Local Tire Service Ad From Bevins Motor Co
An old ad urges readers to take worn tires to Brown for service and promotes Hermoline oil for cars trucks and tractors at Bevins Motor Co.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1920
Page
8
Local Ads Rally in Small Town Shops and Services
A collage of ads notes taxi and barage service, jewelry, hats, poultry tonic, used car bargains, pump repair, linens, potatoes, tires, tractors, and local meals. Residents Fox and Dewey, Falk Motor Co., Stephen the Jeweler, Miss Connell, Bevins, Kracaw Transfer, and St. James church ladies appear among weekend visits and sales at The Fair and local stores.
Holiday Shopping Attracts Big Saturday Crowds
Washington stores saw record crowds last Saturday as shoppers from the country and nearby towns arrived in fine weather for Christmas related buys. Officials noted overall strong business all week, with Saturday the peak to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Eppel
Washington
Horse and Buggy Stolen at Sigourney
Sheriff McCarty was called for a theft in Sigourney after a horse hitched to a buggy arrived in town about eleven. The thief tied the horse to a hitch rack and took a fresh horse and buggy in tow heading toward Washington. No trace of the equipment was found in Sigourney. The Delta origin horse had been stolen earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarty
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Washington
Delta
Weather recap contrasts with autumn as cold spell ends
A year ago December 9 to 16 saw subzero temperatures every day except the 11th and 12th when readings rose a few degrees. The 16th recorded twenty below. Today’s high reached 53 degrees with 2:30 p.m. readings at 48. Also mentions teacher Gladys Hawthorne leaving for South Bend for a rest before returning after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Hawthorne
Lincoln School
South Bend
Ind
Labor unions in state federation see rise in membership
The State Federation of Labor reports 78 550 total members with 66 locals unreported and railroad brotherhoods excluded. President Fred A Canfield notes about 1 100 trade unions in the state and that conditions are nearer normal than in eastern states despite unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Federation of Labor
Fred A. Canfield
Railroad Brotherhoods
Mr. Canfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Egents
Tings and
Ture
Paramount
McNamaras
Marinello
Beauty Shop
Charles Denison
Harry D. Smith
Washington, Iowa
Bevins
Wilma Kurtz
Maude Randall
Moline
Mrs. J. Max Kurtz
Xinas
Falk Motor Co
McNamara Undertaking Co
Pete Widmer
Pete
Klein Kiothing Ko
Mary Catharine
Washington National Bank
Bevins Motor Co
Fox & Dewey
Skipton Taxi
Mréd
James Clark
M. Nicola
Stephen
Bruns Seed Store
Rose Bohr
Davenport
U.S
BE. P. Foss
Geo. McChurch
Wilson and
Chalmers
Ford
Wilson and Chalmers
Methodist Church
J. W. Johnston
Wilson's
Frank Eppel
Muscatine
Falk Or Co
Hevind
Mrs. eGorge McEvoy
Cedar Rapids
van Gabby
Rubio
Mannhardt
Stuart Hotel
Alex. Stephen of
Keota
Homer Stephen Home
647
Fosterig
Madsen
Falk Motor Company
Ruth Green
J. A. Embree
Kracaw
Joe Marek
S. M. McCleary
Ren Hows
McElhinney Drug Co
O. E. Belknap
Knoxville
Forest Belknap
Wilson
D. Wilkerson
Brookfield, Mo
H. N. Morris
KODAK
Kodakery
Astman [Kodak Company
Kodak and
Kodaks
T. R. Phillips Druggist
Kodak Store
Iowa
Mee
Graham Theatre
LOW Tellegen
Willard Mack
Lou Tellegen
Mr. Tellegen
Teliegen
Illind
John Shields & Sons
Graham
Harvey D.orr
Omaha
Kansas City
St Louis
Swift, Smart
Lemmon’s
H. I. Ward & Co
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