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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1926
Page
8
Alex Miller has been holding his own and shows some improvement after a few difficult days. He is kept quiet and given every chance to regain strength. I. Frey arrived to spend the week, and Mrs. J. Foster left for Winfield to visit Mrs. Carrie Brown.
Mrs. Kate Solomon returned from Winfield to visit Mrs. Skipton. Mrs. H. A. Pauls traveled to Burlington to visit her son Leslie Pauls. R. S. Cook advertises tailor made suits or overcoats with pickup at Room 201 Bailey Building.
Mrs. Gilbert Adams of Keota spent Saturday at her father James Clark's home. Mrs. I. L. Embree and granddaughter Ernestine Embree traveled Saturday evening to Sigourney to visit Mrs. Hal Edwards. Mrs. CC. N. Mullen Margaret Condit and Grace Hesseltine of Ainsworth shopped here Saturday afternoon. Harry Duncan of Columbus Junction spent Saturday with friends.
Mrs. George Dowell spent Saturday with friends at Osxatoosa. Mrs. Robert Boyd and daughter visited the P H Boyd home in Ainsworth over Sunday. Denatured alcohol 188 proof priced at 65 cents per gallon at Phillips Drug Store. Mrs. Kate H Miller received word of a new grand child due December 4. Mrs. C B Clark and Mrs. H W Griffith returned to Muscatine after visiting the Shellabarger home. Gloves mittens sweaters Dougherty Bros. Floyd Hesseltine of New York visiting his mother Alice Hesseltine. Floyd in the U S Navy. Cousin Clarence Hesseltine also visiting. Mrs. Fred Martin visiting her mother Mrs Mart Dowell at Keota.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Blattner and John Goodman depart for an extended western tour visiting Los Angeles Whittacre and Blattner relatives including Winnemucca Nebraska before returning for a winter away. Local shoppers see heavy sweaters at 1.19 dollars and Oshkosh bib overalls at 1.95. Althea Montgomery returns from Cedar Falls after a teachers conference.
A community advertisement promotes gifting three pairs of Corticelli Cadet or Arrowhead hosiery for Christmas with pricing noted. Local residents Henry Crooks and daughter, Mabel and Aselma Dean visit shoppers. Hilma Richardson visits Wapello. Clarence Hesseltine on leave from the Seattle ship. Mrs. Paul Gray returns to Des Moines.
James Sexton reports Kemper Military School band will broadcast from WOS Jefferson City MO this evening 8 15 to 10. The Glee Club will air Wednesday 9 20 to 11 from KFRU Stephens College. James sings in a double quartette.
In Gerena an advertisement states that customers who buy $10 of merchandise before Christmas will receive a novelty ash tray. The tray is valued at $1.25. The offer is tied to Studebaker Garage and a savings bank reference, with a partial street or address clue at 251.
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