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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1931
Page
6
Edwin Vanerus of Brighton shopped there today as the bake sale in the Dougherty room began at 10 o clock Saturday morning.
Buy coal direct from our mine at 4.75 per ton delivered by car. Call 407 blue. Mrs KR S Cook tests last night for a new home in California. she visits in Topeka Kansas en route. Christmas stationery offered, stock and prices on second floor Journal lending. Mrs Herry Shields of Iowa Wesleyan College will present a vesper at Mt Pleasant Conservatory chapel Sunday at four with Geraldine Pritchard on piano. Chas brown auctioneer. Phone 282 Black.
About 160 attendees from Fairfield, Keokuk, New London and nearby lodges enjoyed a Winfield Knights of Pythias wild game feast with duck venison coon and more. Notable guests included Grand Chancellor Frank S. Hite of Marengo and R R Hibbs, with programs and fellowship amid a multi lodge gathering.
Miss Alice Harrington, representing Butterick at the H. J. Ward store for a few weeks, departs for Williamsburg AUCTION Han, Macon Washington Iowa. Phone 253 red, 24tf. T. Rothschild and Elliot Grayson traveled to Iowa City to speak before the Rotary Club at noon.
Twelve finalists from six states were narrowed to four Rhodes Scholars for Oxford. L. A. Bean of Minneapolis Lynn Beyers of St Paul Price Heusner of York Nebraska and L. A. Larson of South Dakota were chosen to receive scholarships totaling 2000 dollars annually for three years.
Mr and Mrs F FE Berry and daughter relocate to 522 N 2nd Ave Washington coming from East Pleasant Plain. Berry works at Rock Island telegraph office since Sept 17 after Pleasant Plain office closed. A large Washington audience attends university theater production of Othello with Pris cilla Morrison Desdemona and Lawrence McKune in Venice senate roles.
Mrs. Lee Stacey of Brighton shopped in Washington today. Keota visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Art Stoutner Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rome Newt Romine Mr. and Mrs. Will Stoutner Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Stoutner and Wayne Rash. Mrs. E A Conner is ill with flu. Jour nal's Christmas room on the 2nd floor. Mike Trier of Keota shopped here yesterday. Dan Peters of Brighton was here today. Others included George E. Klett of Keota Mary B. Cuthamp of Columbus Junction and L. J. Keiper of Kalona.
Mrs Winnie Palmer took Miss Alice Van Vliet to Iowa City this morning on their way home to Waterloo.
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