsboro for Thanksgiving. Caryle Williams returns from Mt Ayr for Thanksgiving.

Edna Mercer Elizabeth Irwin Des Moines Mercer Mrs Phil Weldin Williamsboro Mr. Weldin Caryle Williams Mt. Ayr

Local Briefs From Locat City Outs

Miss Mae Foss visits aunt Mrs. J L Bettendorf in Davenport for a few days. Crail's offers 36 inch standard cotton challns at 18 cents for the 25 cent size. Mrs. E F Morrison returns to Fairfield after visiting her sons E D and George Morrison. R L Beliel runs a winter sawmill on the Beliel farm one mile west. Emma Arnold of Keosauqua visits Washington friends before returning home. Mrs Clyde Hillhouse and Lorene visit Prighton with her mother Mrs Al Tomlinson. Mrs Louis Wilki returns from Muscatine after Thanksgiving guests.

Ida Stump Barnes City Don Brindley Columbus Junction Sam Dwinnell Stumpf Emma Thomas Florida Mae Foss Davenport J. L. Bettendorf E. F. Morrison Fairfield E. D. and George Morrison Emma Arnold Keosauqua Washington Clyde Hillhouse Lorene Prighton al Tomlinson

Leather goods and handbags at Tooman's Leather Shop

Mrs. J. Floyd Harvey offers leather travelling items Indies handbags and vanity cases including new under arm models. Great for Christmas gifts and available at Tooman's Leather Shop with phone 331 Black.

J. Floyd Harvey Tooman’s Leather Shop

Local Dairy Ads and School Note Mixed in Text

Miss Leda Ritter, teaching at Wallace school, returns from La Porte Iowa. Dairy ads list J Baird Dairy and McCall Bros. goods to be cash or bankable paper. For sale items mention Lyties and Barclay's only with price notes.

Barclay’s Lytle Baird's Dairy Lytie’s J. Baird Dairy Eod Leda Ritter la Porte Iowa Miss Ritter Wallace School McCall Bros

Also Mentioned on This Page

Blanche Sweet Warner Baxter Thos. H. Ince FOX Theatre Kennedy G. B. Mace Rth Old Kentucky Shields & Sons City Feed Yard Schulty Garage Clark & Ross Abe Martin Brown's Fred Brock South English Jones Auto Co R. W. Kos Riverside Washington County Hospital Norma Loraine The Baptist Bazaar Neal Anwyl the Baptist Church Westphal Paul Harvey William Preston Texaco Frances Hawkins Merrit T Merrit F. Hawkins Ostet Dodge Brothers Marion Ave J. M. Bratten Elsie Crawfordsville Arthur Yard McElhinney Drug Co Lal N Ruth Francis Boyd Conesville Leonard Allen Oskaloosa Mr. Allen John W. Allen Ralph Case Ind H. E. Case Case Wabash College E. L. Koerble Milwaukee Lemmon’s Jewelry Store Crall's Hattie Pratt Ainsworth Bessie Busby Yarmouth L. H. Orr J. W. Hendrickson Lemmons Jewelry Nelle Ryan Penn College W. W. Morrison Locat. News Crail’s R. L. Beliel Beliel Louis Wilki Musachine Washington Motor CO Washington Cleaners Wish Long South Side Square L. L. Muslin H. I. Ward & Co East Side Square Washington, Iowa
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