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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1920
Page
8
Read The Evening Journal lists assorted ads and notices including taxi service and shoe sellers, funeral director, rug dealer, phonographs, chiropractors, and grocery. Mention of a big horse sale at City Feed Yard and a rheumatism remedy with money-back guarantee appears among fragmented lines.
G W Wiegman left last night for Duluth Minnesota to be at the bedside of his brother Harry Wiegman who lies ill with pneumonia. The article also mentions a new Chandler Coupe described as a roomy four passenger car.
A $30 reward is offered for the return of a black traveling bag and its contents taken last Saturday night near Washington. Report to the Journal office. The notice also lists household and travel movements of local residents with brief mentions of trips and arrivals across Iowa.
We offer prompt reliable transportation and hauling services with option for small or large jobs. Call for price quotes on long distance hauls. Booth Transfer Line at Washington Steam Landry office.
Authorised representative Nita Belle Mekoon promotes monthly payment plans for journal subscriptions in Washington Iowa. The note invites inquiries by phone or mail and adds a anecdotal aside about a child named Acts of the Apostles Kennett from earlier issues.
The town advertises the Will Mayhew sale featuring Jersey cows on February 61h. Residents travel between Harpers Ferry and neighboring towns visiting relatives and attending events. Chandler cars receive praise in local notices while marriages are recorded for several couples including Vitera Marek Glaze Stone Soukup and Marek. Local transport and business notes appear throughout the column.
Local seller offers pole wood at 7.00 per lead with contact available by calling 302 Blue.
Vincent Ottaway six year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ottaway of Green Island Jackson county was struck by a car on a hill near his home and killed instantly. Driver Frank Mangler had just fetched a doctor for his ill son and tried to avoid the child by veering into a ditch but the boy died before help arrived. No blame attaches to Mangler.
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