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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1929
Page
8
A fragment notes Mrs. Chas Hays visiting Mrs. Nettie Strain for a day in Crawfordsville. The text includes garbled weather and shopping prompts, mentioning North wind and prices like ten dollars fifteen cents, then asks about a favorite magazine.
Local notice announces Dr. Schwartz specializing in rectal troubles will be at Dr. Crow's office on Friday of this week.
The snippet lists individuals and travels including Orlez and Speer with fresh pig feet, A Wehr traveling to Brighton to visit his son Albert for a week, and mentions of Mrs Ward and Mrs Verney traveling from Seymour and Washington to Ainworth while Mrs Chartes visited Henderson Wallace. Also notes a Marvin Warnock passenger for Pril planning to spend the day.
Local ad notes Mrs. Harry McCall and family, plus H. I. Ward and Co, offering $5.00 dresses and coats. Mentions visitors to Ottumwa and Winfield, various household purchases, and ongoing student examinations supervised by Mrs. Winnie Palmer with teachers’ exams at the courthouse. Also references shoppers traveling to Davenport and Muscatine.
John Sheetz, about 19, was found dead this afternoon in a cornfield about four miles west of town. Coroner is conducting an investigation. A. Jones was called and brought to town.
Abraham Lincoln funeral train engineer A J Wemple, aged 92, died in Fort Worth after a heart attack. He served 26 years with Texas and Pacific, piloting the first Albany to New Troy engine in 1851.
Mrs Sam Knapp fell and broke her left wrist walking on South Iowa avenue Monday. Various residents including Eva Diller, Mrs Roy Wheeler, and H J Hull were mentioned with visits, Travel and health updates. Local business promotions and weather notes accompanied by several short notices about trips, nursing staff, and shop sales.
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