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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
2
The Misses Mabe and Maude Pennell travel to Washington Iowa on Friday and expect to stay until Christmas. Mabe plans a visit to Fort Madison at the John Brown home before returning home. Keokuk County News. December 17.
A political gift ad offers the Hanley Primer guaranteed to cheer Democrats and provoke Republicans, sold at Hanley's law office with pricing of 25c per copy and discounts for bulk orders. Also notes Mines T. B. Stephens and J. D. Wallace visiting Allerton, Iowa after a ten day stay with Alex Stephens.
For Sale extra good farms and town residence and business property at bargain prices near and in the vicinity of West Chester Washington county Iowa within two to five miles of town and as good a market as is in Iowa Meat market and ice business buildings fixtures that is a good paying business and a first class elevator and coal business J. D. Dayton West Chester.
R W Bishop reports patents issued to Iowa residents including tile-protector 906562 Rue Northwood. safety door-bolt 906593 Welch Iowa City. controller regulator 906620 Ebersole Keokuk assignor American Automotoneer Co Philadelphia. trench-excavator 906655 Parsons Newton assignor The G W Parsons Co. disk barrow 906692 Cole Charles City. clothes-pin bag 906713 Hinman Council Bluffs assignor Joseph Abramson FE Pill. hoisting device 906913 Neller Fairfield assignor Louden Machinery Co. governor for explosive engines WH Smith Aurora assignor to Aurora Mfg Co. ditching-machine 907059 Krueger Lake Park.
Mrs E Malin of Ainsworth shopped in the city yesterday. Mr and Mrs J L Hanna visited from West Chester. Mrs Walter Ralston of West Chester shopped yesterday. Mrs Ed Jacobs and Mrs P H Pettit of Keota were Washington callers. Miss Laura Ingham arrived from Muscatine for a home visit. Miss Edith Rownd from Coe college visited at home. Coal ad touts Winefrede Sprint as high heat soft coal from Wm A Whiting & Son with phone 24.
Lemmon's Jewelry Store announces extended evening hours through Christmas to aid Christmas shoppers. The notice emphasizes shopping convenience and holiday access in the store.
The original Mason and Mason present Rudolph and Adolph a sixth season farce with new costumes Parisian gowns grander electrical effects and color displays. Twenty performers including Hines and Remington star in a musical comedy featuring Broadway hits. December 29 at the opera house.
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