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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1924
Page
8
Daniel Simons is described as quite ill at the home of his son EB V Simones. The report notes his condition in a family setting with no further medical details provided.
Miss Clara Levien visits Harpers Ferry for the day while Eva Melinsky visits Pleasant Plain to see family. Mrs Clyde Hillhouse spends a few days in Brighton. Elizabeth and Ruth Sherbeck of West Chester visit Washington. An ad touts Parisian Sage hair product from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Miss Sylvia Warren returns to Brooklyn after visiting sister Ella Warren. Mrs A Gislain returns to Kinross after visiting Mrs B W Knox. J Lloyd Lewis of Des Moines, visiting his mother, heads home to Des Moines. Agnes Samuelson of Cedar Falls leaves after assisting in Normal Training departments at local schools. Mrs R H Shaffer of Brighton visits West Chester after visiting Mrs Wells and Mrs Smith. Mrs Black's Beauty Parlor opens with Alphonsa Redlinger, masseuse, phone 475 Green. Sidney Smith of Medford Oregon, former Washington man, in town on business at the White Yard. John Waymack and family enjoying the south from Florence Alabama near Muscle Shoals. Irma begins state normal school this week. A brief for-sale ad ends the column.
Reports from Weymouth and Portland confirm the British submarine L-24 was rammed by the dreadnought Resolution and lies about eleven miles south of Portland Hill at thirty fathoms. Crews of 45 men are feared lost, with divers hampered by heavy seas and darkness as salvage attempts continue.
Albert Lea Minnesota January 11 C W Townsend of Waterios Iowa a brakeman on the Illinois Central railroad slipped under the wheels at Glenville yesterday and died today suffering the loss of one leg and a badly crushed head in the accident.
Will Barr of Winfield visits Washington while Jim Rathmel and Dr Birney plan a Sunday departure for Excel sior Springs for a few weeks. David Winegarden and Ethel Norman of Wellman obtain a marriage license. Lewis Klein of South Marion Avenue remains gravely ill after a stroke.
Madison Conn Jan 11 Flls worth Bassett a house painter and chauffeur who worked for Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson failed to reconcile with his wife a basketball player and postal clerk. He had tried to obtain a divorce in Rhode Island and is under investigation by that state's attorney general. Bassett was summoned by his wife from Florida where he managed her orange grove and resigned after visiting Mrs Sanderson in New York. His wife denied reports of a divorce and said no legal action was planned.
In thirty motor trucks, workmen began hauling 15 000 cubic feet of snow from Scarborough station of the New York Central to Briar Cliff Lodge. Snow arrived yesterday in six gondola cars from the Adirondacks. Proceeds will help finance the American Olympic skiing team trip to France.
In Brisbane Australia on January 11 authorities say more than 1,006,000 feet of film were burned at the Fox Film premises.
Sofia reports Prime Minister Boris with parliamentary approval issued a decree granting amnesty to 24 former cabinet ministers including members linked to the second Balkan war and the Malinov Kostourkow cabinet for failing to sever ties with the central powers in World War I. Separate notes: Eleanor Bailey of Macomb Illinois visited Mrs. Miller. Margaret Black, formerly of East Main Street, is visiting the Long household after surgery in Oska loosa and will stay a few days.
A fragment promotes a Christmas Savings Club urging readers to open a savings account for year end funds. It stresses the value of disciplined saving and suggests calling to join the program immediately.
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