John Whiting Enters Three Month Naval Training
John Whiting, who recently completed exams for the navy, was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training School for three months after a Burlington call and a Des Moines transfer. About twenty-five cars with Wapello citizens and the Wapello high school band advertised a homecoming pow wow set for July 19 to 21, with the band performing.
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Crawfordsville
John Whiting
Navy
Burlington
Des Moines
Great Lakes
Wapello
Patty Sizer at Lisbon This Week
Patty Sizer accompanies her mother to Lisbon to visit grandparents eighteen miles east of Cedar Rapids. She reports frequent exciting picnics and great fun in the community. The Journal seeks other Washington children on summer vacations and notes Olive Moore with the Booth girls visiting Eddyville this week.
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Harry Sizer
Patty
Libson
Cedar Rapids
The
Journal
Washington
Globe Theatre's Capacity in Shakespeare Era
The London Globe Theatre seated about 1,200 persons during Shakespeare's early productions at the famed venue in London.
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London
Old Globe Theater
Globe Theater
Hardware stores mark third anniversary with sale in Washington
The T. H. Peters hardware store on the south side celebrates its third anniversary tomorrow with a special sale in Washington in July 1935. The Geo. W. Stewart Est. hardware business was bought from the Stewart estate by Tom Peters, a young local hardware merchant.
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Washington's
Square
Geo. W. Stewart Hardware Store
Peters Hardware Store
Peters Store
Washington
T. H. Peters
Geo. W. Stewart Est
Stewart
Tom Peters
Geo. W. Stewart
Washington County
Peters Moves Store to Washington Iowa With Family
Carl is Peters relocates to Washington Iowa with wife and 13 year old daughter Store Reérotothon. After opening the store the Peters remodels to widen floor space and improve lighting and shelving. Peters says growth has been steady and is pleased with progress.
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Mr. Peters
Washington
Peters
Camp Fire Girls Hold Third Meeting at Y Club
Camp Fire girls held their third summer session at the Y Club moving to Sunset Park after. Handwork occupied the afternoon while games followed. Eleanor Tucker and Jean Atchison presented a Peter Pan review with Bonnie Jean Simpson leading Camp Fire songs. The Woussicket group under guardian Mrs Henry Little presented a pantomime. Twenty two girls and guardians enjoyed sandwiches cookies pickles and a cold drink at supper.
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Camp Fire
Sunset Park
Eleanor Tucker
Jean Atchison
Bonnie Jean Simpson
Henry Littl
Weather vane indicates wind from the south
If the arrow on a weather vane points south while the weather reads north the wind is blowing from the south.
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T. H. Peters Hardware Store Front
Nellie Manners
Patty Sizer
Lisbon
Olive Moore
Booth Girls
Haskins
Eddyville
Carlisle
Iowa
Camp Fire Girls
T. H. Peters Hardware Store
Ororec Hive
Kutter
Rogers’ Paints
Mrs
Dexter Washers
Stewart-Warner
Shellane
Universal Gas
Montgomery Ward
South Side Square
Mesdils
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