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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
8
Dr and Mrs G A Chilgren of Burlington visited friends in Washington yesterday. Coats Crochet Thread in white and all colors ten spools in a box sells for 1.15 dollars. Coats 150 yard sewing thread spools available at Crail's.
Mr and Mrs Irvin Palm of Olds shop in Washington today. H A Engel of Brighton is in Washington as a shopper. Clarence Moorhead visited Washington on business yesterday. J S Roth of Wayland spent yesterday in Washington on business. Mrs R E Davis and daughter Nell of Crawfordsville are Washington shoppers today.
Lee Arthaud went to Oskaloosa last evening to visit friends. Mrs. C. S. Cummings of Riverside is a Washington shopper today. Binding twine. Order early. farmer's Exchange. NGt12 a.
A sprawling page lists residents visiting relatives, travel plans, and social events. It notes Elizabeth Redd home from Iowa State, Ruth Bidwell visiting Davenport, plus water rent due date and strawberry ice cream social. Sales at The Putnam Co. and Miss Connell's millinery are advertised alongside community notices from churches and clubs.
A Boston Transcript note humorously cites an Altoona girl asking for an elastic apparatus worn by women to keep the tibia in place, a device meant for adjusted height and position. The piece pokes at young ladies resisting masking and plays on clever speech about fashioning such contraptions.
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