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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1926
Page
8
C C Jones and children went to Devonport this morning to vend with friends. Mrs I P Jackson of West Chester is spending the day here with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Latimore Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Twinam of Crawfordsville shopped here today. Mrs. Ross Whittacre went to Brighton this morning after a brief stop at the H. A. Jack home.
Mrs Johanah McKevitt returned Saturday evening to her Moline residence after a week’s stay with her ill sister Mrs Nellie Cunningham. Friends regret there is little improvement in Mrs Cunningham’s condition. Mr and Mrs John Boshart of Wayland shopped here. Miss Bertha Gray of Belford Iowa visits Will Jones home for a few days.
A collection of short social notes lists Joe McAvoy Valley Junction visiting L. B. McAvoy’s home, June Eleanor Pavis staying with grandparents near Ainsworth, Jack Long Fairfield visiting his cousin John Rohrer, Dora Thompson Marshalltown vacationing with sister, and other local movements including Oscar Jugenheimer’s trip to Fremont for a death in the family, Ellan Morrison home from DePauw for vacation, and Mrs. Cherry serving meals for Christmas shoppers.
A shuffled page offers gift ideas such as slippers, hosiery, zippers and rubber footwear alongside local holiday updates. News briefs report residents visiting relatives, new births, and student travels. A Washington county farm for sale is advertised with price and terms, plus local business notes and holiday promotions.
Residents head to Selma Iowa Keota Havre and Marion for holidays in brief notices. Local merchants promote Christmas gifts including knives kodaks leather goods and ash trays with extended store hours and holiday specials. Families plan visits to Monmouth Chicago Milwaukee and Iowa City with relatives over Christmas.
In Seaside Heights New Jersey the mutilated body of Charles A. Burke eighteen of Trenton washed ashore. A rescuer who tried to save him said a large fish pulled the boy from his grasp. Beachgoers later sighted three sharks and the coroner stated the body had been eaten by sharks.
A postcard mailed August 9 1909 from Ellenburg Center New York to Mrs Clara Coopee Marion Easthampton arrives after a 1 cent postage increase is paid. The item highlights the era's postal rate changes and cross state correspondence.
The United States Children’s Bureau reports nineteen million of twenty two million school children are physically defective in some way. Only four million have unpreventable defects, prompting calls for physical examinations and improved medical care.
Four bank robbers looted two Covington Oklahoma banks taking about 6000 dollars in cash. One robber checked on 70 year old Mrs. Lucy Leroy and asked if they had taken her honey grandmother. They ordered depositors to the rear and had the cashier return checks she had cashed. Mrs Leroy was seated in a rocking chair and told to stay quiet to avoid the vault.
Phillips Drug Store advertises large Christmas gift selection with open evenings all week to accommodate shoppers. McNamara's note emphasizes continued stock and wide assortments across departments for holiday gifting.
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