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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1909

Page

8

Local society notes and holiday helper ads

Local items report Christmas candy bakery displays in Washington. turkey dinners at East Side restaurant. purchases of sewing machines. students and faculty traveling home for vacation. several residents visiting relatives in Keota Davenport West Chester and Oskaloosa. Virginia floral and Keck Floral associate holiday plants. Vienna bakery touted for candies and cakes. numerous travelers and visits to Rock Island Burlington and Des Moines. a wrestling match scheduled in Moscow Iowa.

Fred Sampson Moscow Iowa Kid Herman Muscatine

Christmas Window Display Boom in London Shops

London merchants pour goods into shop windows as Christmas shopping accelerates. Royal gifts and elaborate trinkets from King Edward Queen Alexandra and other European royals are highlighted while crowds rush through Harrods and army stores. A notable note on a 5,000 cataract surgeries by Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria frames a life of service.

London King Edward Alexandra A. A Portugal West End Harrod’s Carl Theodore Bavaria Europe Kreutz House of Wittelbach Elizabeth Austria Luccheni Geneva Ludwig of Rudolf

Academy Fund Under Collective Appeal At Local School

The $2,500 academy fund is now being collected. Subscribed donors are responding well and the committee reports a strong start for the endowment fund. Attendance and alumni support show the school intends to become one of the state's best small institutions.

Kepharts Return from Kremlin Visit

Mr and Mrs J H Kephart arrived from Kremlin Oklahoma where they visited daughter Mrs Henry Rathmell for a month They report Will Rathmell of Kremlin who has been sick is improving

A. A. Lowash West Chester Eldon Mrs. C. M. Alexander Milwaukee Rockford, Ill Ruth Williams Denver W. Roberts Cotter Henry Stichter Fairfield C. J. Fulton Henry Dittmers Helen Davenport Dittmers H. G. Dutton George Barrett Florence Charles Iowa Falls Mr. Barrett Ed Hay R. P. Lewis Mide Augusta Stone Burlington Lewis Rockford Ill Mr. Lewis Helen Baird Tina Patten Lewis Millinery Arthur Mace Glenn Gladys J. M. Mace Will Waldace Blanche Arthur Thrapp Allerton J. H. Kephart Kremlin Okla Henry Rathmell Will Rathmell

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