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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1921
Page
8
Mrs Floyd and her son Dale traveled to Brighton in the morning for unspecified business or visit, with no further details provided in the fragment.
Mr. atta and Mrs. Malcolm Dowell visit the home of his parents Mr and Mrs George Dowell in Iowa City. Farmers Union meeting advertised at Young America School House Thursday night promises stunt night with sandwiches and cups to bring.
Dr Bailey of Pleasant Plain at Washington County Hospital shows modest improvement in rheumatism treatment. Water rent due recent notices remind residents of Friday as final day. K Coats attended G A R convention in Waterloo. Rev Coate serves as state chaplain. Farmers Union meets at Young America school Thursday night. Mrs L L Moothary visits daughter Mrs Clarence Johnson in West Chester. J C Caner and son Donald arrive from Des Moines for stay to tune planes at Map Hardt Bros. Edna Mercer returns to Des Moines. former high school teacher remained in Washington to visit friends.
Local items list travel news marriage license for Lee G Snider and Marie Glider, school official W C Harding in Ottumwa on business, dance at Armory with Italian orchestra, Professors Arch Owen and Arthur Owen in Monmouth for commencement, visits by John Owen and family, plans to Egypt in late summer, heat and iron promotion at Iowa Gas and Electric, visits by Ernest Gregds and Mrs Ross at county hospital, Ma comb graduation for Elmer Wells daughter Lola Hughes, electric front iron offer, Mra J B Crail and Cherry Mc Elhinney to Winfield for chautauqua.
A jumble of community notices records Mrs. Oral Larkin visiting relatives in Winfield, Mrs. Sewell traveling from Washington to Crawfordsville to visit family, car advertisements and a tale of a cat named Thomas surviving a 49 day voyage inside an automobile crate from Detroit to Sydney and back with greasy meals and a luxury reception planned.
Ten years ago today J J McKeon began a paying job on North Iowa Avenue from 5th Street to the city limits. John Rittenhorn and Blaine Holmes drove to Iowa City while John McCall fished at Pelican Rapids Minnesota. A fine assortment of place cards and tally cards arrived, with the shop offering a wide range of such items.
Mercedes Nesol, a Brooklyn public school attendee who left New York for the Canary Islands eight years ago at age eight, returns unable to speak English and only able to speak Spanish. She is 16 and greeted at the pier by her mother Mrs. R. Keremincki, with sign language used to communicate.
A fragment recalls Mercedes visiting Teneriffe in 1913 to see Aunt Senora de Palacios. War began before her return to the United States, prompting relatives in the Canary Islands to urge her to stay. Her mother remarried and had two sons, while Mercedes planned to resume English study to speak with her half brothers.
A two part clothes basket helps separate white and colored garments for easy sorting. The design offers convenient division and space for laundry duties.
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