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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1919
Page
8
Anadvertisement offering to obtain magazines and price lists for clubs addresses John J Black in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. It discusses weight measurement by gravity noting polar region effects and contrasts spring balances with scale beam balances, concluding weights vary with gravity.
Local notices include Chautauqua dates August 12 through 21 and multiple small ads. The ad page mentions Cream butter price 58 a Ib eggs 37 cents a dozen, real estate listings through Godfrey Eldridge, and various local residents visiting relatives or returning home.
The page notes social calls and trips from Mrs Boone to Oskaloosa Gust Bramer to Chicago Charles Gorham of Garden City Kansas to Fairfield and relatives visiting in Pleasant Plain and Fairfield The La CuaUhuemoc Mines in Mexico claim the largest silver nugget and potential profits from ore shipments with plans to smelt locally Various town residents receive medical procedures attend visits and travel with short notes on temperatures and a Chevrolet shipment arriving at town.
Morning passengers, homecomings and visits highlight the week in Wapello Davenport and Muscatine. H Richards rode the morning train for business in Wapello, Lieut. H M Putnam returned from Michigan and New York, Paul Cruiz came home from fifteen months in France with the 20th Engineers, Dorothea Wickham and Mary Harper travel to Milwaukee for a few weeks, Chas Fisher and family return to Muscatine after visiting Mrs. Ella Prowditt, Scott Crail visited his uncle in Davenport then left for Fairfield, Mrs W G DuMont and Laura Jean head to Des Moines for a visit before Illinois trip.
A reader note hints at a missing item listed in the want column. The brief directs locating the listed object within the same issue's classifieds, suggesting a public search or scavenger style cue.
A fragmented notice promotes special rates on clubs with contact by telephone or mail. It lists Nita Belle McKoon as Authorized Representative and references care of Journal for replies. No clear dates or locations are provided.
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