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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1919
Page
8
The Evening Journal lists shops closed for the Fourth including shoe stores and lumber yards. Local ads promote dresses parasols and free dirt, with residents arriving home for the holiday and several visiting guests mentioned.
Daily notices list Graves Studio out of town July 7 for the Missouri Valley Photographer convention and reminders of Fourth of July dress sales. Local residents Miss Lillie Vernon and Miss Edna Talbott depart for home. County Agent H M Fedderson and Ames veterinarian visit Brighton on business. several families visit Has kins and Rock Island. Shuberts and Nichols performances noted. new Edison advertised for boy’s peace.
The item lists morning passengers and visitors including Rev A R Oates in Davenport and Miss Vera Keegan returning to Brigh ton. It notes Mrs Gertrude Powman arriving from New York, Miss Alice Hodson traveling to Mt Pleasant, Miss Charlotte Carson visiting Crawfordsville, and Mrs Bert Willits falling seriously ill. Also mentions Mrs K A Burnell and Miss Louise arriving from Seattle, and visit portions of the Stephens and Cunningham families with upcoming reunions.
An Ada newspaper fragment shows Lyons and Rothschilds advertising affordable waists for girls and women including a $2.50 silk option. It notes a doctor Lyda Hellam near Lemley’s Grocery with a phone, and mentions Mrs Oscar Haney and children traveling to Keosauqua to visit parents A W Morrison and Mrs Morrison with Dunham Morrison accompanying.
All parties wanting ice cream from the Ice Cream factory for the Fourth of July should place orders by Wednesday and Thursday. Those with factory tubs must return them. Those using their own tubs and cans should send to the factory.
Delivery service operates with two trucks serving Wayland, Mt. Pleasant, Ainsworth, Washington, and Chester. The firm covers a 30 mile radius from Washington with home deliveries and storefront visits.
Read world events through magazines and save on subscriptions. Call 59 Red after 5 30 p m or write in care of Journal to review club prices. Nita Belle McKeon is listed as the authorized agent.
Barber shops in the city will close all day on the 4th but stay open in the evening on the 3rd. This notice from 1812 outlines special operating hours and indicates a shift in service times.
Band members are instructed to attend rehearsal Wednesday evening at eight o'clock.
Mrs. Ralph Dougherty reports the rural schools have adopted another war orphan in the name of Miss Kathryn Montgomery county superintendent. The Kooking Klub women arrange the adoption as part of a countywide program.
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