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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1923
Page
8
Miss Buelah Harvey traveled to Crawfordsville last evening to visit her cousin Mrs. Marshal Gannon for a social call.
Mr and Mrs Julius Conger and their daughter with friend Catherine Coulter traveled in the Conger Dodge sedan toward Colorado after an overnight stay in Des Moines. They planned a three week trip with departure this morning and expect to be gone.
Mrs James Schollenberger visited Washington yesterday while Mrs Ed Sadell and two children arrived from Muscatine to see her mother Mrs George Thoma. Keota residents Mrs A Bowen and daughter Vernelda travelled home after Vernelda’s tonsil operation. A. E. Atchison notes White Slippers and canvas oxfords sale at 98c to 1 10 with prices 1 69 and 2 69 as Lemmon’s Pharmacy promotes refreshing drink.
West Chester business callers Daniel McFarland Ainsworth Sam Statler and Charley Green visit. Crail's advertises white ox ford shoes and pumps at 1.69 and 2.69, canvas oxfords and garments sale with assorted fabrics and domestic goods. Government blankets offered for travel and home use with weight pricing described at Crail's.
Ernest Casey clerks at Harwood shoe store and J W Warnert begins Florida trip. Edna Smith of Harper visits Washington while Adreinne Vaile of Dixon visits with Marguerite Whittaker. Ida Greavr and Le e Brookner of Columbus Junction visit Mrs Richard Taylor. Mrs J W Abrams of Peoria visits sister Mrs R H Walker. Charles Edgington of Des Moines visits mother on East Main. George Rice and Fremont Herman, medical students, return to Iowa City from Elizabeth Redd’s home. Miss Marie Snider of Des Moines leaves Des Moines for Richland to visit relatives. Margaret Snider accompanies her. Helen and Victoria Freding head to Chicago then Philadelphia for sister Hilda Freding’s illness. Clarence Dowell injured by hay rope, cannot work, pain.
The 1928 Iowa State Conference of Social Work will meet in Mason City from July 22 to 25 with Hotel Hanford as headquarters. Nationally noted speakers include Judge Harry Olson, William Hodson, Dr Charles M DeForest, and Professor L M Bristol, plus many prominent Iowa figures.
Decorah Iowa July 18 Followers await the season program for Chetwind the fast young trotter owned by Mr Wittee of Osage. J Kathan of Osage the octogenarian driver has bested many noted trotters since the Civil War era and drove long record races. Trainer Frank Savoy is a veteran trainer. Mrs S W Huston of Crawfordsville was in town yesterday. Ad insert for MI O Na stomach tablets from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
A brief quote from an evening transcript counsels choosing the woods when faced with two evils and an opening. The fragment preserves the idea of selecting a safer escape amid difficult choices.
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