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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1924
Page
8
Westphal's advertises fine hemstitching and picot edging on all materials with thread furnished. Mrs W C Allen of Wyman visits city friends. Mrs W C Graves of Wyman visits brother Frank Sage. Numetal weather strips promise to shut out cold air. White Yard Co. phone 8.
Miss Anna Wolf expresses great satisfaction with her new position In pleasant surroundings after moving to Mexico Missouri for private hospital work. Mrs R F McFarland of West Chester shops in town. Baptist church hosted a chicken dinner and bazaar despite lighter attendance. George Crone joined Washington Loan and Trust Co. as clerical staff. J F McNamara visits from Iowa City to handle business matters. Rev Lloyd Samson leaves for Pittsburgh after a week with relatives. Ruth Eggers and Orpha Morgan visit Davenport to spend time with John R Eggers.
Classified items include tire deals from Auto Bone Yard and Stude Baker Garage, tailor Gust Bramer promotions, community events at Junior Hi school and high school auditorium, bakery orders from Ideal Bakery, and Johnson's Grocery weekend specials. Also noted are visits from Mrs. Charles Dugdale and Mrs. J. C. Swift, plus property updates on two new bungalows and a county hospital outlook.
The notice promotes a women's exchange on Friday December 6 at the millinery department second floor with saleable fancy articles. It also highlights Crail's and Harry Lemmon's Pharmacy grab bag sale offering 50 cent bags and discounted Christmas handkerchiefs. Mrs Crawford visits ill mother on East Main. Morrow and Orris family updates appear. The stuccoing on East building by Jack Westphal continues with D C Russell directing work.
Centralia Illinois December 4 George Bierman Jr a 42 year old farmer died after rescuing his nine children from a burning home He returned to fetch his pocketbook and the roof collapsed trapping him in the blaze His actions saved his children but cost him his life.
The Ide awhIle club held a Tuesday evening gathering for young ladies hosted by Miss Nina Spangler and Miss Eva Spangler. Mrs J A Moorhead led the Care A Way Circle meeting on charity with donations for the Ottumwa Children's Home Finding Association. Guests included Mrs Hayes Mrs Ross and Mrs Walden Smith. Mrs Lee Lease visited in Washington with Mrs M D Work. Mr and Mrs J D Matthews visited W H McCall's home. Dana Barnes returned from a trip to Munds and Reynolds Illinois.
Charles P. Craig reports for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Tidewater Association in Chicago that nineteen states back the project and a concrete national plan is forming. A joint engineering board and a US Canada advisory bodies are to evaluate options and timing for a ship passage to the sea.
An agricultural exhibit hosted by Washington high school under Prof. H. G. Montgomery will run next Friday December 19 in the agriculture department. The corn division lists five classes including boys white corn ten ears and boys yellow corn ten ears with separate men's white and yellow corn categories.
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