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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1929
Page
8
Miss Florence Cohen returns this morning to her Lucas Iowa home after a visit at the home of Walter Little.
Local notes include Mrs W E Howell visiting from Riverside with Gladys Page and overnight stay. Lucy Bruty from Riverside plans weekend visit. Lem Munson back from Windsor Illinois visiting S A Walker and uncles Fred and Henry Munson. Hanna Jettick Heark Stoea referenced in brief item. Christmas cards offered in quantities at the Journal office.
Special twenty two dressed dolls 25 inches high with colored dresses and caps. Real hair and extra values at 1.15. Wells and Crail. Mrs T R Gillispie visits Ottumwa for the day. Graham store open evenings till Christmas. Attig Truckenmiller and Stover family attend funeral services for O D Booth. Howard Truckenmiller and McKee Beatty families attend. Ruth Norris of Ainsworth shopped locally.
A report states Mrs. Russell resists at Stephen's Jewelry Store amid the holiday season. The event details are limited, with no injuries or additional participants named.
A marriage license was issued to Carl Vorhees of West Chester and Margaret Bauer of Washington ten years ago today.
Weather forecast notes cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday with occasional rain or snow and little overall change. The ad promotes the Nyal Weather Chart Calendar and almanac as a kitchen staple praised by many women for home use.
Miss Lela Myers travels to Eldon Iowa after the sudden death of her mother Mrs John Myers. Graham Store announces evening hours through Christmas. Miss Zelma Moser returns from vacation to assist Mrs McAvoy at her Strawberry Point beauty parlor.
The article explains how Ice Age glaciers redirected rivers in the Dakotas. The upper Missouri and Yellowstone basins shifted south, carving the Missouri gorge through the Dakotas. Red River formed glacial Lake Agassiz with outlet to Minnesota before resuming northward flow.
Small ad seeks a furnished apartment or furnished rooms for light housekeeping at address near Journal Street. Respond with location and rate.
Explorers describe the Casigulare area in southern Venezuela as a natural stream connecting the Orinoco and the Rio Negro, traditionally said to reverse flow. Recent investigations indicate Casiquiare waters flow consistently from the Orinoco toward the Amazon basin, with mouths separated by thousands of miles.
Newspaper men in New York recall the tenor Caruso giving each journalist about 1500 dollars annually as a dou ceur. He earned 2400 dollars per New York singing engagement, roughly sixty times per season, plus 4000 dollars for Atlantic City appearances and 200000 dollars in one season from performances and gramophone records.
The BAT tle Ground oak in North Carolina recalls the Battle of Guilford Court House and a Washington associated horse chestnut presented by George Washington to General Brown. Other Washington trees stand in New York including White Plains Evermore near his headquarters and another at Pawling.
Mrs George Foster sails for Florida spending winter in Daytona Beach then Miami. Notice references institutional bills by Otto F Frey clerk and township billing deadline December 15 for Marion township. shoppers Lee Sands, Helen Kort, Joe Scallan with Walter Schroeder noted for weekend at Waucoma.
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