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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1918

Page

8

Local News Snippet From Ideal Saturday

Saturday at the Ideal features busks and coffee akes while holiday weekwear ranges from 1.00 to 3.50 at Maplethorpe. Regular meals are served at Deans with Miss Martha. Maxwell returns from Evanston Illinois after studying at Northwestern University. Cloyte Huston of the S A T C passes through Town City en route to Crawfordsville. Miss Morenee Light leaves county hospital for home in Fairfield.

Cloyte Huston Town City Crawfordsville

Local notices and classifieds drift through town chatter

A stream of brief items lists shopping ads, travel notes, arrivals and departures, professional notices, sales events, and local personalities. Readers learn of rug and glove prices, funeral attendances, guests for the holidays, and residents visiting relatives, with several mentions of nearby towns and shops.

Christmas notices and travels fill the Journal pages

The issue lists shops like Dougherty Bros offering neckwear at sale prices and Smith's Emporium promoting mid season wares. It chronicles Mrs Gust Anderson, Mrs A VanSickle, Miss Harriet Dougherty and others visiting Des Moines and Grinnell students returning for Christmas. Also noted are family travel updates to Muscatine Keota Crawfordsville Akron and Pittsburgh plus holiday bakery, candy and gift ads.

Subscriptions Arranged for Local Holidays Visit

Nita Ball MihOOs and family from Mercer Missouri arrived a few days ago to spend the holidays with Mrs J A Moon. Readers may subscribe by calling after 6 40 am or write to Journal care of the paper.

Nita Belle McKoon Nita Ball Mihoos G. W. Talbou Edna George Wynne Mercer, Mo J. A. Moon

Phonographs Offered At Wholesale Price By Local Store

Six phonographs arrived by express but are smaller than ordered yet equal in finish tone and quality. Store cuts price to 75 dollars from 100 dollars and will include twenty records at 60 cents each. Order now to guarantee a Christmas gift. no separate records sold. E A Bickford Northwest Corner Square advert.

Express E. A. Bickford Northwest Corner Square

Christmas Candy Ads and Local News Tidbits

Deans دعcr candy and cigars advertise for Christmas shoppers. Howard Benn of Kalona visits Washington today while Miss Mildred Stewart returns from Chicago for the holidays. A marriage license was issued to Charles 8 Goodwin and Mary R. Starr of Washington. Sam Anderson remains critically ill at the county hospital. Lieut Roy Drake visits Washington after duty at Kelly Field Texas and receiving his commission earlier this month.

Howard Fitzgerald Great Lakes Chicago Ralph Junkin Keota Charles 8. Goodwin Mary R. Starr Washington Sam Anderson Roy Drake Kelly Field San Antonio Texas

Local Students Return Home for Christmas Holidays

Miss Eleanore Vailey returns from Dana Hall in Wellesley to spend Christmas at home. Miss Dorothy Harvey comes from Madison to its Wisconsin University for the holidays. D. Glenn Leenblossom and Ralph Lemley, Cornell veterans, have come home after being mustered out. Marion McCulley and Shirley Clark return from the University of Iowa for vacation. Miss Dorothea Wickham arrives from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie to join the festivities. Virginia Wallace, another Vassar student, is due home this evening.

Rodney Rabenold Monmouth College Althea Montgomery Des Moines College Eleanore Vailey Wellesley, Mass Dana Hall Dorothy Harvey Madison, Wis University of Wisconsin D. Glenn Leenblossom Ralph Lemley A. T Cornell Marion McCulley Shirley Clark Iowa City State University of Iowa Dorothea Wickham Poughkeepsie N. Y Vasear College Virginia Wallace Vassar

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