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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1924
Page
8
Miss Golda Schulty visits Burlington while Robert Risk of Erlanger Ky calls on relatives in Washington. The Baptist ladies bake sale is scheduled for tomorrow at Barclay’s Grocery with proceeds supporting church work. Men’s tan army shoes at Economy Store priced solid leather with rubber heels at $1.00.
Local items list shoppers, visits, and travel notes. Miss Lora Busby visits Cedar Falls while Mrs Mayer and Miss Wallace travel to Havre and Ainsworth. Mr and Mrs Blaine Holmes and Walter Stone visit Davenport and Burlington areas. Shoe prices highlighted with Arch Support Oxfords and a general sale theme at Economy Shoe Store.
Local notices include a hot chicken lunch at First U P church on Saturday February 23 from 11 am to 1 pm with corn bread coffee salad pie and doughnuts. Ads mention a Biera s range sale at Iowa Gas and Electric, plus shoe listings from Economy Store and details of area residents visits and hospital updates.
Joe Kelley and two friends, all Iowa City students, visit Joe’s parents for the weekend. A variety of small ads offer home cooked dinners, affordable hemstitching, child shoes, and piano tuning, with local names such as Lyon, Wilson, McNamara’s, and the Clark and Enslin auctioneer listed among vendors and services.
Father Jerome S. Ricard of the University of Santa Clara Observatory argues earthquakes can be forecast by solar activity and lunar effects. He notes prior work by Marchand and Hugh Clements, and says his team resumed study after Professor Porta’s death, exploring sunspots, planetary influence, and storm directions for long range predictions.
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