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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1928
Page
8
Rank I Wilson travels to Des Moines on business and invites readers to visit the store for Christmas gifts and cards. The ad highlights Washington Candy as an ideal present for all ages, and notes Garrat Chocolate infancy Christmas boxes. Also mentions hogs priced at eight dollars fifty five cents amid regional weather: rain or snow in the east.
Local notices announce meetings and Christmas events across Highland township. Waman s lu and Mrs o clap per hold craft exchanges with limits on gifts, plus a Pine Grove school Christmas entertainment on December 14 at 8 0 clock with lunch. Shiloh school hosts event December 15 at 8 0 clock. church gathering December 12. Community groups invite participation and decoration suggestions. In Kulpmont near Carmel a burglar left a key ring with the robber’s name and address after a robbery. $105 cash taken, money recovered.
Belgrade dispatch reports M Matchek, president of the Croat Peasant party, declares a boycott of matches in protest against the government grant of a match monopoly to a Swedish firm. He says the party will use flint and steel, effectively putting a check on matches.
A United Press survey shows influenza continuing to spread across the Midwest with rising reports of illness and strain on health facilities. Officials note the epidemic's reach extends to multiple states as communities brace for further spikes in cases.
Local news notes a Christian church gathering at seven thirty with fifth sixth and eighth grades tuning their contest led by Minister Roll. Also listed are Christmas Sabbath school omissions and local shoppers and travelers including Mrs Danstam, Mrs Helwick, and Mr Schuster.
fragmented local notice reports Leaheru elected to be the mayor in Kenilworth North Carolina The piece also references Africa’s Mighty Rivers Nile and Congo and mentions the funeral of J B Shearer held yesterday at Presbyterian Church with music and a list of attendees then notes interment at Elm Grove Cemetery
Local brief items list funeral attendance for Theodore Cassel in Macomb Illinois and visitors traveling from Council Bluffs Ottumwa Keota Ainsworth Muscatine and Mitchell. Mentions include Mrs Riley Provance, Miss Acele Clapper, Mae Weber, Mrs Alfred Faulkner and son Bobby, Rev S E Morrison, and families passing through or visiting relatives.
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