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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1926

Page

3

Social events and wedding notices in Wellston area

The Wellston Social club met July fifteenth at Mrs Ernest Hummer home with sixteen members and several guests. Plans set for Sunset park picnic July twenty ninth. A birthday surprise for Mrs Dan Gass occurred with families from Brooklyn Valley and Valley. Prairie Center 4 H met at Leeper home with program on smocking. Edgewater Beach Chicago hosted the wedding of Lucie Shalja to Louis Smith Reller on July 13 with a five course breakfast. The couple will reside in Pittsburgh after travels to Canada. The First Division United Presbyterian Church ladies group was hosted by the church social committee Friday afternoon.

Wellston Ernest Hummer Nellie Gray Sunset Park Hummer Statler Feltz Frances Dunbar Helen Turnipseed Harriett Tinnee Vera Harvey Mrs. Hummer al Logan Dan Gass West Chester Mildred Warren Ellen Alice Wolfe East Sun Edgewater Beach Chicago Lucie Shalja Louwis Smith Reller Rev. H. (. Reller Joseph Shalla Washington High School University of Michigan University Indianola Iowa H.C. Reller Pittsburgh Gettysburg College Gettysburg Pennsylvania Phi Gamma Delta Phi Alpha Delta Louis Smith Woodenware — Ecompany of Reller Cheago Macrine Thousand Islands Montreal Quebec Canada Atlantic City Riverview Ave North Side United Presbyterian Church of Ainsworth J. E. Clegg

Money Talks Salesman Ad Promises High Profits

A Mansfield Ohio notice offers a sales opportunity claiming a salesman can earn over $100 per week. It details costs to dealers at $2.00 and a sale price of $3.50, yielding a $1.50 gross profit per deal and a $1.00 commission to the salesman. The ad invites those who never sold before to learn how to make substantial earnings.

Geo. L. Lane Mansfield Ohio

Great Ocean Whale At Catalina Draws Crowds In Huntington Beach

A 60 foot Blue Fin whale weighing about 40 000 pounds was harbored off Long Beach four miles from the pier. Passengers paid to view the behemoth as launches circled the tail and eye described as elephant like. The piece notes Huntington Beach interests and rising California optimism with housing taxes and oil wells mentioned alongside scenes of beach life and car traffic.

Huntington Beach Calif Catalina Island Long Beach Pier Long Beach Laguna Balloa Newport Huntington Lone Beach Phintington Washington California Anehiem Santa Anne Santa An Newport Beach Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Ies Lowa Wolden

Social Event Honors Mrs Davis of Alexis Illinois

Will McCreedy and Mrs J O Matthews honored Mrs D Milton Davis of Alexis Illinois with an afternoon of games contests and refreshments. Committee members Mrs I K Real and Mrs W G Robertson of Columbus City hosted out of town guests.

Will McCreedy J. O. Matthews D. Milton Davis Alexis Ilinois I. Kk. Real W. G. Robertson Columbus City

Community Announcements And Club Meetings

Local notices announce Moose Lodge social Thursday evening and meetings for Independent chub Girl Scouts Philathea class M E B M S sewing circle and church gatherings. Reunions at Sunset Park July 25 and a Friday evening music recital in the First U P church chapel.

Girl Scouts Y. M Carolyn McCleery Mabel Livingston Carolyn Hamilton U. Pp

McGuigan Baby Named Cletl Francis In Kalona

Kalona July 20 Mr and Mrs C L McGuigan announce the birth of a son named Cletl Francis. L Rogers is improving after an appendicitis operation last Thursday. Mr and Mrs A A Wagner and daughter Mertiee and Miss Gladys Sme lighter travel by auto to join the Baptist Assembly in Iowa Falls. Gretchen Smehl is visiting sister Mrs Owen Turnipseed in Rock Island Illinois. Mr and Mrs Orville Bell and children of Sigourney visited Kalona relatives Sunday.

Kalona C. L. McGuigan Cletl Francis L. Rogers A. A. Wagner Mertiee Gladys Sieighter Lova Alls Gretchen Sme Mrs. Owen Turnipseed Rock Island, Minois Orville Bell Sigourney

Local Families Attend Visits and Travel Tidbits

Mr and Mrs 9 G Steigleder and niece Camille Baber returned from St Paul after visiting relatives Mee Harve Armour and daughter of Des Moines visit Mrs M E Hoestetter. Clarence Ledman of Clinton visited with parents Mr and Mrs Will Lehman. Mrs Chas Votruba and sons Denne and Junior visited Kalona and then Iowa City for a Chicago train. Maurice L D Hicks and Lola Jane Carpenter welcome baby Robert Edward Hicks. Farmers busy with hay and crop work. Ameat Chabal and Clara Faulkner visited. Puke Slater’s team lost 6 to 2 to Kalona at Kennards field.

G. Steigleder Camille Baber St. Paul Harve Armour Daugheter Des Moines M. BE. Hoehstetter Clarence Ledman Clinton Wil Lehman Chas. Votruba Denne Aunad Junior Will Chabal Clara Faulkner Washington A. A. Faulkner Puke Slater Kalona Baseball Kennards

Whispering Smith at Fox Theatre Promises Frontier Thrills

A rugged Western photoplay titled Whispering Smith opens at the Fox Theatre featuring a frontier tale of raids and holdups. The plot follows a hero who tracks a thieving gang, rescues the heroine after a dramatic battle, and ends with a marriage, marking a departure from older formulaic villainy.

Whispering Smith Smith Fox Theatre

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Prairie Center 4-H Girl's Club Gladys Leona Leeper American Legion Auxiliary Beauty Shop Mrs. Dalton Money Hartman's Hartman Opera House KK. M. Bridges & Co Millinery Elberta R. L. Lytle Grocery J. A. Cunningham Sons’ Grocery Richard Johnson W. M. Conner Grocery J. E. Kunath Grocery R. L. Stewart Grocery Gault & Son Grocery Farmers Wilson Bros. Produce House Alvin Lanty Sivntington Beach, California Moose Lodge J. C Bridges Baker Philathea M. EB Vera Kephart C.D. AL John Bailey 2Nd Street The Woman's Relief Corps of Christian Church Greenfield Earl Little H. S. Ward & CO Coats Peank TE Weeson Lvecator YOO Ein Crafi Frank L. Wilson Voile Tweed Children’s Broad GSE H. I. Ward & Co
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