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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1930
Page
6
Mrs Alfred Neal of Des Moines visits her Hazen roots while Elizabeth Klein returns from St Paul for Christmas. Packwood resident Mrs Chandler visits the Hinshaw family. Poultry and dairy buyers advertise to purchase eggs and cream. Charlotte Foster and Marjorie Foster head to Plainfield for Christmas, with Beverly Smith staying in Plainfield. Various locals and out of town visitors listed along with store ads and sales.
In this column several residents return home for Christmas. Dorothea and Robert Thompson visit with parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Thompson. Miss Edith Caris from Town University spends vacation with her parents. John Matthews from Northwestern University Law School is home. Esther McCreedy from Town State Teachers College visits Cedar Falls. Mrs Lyman Thompson and son Willard Ray travel from San Francisco to stay with relatives J M Godfrey for about a month.
We will be open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night. Miss Barbara Cuddy returns home from Cesar Falls to spend Christmas with her parents Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Cuddy. Miss Una Smith comes home from Cedar Falls to enjoy vacation. New shipment of bird cages and fish supplies at Oettenseed Store. Charles Miller returns home from the Chicago Art Institute.
Misses Ruth and Edna Bridges and Mrs BE L Rouse visited their parents Mr and Mrs D M Bridges in Muscatine yesterday. Mrs D M Bridges is ill and Ruth will return tonight to be with her mother Edna will go Wednesday evening for Christmas. buy date pudding from the Y W at Johnson's grocery.
The ad promotes Mrs. Stover’s Homemade Candy and Johnston’s Chocolates offering Xmas wrapped boxes. They highlight ready to deliver candy with wrapping and cards, available anywhere in town.
A brief sale note states only a few Xmas Tree Lighting outfits remain available at a special price of 98 cents each.
Not too late to order printed Christmas stationery. Friends of Mr and Mrs Jesse Busby are in Syracuse New York at present. Open day and night Iowa Motor Service Armory Building telephone 747 for car trouble. Montgomery Ward Co will be open Monday evenings until 9.00. Home Feed Store offers attractively priced mill feeds and tankage with delivery opposite the Post Office.
Christmas cards remain in plentiful supply at the Evening Journal upstairs. Dickerson returned from Marshalltown with John Shield after a two day Grinnell visit. Ike Doak of Burlingoon in Washington today seeking produce sales. Christmas trees advertised with delivery from West End Grocery. Mr and Mrs Lester Duke and Doris Grinnell visit A L Griffiths for holidays. Duke refereed a Pella game Saturday. Speers visit Crawfordsville. free beef guessing at Crone's Grocery with 10 pounds for closest guess.
Cadillac plant in Detroit will recall 6 000 men once year end inventories are finished on January fifth plus 700 additional workers. Only existing employees will be considered for openings. Chevrolet Motor also plans to hire 10 000 former workers next month.
Senator Cutting of New Mexico calls for repudiation of Robert H. Lucas activities by higher officials of the Republican National Committee. He targets Lucas over actions against Senator Norris of Nebraska in the last campaign.
Oetjen's Seed Store on the West Side advertises Hickory nuts and walnuts as part of its available produce offerings.
The third blasting attempt at the Deep Rock Oil Corporation well on the Wewoka townsite succeeded today. A 45 pound nitro gelatina charge detonated by electricity ended the blaze just before 9 a.m. local time.
Des Moines police arrested Carl Grimes for skidding a car along ice covered city streets. Grimes reportedly drove up and down the street sliding the vehicle to show off and was released with a warning.
The Department of Agriculture states walnut stains on hands can be removed using an ink eradicator sold in drug stores. The advisory urges use of the product to clean hands before work or handling items.
Positively no hunting trapping or trespassing allowed on our premises. Any one not observing this notice will be dealt with according to law. John BE. Griffith and Sons. K12-23
Shoppers flocked to a Saturday sale in Washington with residents from Keota Brighton Riverside West Chester Crawfordsville Columbus Junction and Ames students and faculty visiting for Christmas. Listings note items from Schmoeller Bros and a Gale Henke return from Cornell College.
A local retailer promotes last minute shopping with Cadet Hosiery house slippers new shoes and overshoes. The shop invites customers to visit and seeks to assist with any problems.
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