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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1926
Page
8
Fur waistcoats and short supple fur mittens appear for afternoon wear in England. The items slip over velvet dresses and are favored for bridge parties replacing brocaded coats. Moleskin and ermine dyed rabbit provide inexpensive coats. Balloon style shoes in short vamp oxfords headline new footwear.
Cocoa or cacao the seed of a tropical tree was brought to England soon after Mexico's discovery. From the kernel chocolate is produced and pressing out the fat leaves cocoa. Large quantities of chocolate are used in confectionery and cocoa is made into a nutritious beverage.
Golden Gate park in San Francisco covers 1 018 acres and has a long cost history. It was first established at SS00 000 and has cost 6 000 000 since 1870, reflecting its growth as a civic project.
The 1856 1 cent British Guiana stamp, unique in existence, fetched 400 dollars at a recent sale. Postal shortages in British Guiana led to a crude ship design with surrounding lettering, printed locally, as a temporary issue.
Phillips Drug Store promotes Kodak albums and Johnston's chocolates while Phillips Drug Store hosts Christmas sales and Harwood's foot clinic. Rummage sales, closing-out sale by Silas Ross, and local visits by residents from Keota Riverside Wellman Davenport and Columbus Junction fill a busy community update.
Mrs. R C Wells of Crawfordsville spent yesterday afternoon here shopping and visiting friends.
The ladies of Christian church will hold a bazaar and bake sale at Washington Cleaners on Saturday December 11. Auctioneer D F Macon from Washington Iowa can be reached at phone 251 Red. Mrs Mart Fritz has returned to Pleasant Plain after visiting her daughter Mrs Earl Chance for several weeks.
Advertises a taitoo wade suit and overcoat available by Christmas with a sample line and store contact. Includes a visit notice for Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Terry from Paieiel Illinois and a goods sale listing furniture and household items for sale at Studebaker Garage.
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