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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
8
The room occupied by the New York store will be refurbished to house the J C Penney Co. The project reflects a plan to remodel the space and accommodate the new tenant.
Dr Hess Fly Spray protects cows in pasture and barn and the price has been reduced. Bring your jug.
The Christian Ladies reported 150 paid tickets for last evening's dinner hosted by Mrs. Ben Miller Mrs. Frank Earls Mr John Godwin Mrs Ralph Williams and Mrs Clayton Nicholson The next dinner is planned for the third Wednesday in August. Miss Thelda Tracy to sing on WSUI July 20 from to 8 30 PM Willis Wittmer accompanies. Joy Harmon and Joy Louise Wright visit Ced ar Falls then return home. Helen Mae and Margaret DeWit return from Sigourney. Auctioneer KD Macon Washington Iowa 251 red. Louis G Schloesser travels from Cedar Falls to Shenandoah to California due to his mother's illness.
The platform endorses pension legislation to cap home stead confiscation and fix minimum and maximum general-fund benefits. It pledges farm relief, stronger farm legislation, increased rural credit, and opposition to national self containment. It calls for strict economy, opposed blanket appropriations, and action to avoid bankruptcy while praising Dan W. Pon er and other Republican candidates. It notes the permanent organization of the Young Republican League of Iowa.
Ten brown and yellow army bombing planes, the largest aerial death dealing machines in the United States, roared from Bolling Field for Alaska. The first appeared over the Anacostia River at ten o clock, with four minute gaps the others followed. After circling Washington they dipped over the Capitol and headed to Dayton for a brief gasoline stop.
Washington county highways could gain beauty with hollyhocks after a Chamber of Commerce board meeting endorsed the idea. R A Frink backs the plan but notes state highway commission restrictions. seed could be locally sourced and planted this summer and fall.
A faded note recalls a historic fowl preparation once called liverwing. The heart was tucked under the left wing and the liver under the right wing during ju cooking. The Mayor of the liver was imparted to the right wing as a deli cacy.
Washington business men and citizens expected to buy 400 dinner tickets for the Dutch Creek Valley fair on August 30. Tickets priced at 85 cents each include a Dutch Creek dinner and will be sold at local stores and to non business district buyers. Funds largely come from advance ticket sales and advertising in a program book.
Mrs Leland Morrison and children Douglas and Mary Kay visit Mrs Morrison's aunt in Holt Summit Mo Mr Wilbur C Morrison Grinnell welcomes a baby girl born yesterday weighing nine pounds three ounces He has a two year old son Guests at the W F Salterberg home include Mr and Mrs John Carter Mrs Hubert Duttweiler Mrs Nora Kracaw Mt Pleasant Mrs S S Douglas and son CC Douglas attend the University convocation in Town City tonight
The new Nicholson cafe management, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Knauss, brings considerable experience. Mrs. Knauss has worked in Cornel Bluffs and her father is pastry cook supervisor at the Hotel Fontanelle in Omaha. The duo reports a positive reception since taking over.
Miss Marian H. Baker and Miss Carolyn McCleery traveled ten Illinois on Tuesday night and returned last night. Baker attended a cousin’s wedding at Peoria and McCleery visited friends at Monmouth. Heat records and dairy cattle deaths in Kansas City linked to drought poison elements.
Mrs Dean Johnson to leave Washington county hospital for Brighton home this afternoon. Mrs Joseph Pacha of Pleasant Plain to depart for home. Mr and Mrs Howard Dawson welcomed a son born at 11:58 AM at Washington county hospital. Between July 9 and July 18 there were 17 operations, 10 major and seven minor including appendicitis and tonsil cases.
Washington merchants will donate merchandise prizes for 4-H winners at the upcoming Farm Bureau show. County Agent Roudabush urged prizes over cash, and Clarence Logan will surveys business houses for contributions. The Chamber of Commerce adds 100 dollars to help cover event expenses as Washington shows active support.
Mr and Mrs Pat Brown of Davenport with two children visit Mrs Maggie Brown at the Charles McCulley home in Wellston. Found articles to be turned in at the Journal office for free advertisement.
Special plans are on foot to participate in the parade and cooperate in other ways to make this the biggest event of its kind ever held in Washington county.
A compact shops line lists dressed chickens Butter potato bread eggs whipping cream Jersey milk and prices per unit or quart. The ad credits Walter Little and a phone number 806 for Armour products.
Joy Melinski, who has been ill, is getting along nicely and hopes to return to work soon. He is missed at the P O corner.
Frigidaire air conditioners are shown in operation in an office. They provide cooling with gentle air movement and are marketed for homes stores and offices. The units are said to help hay fever by removing foreign particles from circulating air.
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