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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1921
Page
8
D J Settle of Lone Tree, connected with Standard Oil, visits Washington and contemplates relocating there. Mrs S L Hawhouser visits Columbus Junction, while Lenmon's Drug Store promotes Rheuma and low prices. Dean's dining rooms and Brown's Tire Shop advertise meals and tires. Various locals travel to Muscatine Keota New London and Crawfordsville for visits and events in a busy day.
The page lists Crawfordville visitors including Mrs. N J Lease Mrs Etta Buaxbaum and J C Mitchell and Donald Quinn of St Louis visiting his aunt Mrs Elizabeth Hicks. Also mentions Lemmon's Pineapple Frappe Dean's meals 50 cents and various local ads. An unusual opportunity to invest in Tamaulipis Mexico with potential land profits is advertised by W P Littlefield.
Lexington and Pilotsburg hold morning and evening services next Sunday with Sunday school at 10. The Lay Electoral Conference delegates are Wade Gardner and W C Griggs. other church officers and committees listed for the coming year. The fourth quarterly conference was held with Dr George L Minear presiding.
The article argues club women expect librarians to guide adult education and civic programs. It emphasizes the librarian as a partner in shaping club work, understanding resources, and predicting readers needs. It notes the federation’s two million students and Iowa’s 31 000, plus the librarian’s role in molding public opinion and directing lifelong learning.
The Burlington Hawkeye reports citizens debate creating a municipal bathing beach as temperatures soar and drownings rise. Locals discuss a riverside site near Crapo park or a timber dock plan, weighing access, safety, and funding while proposals cite Oquawka Ind as a model.
A reader recalls a methodical and patient approach to producing any book, likening it to a magician’s wand, but cannot remember the elusive system. The note hints at an imagined, unlimited workshop to craft desired texts.
A fragment from Mrs. H. S. Richards praising a woman for spiritual strength intellect and a steady stream of new books as aPast President Wisconsin Federation Women’s Clubs.
Roy Louden, a C R I P section hand, earned 100.67 dollars in 1920 but did not file an income tax return. An internal revenue officer, M J O Brien, explained he owed 7 cents tax at 1 percent and Roy ended up paying the one cent plus costs totaling 5 dollars.
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