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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
8
An ancient catalog note reports an automatic washing machine in Mason's area near the post office where a drayman unloads them. It mentions a woman over ninety with many Washington friends and references a life spanning twelve to eighteen years for the machines.
Local item notes Mrs Eliza Pickens visiting her son John in Richland and Mrs EB Kenney visiting her sister in Keo. Tractors and trucks advertised for immediate order with Hart Parr or Samson brands. Littlefield reports mining operations in Mexico City and improved conditions in the southwest. Rob Patton and family from Albia visit relatives in town.
Ada Doc Byers plans to spend winter in Pennsylvania while A Belter visits for music lessons. Mrs J B Renoux travels to East Pleasant Plain for business. Y W C A canvass on Saturday. Mason's lists two hole shelters priced 23.52 and 29.00. Mrs T J Harvey and Miss Jessie Long visit Crawfordsville. Mrs John T Malin extends visit to her sister in Fairfield. Mrs Verna Murdock visits daughter in Crawfordsville. Mrs Alice Adams leaves for Fairfield after visiting her niece. Mrs F A Kinckwalter from Riverside to visit at L J Woodburn home. Mrs Susanna Smith goes to Vinton to help care for her mother. Iv A W Crow attends a meeting in Turporton as Southeastern Iowa Osteopathic assoc president. Grace Irwin and Paul Leonard visit from Haskins. Mason's to receive two loads of Samson tractors and trucks this month. Newlyweds buying Jungers Ranges at Mason's. two Jungers to move to new homes next month. Tractor and truck ad to be checked in Hart-Pary and Samson ad.
Washington county residents join the Red Cross in large numbers as soldiers and veterans solicit neighborhood memberships. In Washington, 6 to 100 volunteers worked by noon, adding hundreds of memberships. District 11 in Washington township reported 25 new members from Harry Swift and Harold Godwitt, with Lime Creek township wards producing nine of twelve families. Chairman J D Glaspew hopes to finish today with some work possible tomorrow.
An old classified fragment lists Lyons for cookies, taxi day and night with phone 1 64ate, and baggage transfer services by City Bus and Taxi with phone 1. It also mentions Reynolds & Gibson 761 and Lydia Hellam chiropractor near Lemley’s Grocery with phone 689 Black. An hairdresser touts Parisian Sage for dandruff and Lemmon’s Pharmacy sells it. A. R. Miller traveled to Des Moines for the Jackson Day celebration in Iowa.
An advertisement lists a Wiegman sale on Tuesday January 20 featuring furniture including a Percheron mare, rugs, complete line of goods, and cook stoves. Auction suggests Durability and value with items available for viewing. Women urged to attend for furniture and rugs.
Mrs. Thomas Beeching of Andrews Indiana testifies that Chamberlains Cough Remedy breaks up winter cold attacks and is the best medicine her husband will take. Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists everywhere advertise the product.
Classified notice offering magazine subscriptions with pricing. asks readers to contact for prices and to address inquiries to Nita Belle McKoon in care of the Journal in Washington Iowa. Includes a brief call to see the writer for prices and options.
The W. W. C. A. offers to assist girls who may be compelled to work away from home by securing their health happiness and morale. It promises safe wholesome recreation and support through its programs and friendship inviting your backing.
Washington County's only daily edition delivers local news, updates, and weather for the region with reporting on community events, government actions, and major local developments.
The piece notes leprosy’s widespread presence, unclear causes and transmission, and the lack of a certain cure. It references about 2,000,000 people affected worldwide and remarks that many Americans know of leprosy mainly from Biblical references or missionary reports.
On November 15 1500 Christopher Columbus was brought to Cadiz in chains despite his service to Spain. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered his release but Columbus never forgave the insult, and the fetters hung on his walls until his death as a symbol of ingratitude.
A story of a father and son named William. William injures his hand and, in a light moment, asks for ice cream to ease the pain. The father, in a mellow mood, responds with care and humor, reflecting their close relationship.
A brief industrial note states that a ton of metal can produce ten thousand gross of steel pens. The data highlights efficiency in metal usage and manufacturing yield.
In 1832 on November 14 Charlies Carroll died at ninety six years old. He studied law in France and England and returned to America at twenty seven, becoming a noted political writer and strong liberty advocate. Twenty two years before his death he withdrew from public life.
A peculiar stride marked by swung shoulders and a firm stance. It appears in authors actors and artists and signals independence and determined resolve with a decisive left foot stamp.
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