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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1930
Page
6
The notice states Miss Ella Reister is hired as a clerk at the Fair Store to handle peak Christmas traffic. Weather forecast calls for mostly fair conditions tonight and Friday, with colder temperatures in the extreme southeast.
Local ad notes a slightly used Dexter washing machine for sale with two rinsing tubs from Scott Furniture Co. It also highlights a charity mince meat project by Y. W. C. A. workers Mrs Kerr Mrs Dicken and others who produced fifty quarts for sale to benefit the organization.
Mrs FE V Simons has moved into the Dewey apartments east of the Baptist church with Mrs May Hopeneardner. The Dewees family reports double pneumonia illnesses for Rosella, four, and Lawrence, three months, with the baby ill since Friday. Washington shoppers include Mrs Minnie Sutter and family and Mr and Mrs Clarence Boshart and son of Wayland.
Colchester barber C. J. Lyman announced he would provide free haircuts to unemployed men to improve their job prospects. The offer reflects a community goodwill gesture from a local business.
Weather may turn cold and snow anytime and Elmer Mason’s Mason Transfer & Storage runs a miniature paper The Monkey-Whened. The store offers cloth or all rubber overshoes in light dress weight or heavy outdoor service with lower prices and long wearing stock.
Mrs J M Kelley promotes the Journal line of Christmas cards and will call to show the collection. The item notes other local happenings including an arm amputation after a gun accident, visits by several residents, repairs offered by Cox Motor Co, and a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs George Miller with siblings listed.
The primary Baptist Sunday school teachers and officers met at Mrs. Alice Thompson’s Tuesday for a Christmas exchange honoring Nora Warner who will marry New Year’s Day. Carol Forgey presided as superintendent. gifts issued and games played.
At yesterday’s meeting with Mrs J O Mathews the Sunshine Community club outlined a December 22 Christmas tree event for members and families at the No 7 schoolhouse. The gathering included a Christmas exchange and a treat for husbands and children, with a one o clock luncheon and festive decorations.
At Shiloh the December program by Miss Wilma Moore and eight pupils drew praise from all. Ellen Caldwell gave her first public recitation and fourteen dollars-plus was netted from the social. Illness kept several students from school as flu-like symptoms spread.
Adams and managers met at the Modern Woodman hall in Ainsworth for a Christmas exchange of gifts. The evening concluded with a late hour pot luck supper after a pleasant gathering.
Reno Nev leading figure Jesse W Reno son of the man after whom the city is named will be presented with a copy of the new booklet Reno Land of Charm. Reno has never been in Reno.
The On Leong Tong of Hartford has applied to the city building board for permission to alter its headquarters building by adding two exits.
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