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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1928
Page
8
Ten years ago today Mrs W G Stewart returned from Chicago where she was a guest of Mrs Grace Gerry and Mrs Clarence Hollingsworth. The column also mentions cigars and perfume offerings in stock, listing Coty and Houbigant brands, amid unsettled weather with possible snow flurries in the east.
Local ad highlights Jonathan and Stayman Winesap apples as gift ideas. R. Produce Co offers delivery and Wednesday specials including peanut brittle and coconut or chop suey items. Christmas candy priced from 13 cents per pound. Phone 647 for orders. Candy Kitchen, north side, promotes various sweets.
A Wednesday noon chicken pie dinner is announced at the North Side of 1D. A Chalmers acts as Des Moines Register and a tribune agent. Bona Jettick Health shoes 23, Harry Whittaker and daughter Apnrletta visited Muscatine with Mr and Mrs A G Whittaker at their home after weekend in Galesburg Al. Nice Florida oranges offered at 20 cents per dozen by Conner's Grocery cast.
Saint Rita, canonized in 1900, is known as the saint of the impossible and is often depicted with roses. At her death in winter she asked a nun to fetch a rose from the garden, and a single bloom appeared on a rose bush, astonishing those by her bed.
Local ads report Christmas stationery gift options with name address printing in boxes of 125 sheets and 100 envelopes. Also items include travel notes about Prof Arch Owen returning from New Haven to visit Washington, obituaries, coal ads, meat delivery, and farm feed products from Warren's Seed Store with multiple short notices across Pleasanton Kansas and nearby towns.
A jumble of short notices mentions Homer Holden and family returning from Moline after Christmas, a death of Mrs Babb, plus local ads for Sheaffer desk sets Phillips and Hebner dry goods and Iowa Brand feed at Warren's Seed Store.
A jumble of social bits notes Johnsons chocolates and Mrs Stover bungalow candies as signs of good taste. W J Law of Ardmore arrives in Washington for his sister in law Laure Bell Babcock's death and visits Keota with Mrs Houck's sister. Trotman plans Town City trip to fetch Wil Townsley post operation. Donna Ruth born December 10 to George Chalupa and wife.
The advertisement lists three lots of silk scarves in various sizes with prices from 1.50 to 2.98, plus silk hose and Perrins French Kid Gloves at several price points. It urges buying hats from 1.49 to 5.00, coats and silk dresses at greatly reduced prices, and notes a lost small ladies hand bag referenced in last night’s Journal.
A family friendly Kodak gift sale starts at $2.60 from Eastman Kodak dealers Phillips and Hebner druggists. Mr and Mrs Karl Birjed relocated from their Washington area home to a new Cedar Rapids residence. A Christian ladies chicken dinner bazaar is set for Thursday December 20 in Jana bazaar.
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