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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1928
Page
8
Mrs J E Ream and Mrs W T Carson with their children Tom Helen and Bob traveled to Princeton Illinois to visit the Broad family at their parental home ten years prior.
GEO L McDANIEL Druggist reports top hog price at $11.45 with weather forecast showing partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday.
Mrs. John Davis and Mrs. Ray Lemley returned from a four month vacation to Excel sior Springs by car. Dr. A Allen of Wayland visited Washington this morning to shop. J L Stark, Iowa farm bureau service director from Des Moines, Thur sday in Washington county with Walter R Brown on business.
Mr and Mrs W B Day of Bri chton visited Washington yesterday to shop and call at the D C Kilgore home. Fred Humphreys arrived from Winfield yesterday on business.
A string of short notices lists travel, visits, and personal events. A. Pratt returns from Des Moines on business. Richard Clark and companions end an automobile trip in Brainerd Nebraska. WwW. P. Bower visits Keota. Mrs J R McGinnis returns to Wisconsin after visiting Washington area. W Z Telford and son Milford visit Iowa City. Walter Stone and the Varsity Four of Burlington dine at a Muscatine club and spend the day in Washington. Glenn Dunbar visits Washington on business. Esta and Bess Freshwaters of Santa Cruz stay with George Breitenbach. Harold Turner returns from Chicago for a month at his parents. Catherine White returns to Fairfield after visiting J C Purvis. The L G Bailey family visits Davenport. Charles Barker earns hydroelectric engineering degree at Iowa City summer school. Mrs Raymond Condit visits Muscatine. Molly Cox returns to Sigourney after visiting her daughter. Emma Lucile and William Leon Miller visit Fairfield. Mrs W L Graves goes to Wyman after visiting Frank Sage. they attended University Players in Iowa City. Fred Neiswanger says Harve Carter’s family arrived safely in Honolulu. Carter family will reside in Hawaii. Washington friends send best wishes.
See cur windows for Sat urday's Special. Westphal, the Jeweler. Many local residents visit, with notes on illnesses visits and travel. A broken thigh incident, shopping trips, and extended visits are reported along with a baby born weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces at the county hospital.
Daily life snippets and notices include visits at the Fred Hutton and George Bray homes, dialogues practice, hog deliveries, and family gatherings. The community mourns Rev. James Nicholson, longtime Howard Grove pastor, with sympathies from neighbors. Additional items mention deaths, church ties, and local show attendance in Fairfield.
Mrs J Vinton and Mrs Norton of Glendale California visit Mediapolis for a few days. Mrs C G Pickin and daughters Ruth and Jeanette travel from Fairfield to visit Kate Smith and Mrs Julia Parks. Mrs Hanlon and son Bobbie from Sigourney plan a short stay with Mrs Howard Richard. Mrs Hoffenstein returns from Tipton after two weeks with the Finks. Mrs Corbin and daughters Nita and Margaret return from Des Moines. Helen Wood to receive BA as part of summer work for her masters. Florence Swartz visits Wellston to see Helen Hanley in vacation from Chicago. D N Collum, state deputy of Modern Woodmen, visits Washington.
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