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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1920
Page
8
Local items list residents visiting relatives in Iowa and nearby states, trips to Aldon and Sigourney, return home from travels, and upcoming shifts in Ford service. The note mentions marriage licenses issued to three couples and a hospital patient in St. Louis facing complications from a broken arm.
Community updates record Christmas visits and gatherings at homes in West Chester Harper and Keota. Families from Des Moines Davenport Clinton and Albia travel for dinners weddings and celebrations while local merchants contribute gifts for soldiers and Boy Scout groups.
Community notes record the birth of Martha Ann Mace in Bas County Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mace. multiple visits and holidays as relatives travel to see family in Brighton Keota Harper and other towns. ads mention tires, jewelry, and a Gardner farm sale scheduled for December 30 1920.
The notice invites all to a New Year celebration in Richmondy town on January 1 1921 with good music. It recalls a cavalry regiment stationed near Savannah Georgia fifty six years earlier with two hard tack rations.
A shooting event occurs Tuesday December 28 at 1 PM on the Essley farm two miles north of Coal Chute and four miles east. Clay targets will be used and eighty to one hundred geese ducks and turkeys will be given away. Ed Flanders notes the details. The Volunteer Rescue Army, formerly the Slum Army, seeks clothing shoes hats and other items for charity. Call 417 Green or residence 429 6 Third Ave for those in need. Major and Mrs Sneath are officers in charge.
Mr and Mrs Ed Grayson and son Charlies visited relatives in Ainsworth Saturday. Mrs John Kupka joined them. Mr Reister of Des Moines spent Christmas with his mother Maude Reister. A Ford Sedan owner damaged a sedan door and sought a replacement. ad promotes a Ford Sedan for 795 dollars from Falk Motor Co.
A quirky note from the horse editor in the Thomas Cat mocks Slat Springs residents for sticking with a license they should not use, reflecting local tensions and playful satire in Arkansas.
The cross on which St Andrew was crucified is among the most precious relics housed in the Church of St. Victor in Marseilles.
In Muscatine on December 27 a new union rule enabled African American workers to serve as freight brakemen on several Rock Island divisions including Iowa and Illinois. The seniority system favors white flagmen, pushing colored men into freight runs where they now sometimes operate at the front of trains.
Miss Violet Chandler, a county school superintendent candidate, asks the Torchlight to stop calling her supporters in the campaign team super retters, saying the term is offensive. Arkansas Thomas Cat notes the request and reports the issue.
A reflective meditation contrasts the perilous depths with spiritual rest, naming God as guide and Byvans as keeper of the depths. The speaker warns against dwelling in personal diversions and urges faithful navigation toward tranquil shores.
The Journal of the American Medical Association promotes a laxative fruit cake made from senna leaves figs dates prunes and raisins with equal parts. The dose is one shoe large or small depending on the individual’s need.
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