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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1921
Page
8
Nearly 100000 Midwest servicemen who trained at Camp Dodge will have a final chance to tour the historic cantonment before demolition. About 6000 veterans will attend the August 26 reunion in Des Moines with free transport to the camp and a tent city at the fairgrounds for housing. A reduced railroad rate will be offered for midwestern points.
Dante Pierce purchases the daily Atlantic News Telegraph, accompanied by advertising manager Wo Ho Wiseman, and visits Atlantic yesterday to meet residents. The News Telegraph will change hands next Monday while Pierce plans to own and edit one daily newspaper in each congressional district. the Chases will stay in Atlantic with Mr Chase Sr. likely spending winters in Florida.
Mrs Eva Livingston and her sister Mrs John Ferguson of New York attended the Christian Workers Missionary conference in Monmouth. Miss Eva Spangler of Craffordville took a teachers examination in Washington. Dougherty Bros and Mrs Verna and Grace Askea traveled to Htubio to visit relatives.
Mrs Gertie Clark of Crawfordsville visited sister Mrs A H Sellers. Leroy togetheimer from Chicago for a week at home. mail clerk on Northwestern route. Various locals attend Dean's dinners. numerous shoppings and calls at Dean's, Falk Motor Co and White Way Garage. Planned visits include Osceola, Sigourney, Keota, Keokuk, San Francisco and Washington.
Mere D R Haynes and Kathryn from Fairfield visit Mr and Mrs J D Waynes. Mrs W T Ditkinson of Brighton visits her parents. J M Wilson departed for Davenport. C B Reed visits his daughter Twyla at the children's hospital and hopes she comes home soon. Sylvia Leyb changes cars en route to Keyota to visit the Frank Kirkpatrick home. Sinclair gasoline at 208 cents at White Way Garage. Dean's offers fancy sundaes and ice cream sodas. Mrs J W Gemmill and Mixes Lull stay with Wm Beardsley in Haskins and head to Washington then Jackson Michigan. James A Werk and wife motor to Wisconsin to visit their son. Cobs for sale 50 cents per load. John W Fisher to arrive home for two weeks vacation.
Instructions describe where to hang or rest pictures in frames. It notes darker pictures appear better on a light wall and light pictures on a dark wall.
A description promotes a phonograph equipped with a simple electric motor at a car store. It emphasizes convenience and foolproof operation and invites the reader to try playing a record on it and share opinions.
Roy Lacina, 15, jumped into the East Des Moines River at Dakota City to save his drowning brother. Unable to swim, he disappeared under deep water and died, while his brother was rescued. This marks the seventy first drowning death in Iowa since May 1.
General reports say July brought light rains with heavy boosts in the southwest and northwest areas. Des Moines recorded .68 inch of rainfall benefiting corn vegetables and fruits across the state.
The senatorial committee wrestled with tariff revisions when Senator Lodge quipped about a suburbanite who forgets his instructions in a downtown store. He asked to buy either a camisole or a casseroline, and the clerk offered guidance depending on the choice.
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