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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1927

Page

6

Refrigerators sold with weather strips for year round comfort

Local advertisement notes refrigerators equipped with weather stripping to save fuel and keep soot out in summer, with coal savings and added comfort in winter. Sold by H. M. Shellabarger in Webster City IA, contact via phone 445. Miss Mary Morgan departs for Webster IA after a year teaching in local grade schools. Also mentions Anna Scott visiting Davenport and nurse graduation events, D F Macon auctioneer in Washington IA, Mrs Donald Patton and son leaving for Denver, and Dr H F Masson traveling to Chicago for further study.

H. M. Shellabarger Goo N. Octave

Piano tuner visit next week and local notices

A piano tuner will be at 180 W. HH. Stephens next week. Miss Everja Turner, living with the Stephenses, graduates tonight and plans to attend a Kentucky college next year. Misses Dale Ebner and Hazel Booth of Haskins were in town. Charles Brown, ill since a Boston trip, was reported seriously ill yesterday but improved today. Coleman Cooker window ad for gas from Geo. W. Stewart.

W. HH. Stephens Everja Turner Boyd Stephens Belview Kentucky Dale Ebner Hazel Booth Haskins Charles Brown Boston

Local residents engage in visits and graduations across towns

David Elder returns from Burlington on business. Ames visitors McCall Bros and John Quist pass through on their way to Oakland Mills for a boys camp. Marion Rathmel graduates in Enid as does Ida B Wise Smith in Oskaloosa. Coaches R L Larson and families travel to Fairfield. Mayhews, Snare family, and Evanses share news of births and vacations. Margaret Atchison leaves for Ainsworth after a brief stay with Helen Alcorn.

John Quist E. L. Cunningham J. T. Bode Ames Oakland Mills

Local Grace Hesseltine Returns Home After Stay

Crawfordsville resident Miss Grace Hesseltine has returned home after several days visiting her sister Mrs Brown. Art Redding of the New Graham Theatre notes a film swap causing changes in tonight and tomorrow's program. The Sea Wolf was diverted to another theatre and The Nervous Wreck shown here instead.

Grace Hesseltine Crawfordsville Mrs. Brown Art Redding New Graham Theatre

Washington Schools Close Today

Washington city closes its schools on June 3 marking the end of the term and leaving anxious students and parents awaiting report cards. Cadet Hosiery for ladies arrives with Pointex heel styles in silk and full fashioning priced at 1.95 per pair.

City of Washington Eards

Local residents attend visits and funerals in region

Mrs S A Burnitte and daughter from Fairfield visited the Lefflers. Ada Wilson leaves for Olathe Kansas after teaching at the high school. Mabel Livingston returns to Monmouth Hill after a grandmother's death. Mr and Mrs Moore of Oskaloosa attend a sister in law’s funeral in town. Betty Jacobs visits Crawfordsville Iowa. The Schenefelts and Davises travel to Davenport for business. Mrs Roy Moore and son Robert return to Ainsworth with Robert having a minor operation yesterday.

S. A. Burnitte Fairfield Frank Leffler Ada Wilson Olathe Kansas F.M. Moore Oskaloosa Mr. Moore James Redd Betty Jacobs Crawfordsville Iowa J. W. Hamilton Roy Moore Robert Ainsworth

World’s Greatest Novels list features enduring classics

The Kansas City Star surveys authoritative lists of top novels. Notable entries include Fielding’s Tom Jones, Richardson’s Clarissa Harlowe, Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Hugo’s Les Misérables, Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Dickens’s David Copperfield, Thackeray’s Vanity Fair, Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Balzac’s Eugenie Grandet, Turgenev’s Fathers and Children, and Romain Rolland’s Jean Christophe.

Fielding Tom Jones Richardson Clarissa Harlowe Flaubert Hugo Hawthorne Dicken David Copperfield Thackeray Vanity Fair Tolstoy Anna Karenina Dostoevski Crime and Punishment Balzac Eugenie Grandet Turgenev Fathers and Children Romain Rolland Jean Christophe Kansas City Star

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