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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1922

Page

6

Local News Notes With Visits and Rentals

Mrs Mary Long of Fairfield visits her son C W Long while Dan J Guengerich of Kalona was a Washington caller Saturday. Adda Olive and Eva Green visit Keota relatives and grandmother Mrs Wm Embree. Charles Barrett begins a vacation visiting Iowa Falls others. Mrs John McLaughlin will rent her East Main Street house for occupancy August first. Phone 680. 2atf

Mary Long Fairfield Son C. W. Long Dan J. Guengerich Kalona Washington Eva Green Keota Wm. Embree Charles Barrett Iowa Falls John McLaughlin East Main St

Dean’s Half and Half and Local Social Notes

Community items mention meals at Deans and local residents traveling to Davenport Washington Keota Des Moines and Fairfield. People named include Esta Freshwaters Horace Heasseltine Gladys Maxwell Kate Glover and D T Lemkau with visits to relatives and shopping. A pledge to the Y M C A Endowment Fund is due by Saturday with payment to Washington Loan Trust Co. trustees.

Y. M. C. A. Endowment Fund Washington Loan & Trust Co

Local residents mark social visits and shopping notes

Sunday visits in Muscatine and Washington noted for Arthur Crone Amos Stout Sam Witting and M FE Romine with others in nearby towns. Stores promote Dean's bulk ice cream and home made pies while cleaners advertise services.

Local Notes Span Travel News and Social Visits

A string of brief items covers visits by Mrs Mary Evans of Mercer Missouri and relatives, Judge and Mrs C A Dewey in Spirit Lake, and Edward Bandy of Minneapolis with family. Travel plans include trips to Tacoma and Yellowstone, while a marriage license is issued to Leonard Kleinkopf and Evelyn Enfield. Local business ads and notices blend with community updates on illnesses, camping trips, and a new Freeman National Identification Bureau local agency in Saceion county.

Leonard R. Kleinkopf Washington Evelyn Enfield Roseville, TL Ite Pur Brown Iowa

Local clerk shifts and travel notes from town

Miss Mabel Nelson clerks at Graham store and Roy Jackson joins Lyon's soda fountain staff. Mr and Mrs KE Plainly drove to Burlington, while Mr and Mrs M R Regan left for Los Angeles to August 13. Cuddy family notes Loveland heat and a birth near town. Florence Cunningham hosts Parsong college guests. The card from Win Smouse reports Belgian travels via Liverpool with plans through Europe.

M. R. Regan Los Angeles

Society Notes of Wapello and Burlington Picnics

Mr and Mrs Ralph Dorsey of Pennsylvania visit Wapello and Burlington for a Crapo Park picnic with relatives from Wapello Burlington and Washington. Other guests join a Smith Brookhart family reunion at Fairfield with people from Memphis Mo Cantril Mt Sterling Washington and Fairfield Ia. L Lyon birthday party with a surprise dinner and a gold watch for O L Lyon at the Lyon Baking Co. employes.

Ralph Dorsey Pennsylvania Wapello Crapo Park Burlington Washington Ralph Thompson Harold Johnson Barbara Miller Smith Brookhart Fairfield Chautauqua Park Memphis Cantril Mt. Sterling

Borrowed Smiles and Social Quips in a Boston Transcript Note

A compact Brooklyn era humor snippet presents a doctor patient exchange about a near miss and bills, a fashion quip about Louis XV heels versus Louis X, and a jab at church crowds. The playful lines reveal social irony and clubby wit from the Boston Transcript.

Land of Beginning Again Poem by Louisa Fletcher

An inspiring poem by Louisa Fletcher later Mrs Booth Tarkington from Small Maynard collection. It expresses longing for a Land of Beginning Again where mistakes grief and misjudgments can be shed and kindness reigns forever.

Louisa Fletcher Booth Tarkington Small, Maynard & Co Boston Land of Los

Fragments of Humor and Crime Patter From Early 20th Century Papers

A collection of cheeky clippings with wry quips about census misfiled crimes “running a blind tiger” and jokes on dining missteps, newspaper workers, hostesses, and gender play. The quotes showcase era nightlife wit and light crime references across various papers.

A Slip Twixt Subline and Ridiculous Saying

Fragmentary quips compare weathered adages about wind turning and devilish meals. The text riffs on proverbial lines about fate and wit, ending with a caution to wit and timing.

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Pox Theatre Tonight Elaine Hammerstein Torchy S Johnny Hines THE FOX Theatre Clara Kimball Young Lada Cowan Little Jean Carpenter Child Wonder Mary Pickford Lara Kimball Young Arthur Dodd A. D. Sanders B. Lupton Vphone 302 Bert Olson eArch Wilson's Adda Olive Schulty Motor Car Co Dean's Esta Freshwaters Davenport H. F. D. Henderson Horace Heasseltine Crawfordsville Gladys Maxwell D T. Lemkau Muscatine Anna Kos Rena Simmons Kk. V. Simmons Kate Glover Sue Lytle Martha Gray Teuscher Daugher J. G. Hartzel Eva Moothart Roy Bessie Des Moines Andy Corbin Dean W. J. Masson Wash Ington Robert McElhinney Drug Co Hiome Oh Boy Root Beer Arthur Crone Amos Stout Brighton Sam Witting M. FE Romine Ed Fromm Iowa City Blanche Vogt Gladwin Herman Berg Matt Redlinger Edythe Ingram Esther Swift Riverside Marcella Zdarsky Harry Crone Wade Delbert McColl J. H. Dermody Fay Wilson Ainsworth J. R. Stafford Haskins John Custer Mabel Whittaker H. L. Whittaker Bevins Irene Whittaker Mrs Helen Kettering Monmouth Rut Pierce Certo Lytle’s Bones Lena Haney Graham Store J. T. Dougall Mary Felix Barstow, Il Faye Brown Charlie Brown Washington Steam Laundry Howard Cunningham Chicago C. C. Cunningham Saul Rich Charles Leiberthal California Ries Goodds Lyon Gruen, Stephen's Mary Evans Mercer, Mo Harry Evans Judge Edward Bandy Minneapolis Frank Bandy Homer Stephens Betty Brooklyn Professor Mountain of H. J. Montgomery Ward's Will G. Stewart Manton Hebner Watertown Minn George Dowell Dorothy Lee Dowell Tacoma Wilder Bell Milwaukee New York W. A. Kelsey A. W. Clow Corydon Yellowstone Park Idaho Salt Lake City Denver Mildred Schwartz Florence Gates Marsh Bailey Parsons College Glee Club Malcolm Dowell Tacoma, Wash Malcolm Dupont Powder Plant W. F. Murdock Cone Lake Tow Dowls Madelene Murdocks Frank Walter Jean Arthur Jeffrey Ina Jeffrey Cedar Rapids Earl Corbin Miss Jeffrey Hannah Putnam A. F E. Putnam Putnam Harrison Dodder Smallson Yellowstone Palk Mabel Nelson Graham Roy Jackson Lyon’s Cuddy Loveland Colo Colorado Donald McLaughlin Margaret Lyons Helen Davis Parsong College Glee Club Florence Cunningham Frank Buckley Shelly Eberling Win Smouse Bruges Belgium Smouse Liverpool London Flanders Battle Fields Germany Holland Italy Switzerland France Louis X Biggs Boston Transcript Bureau of the Census Bureau New York World Messender Jimmie London Opinion Liberty Bell Savings Liberty Bell Bank Washington National Bank Washington County Westphal West Side Square Hallmark Washington, Iowa Dailey’s Taxi Local and Country Service John Shields & Sons Havel Barn Mozart Melody Boys
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