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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
8
A jumble of local ads and brief notices lists shops and prices, travel for residents, and small services. Names include Fox & Dewey, Crail, Cuddy, Hartman & Coner, Lemmon's Pharmacy, and J. T. Anderson. People travel to Bloomfield Knoxville Des Moines Chicago and Keota for visits and graduation events. A brief update notes a baby girl June Eleanore Davis and a military hospital patient improving after France.
Cuddy's offers oranges for 2 cents each this Saturday with ad copy listing local residents and visitors. The page notes several households in West Chester and nearby towns, church and school events, and requests for clothing and aprons for Camp Cody.
Fragments indicate a Friday event at Gratin Gere Howse featuring greenmermeun and Prendy drives with German drives and splendid ware teen. Prices center around $2.04, with admission noted as 2.04 and new on sale.
The Star theatre presents A Soul in Trust in a seven reel feature at Saturday night show. Belle Bennett and J Barney Sherry star as the tale blends mystic omens with tragedy as Mammy Judy forebodes misfortune and fear lingers over the wedding dress motif. Parrett Pots supports in a gripping performance.
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